Lazio, the proposals for research and innovation in the regional elections

With the regional elections of the Lazio at the gatesscheduled for the 12 and 13 Februarythe proposals on research and innovation contained in the programs of the candidates and the candidate leave room for the imagination. In the sense that it should be voters and electricians to imagine the concrete proposalsbecause these look like absent in most cases. Furthermore, as with every other point analyzed by Wired, two out of three programs do not indicate which funds to use and how to use them to implement the proposed interventions.

Let’s see specifically the proposals on research and innovation of the candidates for the Lazio regional elections:

1. The centre-left and the third pole with Alessio D’Amato
2. The 5 Star Movement with Donatella Bianchi
3. The centre-right coalition with Francesco Rocca

Who are the candidates in the Lazio regional elections

After the Zingaretti era, the contenders for the presidency will be Alessio D’Amato, councilor for health, Francesco Rocca, president of the Italian Red Cross, and Rai journalist Donatella Bianchi. Here’s who supports them

The centre-left and the third pole with Alessio D’Amato

D’Amato’s program lacks a chapter explicitly dedicated to research and innovation. However, some references to the theme are found in the plan “Lazio tomorrow: a strategy for the new generations”. In this context, the candidate proposes to strengthen the right to university study, the programme “I will be right back” to support training and research and a relaunch of technology doctoratesto bring more researchers into companies.

Further actions are then listed to support the entrepreneurial initiative of young people, also through the allocation of the regional heritage of spaces for coworking and the development of “culture-sociality-work hub”program support VitaminG to finance the innovative ideas of people under 35 and the implementation of specialized training modules for European planning, social and technological innovation. For a total of 300 million euros of investments.

Finally, D’Amato proposes to continue and increase the research support initiatives carried out by the previous administration centre-left, such as creating new scholarships and funding projects such as “Rome Technopole, the 10 km of Science, the Dtt (Divertor Tokamak Test facility at the Enea Research Center in Frascati) and the Technological District of Cultural Heritage and Activities (Dtc)”. A decision that resulted 85 peopleamong professors and professors rectors, male and female researchers to sign an appeal in support of his candidacy.

The 5 Star Movement with Donatella Bianchi

Not even Bianchi dedicates a chapter to innovation and research, speaking generically of “new funds for innovative startups and for the micro and small and medium enterprises and implementation of resources for the revolving microcredit fund regional”. The innovation is then mentioned again among the proposals relating to digital, already listed in This study, in which we speak in general of actions to strengthen financial investments, connections and high-tech infrastructures. Financial coverage not received.

The centre-right coalition with Francesco Rocca

A very short paragraph within Rocca’s program headlines “innovation and research”. However, on the inside there is not even a concrete proposal dedicated to research or innovation, as it is completely absent any estimate of the funds to be allocated to the sector, nor to innovation. The text limits itself to citing the guidelines for achieving the objectives of the European Digital Agenda, i.e “the development of connectivity, the digital literacy of citizens and businesses and support for ICT investments”but nothing more.