SECOND STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING – MARCHE REGION

Firstly, the meeting, held online, was focused on informing stakeholders with regards to the ongoing and upcoming project activities with related results.

In particular, the regional officer in charge of the project for Marche Region presented the pilot crowdfunding campaign to be implemented within the regional territory in the upcoming months. Its key elements were disclosed with particular reference to the eligibility criteria formulated in line with the State Aid Rules and the ERDF rules.

On following, a Q&A session with the stakeholders was held particularly focused on the following aspects highlighted by the participants:

• Analysis of regional enterprises needs as well as regional enterprises structure (e.g. economic sectors, average size, financial dependence rate to external financing sources).
• Analysis of pros and cons of macro-kind of crowdfunding to be used (not-financial Vs financial) based on the previous analysis.
• Analysis of already existing fund-matching good practices.
• Expected benefits for beneficiaries