The ranking of the regional call for tenders has been published: the rankings in first places all rely on Friuli Innovazione

The ranking of the call for funding for Cultural, Creative and Tourist Enterprises of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region is clear: the top levels of the ranking choose to rely on the certified incubator Friuli Innovation for support services for the entrepreneurial development of their project.

As regards the companies included in the Acceleration and Consolidation of Businesses, Friuli Innovazione has won the preference of 5 candidates out of 14, winning all the top four positions in the ranking: Albergo Diffuso of Sauris with the project "Experience", Creea Snc with "Artistic interventions in complex organizations, from the model to the commercialization", Quasar Srl with "Immersive reality and 3D experiences in Friuli Venezia Giulia" and Uponadream Studios with "UpOnADream - Growth Development and new services." Eighth place for Other Forms Scarl that has chosen Friuli Innovazione for the project "Come and see art, creating a format to produce educational videos in the artistic field".

In addition, Creea Snc, Quasar Srl and Uponadream Studios had entrusted themselves to Friuli Innovazione also in the preparatory phase for participation in the tender, obtaining support for the presentation of the project.

As for the Pre-incubation and Incubation path, they choose Friuli Innovazione 5, this time in the top 10 positions of the ranking, including the first classified: Kaixin Travel, a project focused on the creation of a certification of quality and suitability of the structures tourist and cultural accommodation in Friuli Venezia Giulia for travelers of Chinese nationality and language.

Follow Modo Cultural Association with the project "Casamia, give life to ideas, give spaces to people", Zipline Experience, which wants to create a Zipline in the forest area that will connect Mount Ruche with Lake Sauris, Unitzero Srl with the development of the UZTZU Clothing brand and the development project of MuDeFri, the Design Museum of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

"This result confirms the good work we are carrying out with startups and business ideas," - said Friuli Ferione director Fabio Feruglio - In these years we have registered almost 800 business ideas, supported more than 250 business plans, created over 60 companies and more than 230 jobs ".

"The companies had the possibility to select the incubator to which they can rely on during the application phase - continues Feruglio - and we have received the highest number of preferences. The fact that those who chose us have positioned themselves at the top of the list is another reason for pride and motivation to work with motivation and passion to grow in our territory an ever-growing culture of entrepreneurship, also in the field of culture ".

Currently, the cultural enterprises active in Friuli Venezia Giulia are 5,179: 2,259 creative industries, 2690 cultural, 214 performing arts and visual arts and 16 of the historical and artistic heritage. According to a recent report from the Symbola Foundation, Friuli Venezia Giulia is ninth in the ranking of the regions that produce more wealth and work with culture and creativity.

At national level, according to studies by Unioncamere and Fondazione Symbola, in 2017 the Cultural and Creative Production System is worth 6% of the national GDP. Culture is also a driving force for tourism development, in fact more than one third (37.9%) of national tourism spending is activated by culture. From the employment point of view, cultural and creative production employs about 1,495,000 people in 2016, equal to 6% of the country's workforce.

The rankings are available at these links:

http://www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/cms/RAFVG/cultura-sport/attivita-culturali/FOGLIA303/

http://www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/cms/RAFVG/cultura-sport/attivita-culturali/FOGLIA304/