Development Contracts (Contratti di Sviluppo)
Funds Italian strategic industrial investments in large manufacturing programs and development initiatives.
Contratti di Sviluppo, introduced by Article 43 of D.L. 25 June 2008 n.112 and operational since 2011, is MIMIT's principal instrument for large strategic and innovative industrial investment programs. It finances industrial-development programs, environmental-protection programs, and tourism-development programs, plus the embedded R&D, innovation and infrastructure works needed for them. Overall …
Finances large strategic industrial-development programs in Italy — covering manufacturing, environmental protection, tourism, and embedded R&D — through a mix of soft loans, grants, and interest subsidies managed by Invitalia.
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