About VITALITY | UNIPG Project

VITALITY – ecosystem of Innovation, Digitalisation and Sustainability for the widespread economy in Central Italy – is a project financed with the Mission “From Research to Business” of the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan - Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.5) and involves the participation of 24 subjects from universities, research institutions and private entities from Abruzzo, Marche and Umbria. These territories have socio-economic, urban and territorial characteristics that unite them, in particular: low population density; their significant historical, environmental and landscape value; the spread of the production sector and the relative concentration of infrastructures along the coast; the widespread presence of valuable primary productions and finally a structured and significant presence of Universities and Research Centres.

The general aim of the Ecosystem promoted by the Universities of the three Regions of Central Italy is the development and transfer of innovation in order to make regional production systems more competitive, therefore improving sustainability and quality of life both in urban systems and in rural areas. The three regions are characterized by a complex production system both in terms of operational areas and in terms of size with the presence of some large companies of national importance, but mainly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The main innovation tools proposed are enabling technologies capable of acting transversally for the transformation of production and organizational systems and for production diversification. This enabling of technologies includes: digital technologies for the acquisition and processing of data for the provision of services useful for the development of sustainable production processes; nanomaterial technologies and biocompatible materials, biotechnology, health sciences and human sciences; and finally digital solutions for the implementation of production processes and provision of services.