The Bologna metropolitan area – and the metropolitan City of Bologna, relating entity - has a long tradition of collaboration, strongly believing in the added value of institutions, businesses, workforce, education and research centers working together as one.

Thanks to a strong network of partners, Invest in Bologna welcomes investors by guaranteeing an integrated support system together with:

• Emilia-Romagna Region
• ART-ER Attractiveness Research Territory  regional ‘in-house’ agency

Moreover, Invest in Bologna is part of the regional system for investment attraction – Invest in Emilia-Romagna – and works in collaboration with Confindustria Emilia Area Centro, the local branch (serving Bologna, Ferrara and Modena) of Italy’s main association that represents manufacturing and service companies.

Invest in Bologna also works closely together with the Municipality of Bologna and 54 Municipalities, and with 7 Unions of Municipalities of the metropolitan area.

Invest in Bologna and the Economic Development Department of the metropolitan City of Bologna operate in collaboration with other internal departments of the metropolitan authority, particularly;

• Territorial planning, to pinpoint and prioritize areas to be developed;
• Bologna Metropolitan Strategic Plan, to define and share strategic goals, including the UN goals for the 2030 Agenda;
• Social development, for the promotion and training of technical education.