Bergamo Sviluppo
Bergamo Sviluppo is the special agency of the Chamber of commerce of Bergamo. Established in 1994 with the aim of contributing to the development of the local economic fabric, it operates in close collaboration with local trade and business organisations.
Bergamo Sviluppo works across several areas of intervention: business creation and development (including innovation, digitalisation, and internationalisation training), continuing and vocational education, and career and professional guidance.
Business creation
The Chamber of commerce supports aspiring and new entrepreneurs. The New Business Point (“Punto Nuova Impresa”) provides legal and fiscal information, as well as news on the available incentives. In the personalised assistance process, the business project is validated using innovative methodologies and the business plan is drafted. Among the services available, there is also a desk aimed at women aspiring to be entrepreneurs or who are unemployed.
Bergamo Sviluppo offers many training interventions of varying duration and depth. The offer ranges from informational meetings for starting a business to more structured courses on business creation and management, covering topics such as image management, sales techniques, presentation of the business idea, and the generation of innovation. The Business Incubator promotes contacts between the hosted enterprises and startups that have now entered the markets.
Business development, innovation, digitalisation and internationalisation
Bergamo Sviluppo promotes the growth of strong and innovative enterprises through training and consultancy. The PID – Punto Impresa Digitale offers seminars, experiential courses, and digital assessment services to showcase cutting-edge solutions provided by digital innovation.
The MaTech Point and Bergamo Tecnologica projects focus on new materials and design methodologies. In addition to training professionals who can act as drivers of organisational change, consultancy services are available to assess the introduction of new technological opportunities and development models.
Executive and advanced training programmes are also offered in the field of internationalisation. The goal is to equip companies with the skills needed to approach new — including foreign — markets, explore new sectors and themes, and foster business growth.
Within Bergamo Sviluppo operates the Patents and Trademarks Office of the Bergamo Chamber of commerce, which receives applications for industrial invention patents as well as registrations for designs and models.
As a Patent Information Point, it provides all the information needed to facilitate the filing process and assists with prior art searches and consultation of patent databases. Moreover, it regularly organises awareness and training events on innovation, protection, and the enhancement of industrial property.Inventors can consult an expert from Bergamo Sviluppo to request a first-level technical and scientific opinion or make use of dedicated consulting hours to perform prior art and monitoring searches, or to optimise the management of their industrial property rights.
Continuing and professional training
Training represents a key lever for the development of both personal and professional skills and must extend throughout one’s entire working life — especially in a constantly evolving labour market. This area of Bergamo Sviluppo’s activity focuses precisely on education and the enhancement of human capital. Its training offer ranges from qualification courses in the food sector, to programmes for commercial agents, sales representatives, and real estate brokers.
The Scuola Pratica di Commercio (Practical School of Commerce) offers evening classes in business management and organisation, English, and other specialised subjects.