Description
The ability of the manufacturing sector to manage the energy transition represents, alongside the challenges of innovation and the digital transition, the key factor in the competitiveness of businesses in Trentino.
With this in mind, the public administration is creating the conditions for businesses to invest in efficiency models. At the same time, the business community is called upon to transform sustainability from a regulatory constraint into a competitive advantage, by adopting enabling technologies and circular economy models to increase labour productivity and strengthen operational resilience. For many SMEs in Trentino, production resilience in the coming years will mean ensuring business continuity as their founders age. It is therefore essential to promote a generational handover – whether within the family or from outside – driven by the opportunity for young people to introduce technology, innovation and an international outlook, whilst fully capitalising on the skills they have acquired through their educational pathways. Synergistic action between the public administration and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture must be directed towards the active promotion of an entrepreneurial culture amongst the younger generations.
It is essential to establish support ecosystems that integrate specialised helpdesks, mentorship programmes and support from senior figures, alongside a system of targeted incentives that harmonises business development trajectories with family life plans, transforming youthful enthusiasm into a driver of regional growth.
- Investing in energy resilience
- Promoting intermodality
- Accelerating generational transitions as a prerequisite for safeguarding the region’s entrepreneurial fabric
- Safeguarding SMEs as vital hubs of local supply chains: digital craftsmanship and industrial symbiosis
- Supporting craft SMEs in promoting – including internationally – products that act as ‘ambassadors’ for Trentino’s productive ecosystem