CNA EMILIA-ROMAGNA

CNA Emilia Romagna is an autonomous association for the representation of its members’ interests. It acts as spokesbody of SMEs and craftsmen and puts forward arguments before Region, Provinces, Commons, Public Boards, Banks, Trade Unions, thus playing the role of economic body in the choices and strategies of local development. In Emilia Romagna CNA brings together around 151.000 businesses. In coherence with the national plan for Industry 4.0 and the directives promoted by the Ministry of Economic Development, CNA Emilia Romagna supports companies in the passage towards the new production model of Industry 4.0, through its Digital Innovation Hub: CNA Hub 4.0. In March 2021, CNA ER, with its DIH, passed the selection, the validation phases and was accredited by the European Commission.Through its DIH, CNA Emilia Romagna will reinforce the path which accompanies SMEs in their transition towards a new model based on innovation, sustainability, digitization & AI, 4.0 and 5.0 production and change management. With its Innovation Centre, CNA Innovazione, CNA ER is a member of 7 CusterERs (CusterCreate, CusterInnovate, CusterMech, CusterAgrifood, ClusterGreentech, ClusterTourism, ClusterUrban) and provides information and opportunities to its territorial system for potential collaborations for companies. Since 2015 CNA Emilia Romagna has been a member of the SIMPLER Consortium; thanks to this access point to the Enterprise Europe Network, CNA has been able to bring a large number of micro, small and medium sized businesses closer to the most significant international opportunities.