OCTAER: Strategic Facilitator for Culture, Innovation & Territorial Networking in Emilia-Romagna

Partner with OCTAER to tap into a network of 79 municipalities. We facilitate stakeholder engagement, bridge TRL/SRL, and support territorial impact assessment.

OCTAER: Your Strategic Interface for the Emilia-Romagna Innovation Ecosystem

OCTAER – Observatory for Culture, Tourism and Audiovisual – acts as a Strategic Connector and Facilitator for international consortia seeking territorial engagement and stakeholder mobilization in Italy. We operate as the interface for a Distributed Living Lab model within the Emilia-Romagna region.

Our Strategic Assets:

Territorial Networking: We facilitate dialogue and engagement across a network of 79 Municipalities and 150+ localized creative entities (Event Lab Community). We provide the bridge to access diverse morphological environments (urban, rural, mountain) for context-based analysis.

Scientific Rigor: All facilitation activities are supported by our independent Scientific Technical Committee (CTS), providing high-quality data and territorial insights to satisfy Open Science mandates.

Administrative Facilitation: Our internal Octa-EUR department specializes in the strategic design of EU grants and administrative coordination, easing the bureaucratic burden for the lead coordinator.

Why partner with us?

Innovation Interface: Based in Italy's "Data Valley" (home to the LEONARDO supercomputer), we facilitate connections within the top-ranked Italian region for innovation and R&D.

Social & Gender Impact: Emilia-Romagna ranks 1st in Italy in the Gender Equality Index (IGEI 2024). We support consortia in meeting Horizon Europe GEP requirements and social inclusion targets.

Economic Catalyst: We operate as a raccordo for an €8.2 billion regional cultural engine, supporting the identification of sustainable development pathways.

Operational Contributions:

Facilitation of needs analysis and mapping of emerging territorial skills.

Support for the territorial validation of digital storytelling and AI-driven tools.

Stakeholder engagement via the Quadruple Helix model.

Dissemination and facilitation of high-impact local activation.

Website: www.octaer.it | Contact: info@octaer.it

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Project overview

OCTAER: Strategic Facilitator for Culture, Innovation & Territorial Networking in Emilia-Romagna is a project by
OCTAER Culture, Tourism and Audiovisual Observatory of Emilia Romagna Region

taking place
from 2026 till 2027

This project relates to:
Training and Networking, Strategic Partnerships, Capacity Building

and is focusing on:

Art
Democracy/Active citizenship
Gender equality
Innovation
Media and communication
Non-formal learning
Social media
Sustainable development
Unemployment/employability
Urban/rural development

This project can include young people with fewer opportunities like

Social obstacles
Economic obstacles
Geographical obstacles

Target Group: Our network focus is on young people and adults from the rural and mountain areas of Emilia-Romagna facing socio-economic barriers. We reach these targets through our role as a territorial connector, engaging with local organizations, community hubs, and institutional stakeholders within our network of 79 municipalities. Support provided: OCTAER acts as a strategic facilitator and territorial interface (raccordo territoriale). We facilitate the connection between European consortia and local ecosystems to identify territorial needs and potential pilot communities. We provide the framework for integrating non-formal education tools and digital storytelling validation via Micro-credentials, while supporting the identification of sustainable pathways for project replication and stakeholder mobilization.

Short URL to this project:

http://otlas-project.salto-youth.net/19980