1. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Main issues of the National Research Council CNR is a scientific institution and its activities for the knowInG project aim to stimulate Knowledge sharing and capacity buildings of individuals and SMEs. It covers the Italian level of the activities. Think tank Laboratory of creativity Resource Centre

2. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Think Tank Think Tank aims to share methodologies, strategies, theories and experiences on the “ Knowledge economy for the Mediterranean regions ” contributing and integrating them. How to obtain this ? with the promotion of meetings, close examinations, debates and exchange of ideas on the project themes aimed at supporting the creation of innovation and new knowledge.

3. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Think Tank What are its potential contents ? documents, contributions, information on conferences, multimedia material, etc. Who are the target actors? National and local actors involved in the project topics, decision-makers, politicians, industrialists, operators in the knowledge economy.

4. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Resource Centre What the Resource Centre will be The Resource Centre will be: the virtual place where SMEs, Universities, research Institutions, Innovation centres, and Public authorities share tools, promoting business alliances, improving local governance

5. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Think Tank How Think tank will be build? Tink tank will use information and data from pilot projects, information about curricula and skills of people and SMEs in production and services sectors with high innovation and knowledge content. This activity is related to the communities of practice, their network and their dimention in order to promote these communities using newsletter and other tools; in fact, sharing knowledge and innovation can require the involvement of civil society.

6. Launch Conference November 30, 2010 - Palermo Laboratory of creativity Where the laboratory of creativity will be developed in Italy? Milan is the location for the laboratory of creativity in the Italian case study. The selected area represents a very rich area of SMEs collecting some relevant experiences for the Made in Italy; the Fashion district represents a flagship. Fashion Cluster in Milan, collects the characteristics and needs of creativity, capacity building and knowledge sharing.

7. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Laboratory of creativity What the laboratory of creativity in Milan will stimulate? Stimulate convenience and opportunity Stimulate the need of sharing knowledge Stimulate networking capacity for SMEs Stimulating services supporting networking and knowledge sharing for SMEs Stimulating the production of good practices

8. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Resource Centre The Resource Centre: Knowledge repository Networking Communication Collaboration Decision support

9. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Resource Centre The different steps/sections of the Resource center Document management Profile management Advanced services

10. Second meeting of the Coordination Committee 29° November 2010 - Palermo Thank you for your attention