Networks and Associations

The Agrifood Clust-ER is a private association of public and private entities: research centers, companies, and training institutions that share expertise, ideas, tools and resources to support the competitiveness of the sector.

BI-REX is one of the 8 national Competence Centers established by the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy (formerly MISE) within the framework of the Industry 4.0 plan. it is a public-private Consortium, established in 2018 and brings together in partnership 60 players including Universities, Research Centers and Businesses of excellence and has a specialized focus on Big Data. ART-ER is a member of BI-REX and participates in the Steering Committee.

Clust-ER Build is a private association of companies, research centers, and educational institutions that share expertise, ideas, and resources to support the competitiveness of the building and construction industry.

The central strategic objective of the Energy and Sustainable Development Clust-ER is to support the transition of the regional economy to a system with a reduced impact on the environment and less dependence on fossil energy sources, favoring a circular approach directed toward closing cycles.

The Health and Wellness Industries Clust-ER is an association recognized and supported by the Region, made up of large companies, SMEs, universities, research centers, healthcare facilities, training institutions and patient associations that share expertise, ideas and resources to support the competitiveness of Emilia-Romagna's Health and Wellness Industries sector.

The Clust-ER aims to strengthen the role of services in order to maximize their potential for driving and changing the production system and the entire socioeconomic system. It focuses its action on 6 strategic lines of research and innovation through working groups representative of Emilia-Romagna's innovative services system

The Cluster-ER Tourism aims to create an innovative and integrated tourism ecosystem where sustainability, both human and environmental, is at the forefront: universities, schools, public research organizations, tour operators, businesses and institutions are involved to foster the growth of an experiential offer, which enhances the authenticity of the territory.

The Cultural and Creative Clust-ER is an association of companies, research centers and training institutions that come together in a logic of open innovation to:

• strengthen the regional production system by focusing on the integration of technology, creativity and culture,
• create synergies and alliances with networks and other aggregations at the national and European level,
• identify future scenarios and strategic themes for research, training and internationalization.

Is an association to promote the development of new and innovative manufacturing technologies. It represents the private component of the "Factories of the Future" public-private partnership.

Non-profit associations, promoted by the Emilia-Romagna Region, in which public and private entities participate share ideas, skills, tools, and resources to support the competitiveness of the most relevant productive systems in Emilia-Romagna, and focused on the S3 areas of specialization. Clust-ER's members are the laboratories and innovation centers of the High Technology Network, companies, and higher education institutions. ART-ER is not a member of the Clust-ERs, but on behalf of the Region it plays a coordinating and connecting role with other players in the regional innovation system.

Mechatronics and Motoristics Clust-ER  strengthened by the skills and capabilities of numerous regional mechatronics and motor players, works to introduce product and process innovations in Emilia-Romagna's leading industrial sectors so that they develop toward a next-generation manufacturing system capable of strengthening its market position and increasing employment.

The Clust-ER aims to identify new models of organization and use of urban space, differentiated by type of territory and in line with the changing lifestyles of citizens, always putting their involvement at the center of the process; fundamental steps in this path, the digitization of services and the development of proximity infrastructures and the experimentation of innovative ways of organizing businesses, based on equity, sustainability, and inclusion.