MAGNET

Regional and local Hubs for attraction and retention of investments and talents are strategic points of contact that provide services and tools to support SMEs competitiveness and territorial development. Services range from facilitation and incentives to value proposition and stakeholder engagement.
Many regions and cities are setting up these Hubs in order to support their policy implementation and integrate their strategies with the national and European frameworks.
Different policy instruments create and regulate Hubs’ operation which usually have a specific focus on promoting investments and attracting talent or more generally, the mission is economic development and innovation.
MAGNET Partners strongly agree that the integration/interconnection of services and tools for investment and talent attraction/retention lead to improve economic growth with a positive employment impact, having a qualified workforce with respect to the needs of the strategic value chains.
The tasks of the Hubs are often carried out by small teams that need to create a widespread network of collaboration within public administrations and their stakeholder ecosystems. MAGNET will promote the interregional exchange of good practices and experiences aimed at improving 7 Policy Instruments on four key sub-topics:
1) Organisational models of Hubs' contact points (back-front offices);
2) Stakeholder engagement to match the needs of the companies of local strategic value chains with investment and talent attraction;
3) Services/incentives managed/provided by the Hubs;
4) Hubs’ value proposition and promotional activities.
PPs, coming from 5 different geographical areas, have Hubs with different levels of development. The Project will provide knowledge and inspiration to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Hubs by addressing the underlying policies and strategies, increasing the integration between attracting investments and talents, and between regional and local levels.