Smart Valley campus for businesses inaugurated in Daverio (cross-border guide)
The Smart Valley campus was inaugurated at Daverio, a space of five thousand square meters for specialized training and the connection between young people and companies.
Context
In brief
- Smart Valley campus inaugurated in Daverio
- Total investment of four and a half million
- Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti in attendance
Key facts
- What: Inauguration of the Smart Valley campus
- When: This morning, with completion scheduled by the end of 2027
- Where: Via Roma industrial area in Daverio
- Who: Ergo Foundation, Cariplo Foundation, and Lombardy Region
- Amount: Three million from the 2024 Major Emblematic Projects call
A space designed to connect worlds that still too often struggle to communicate with one another, yet desperately need each other: businesses, with the skills they seek and the transformations they are facing, and the new generations, who must be able to get to know these realities, prepare themselves, and envision their future here. The Smart Valley stems from this vision and today marks the official inauguration of the campus spanning over five thousand square meters, located in the industrial area of via Roma in Daverio. The facility includes nine classrooms, advanced ergonomics and computer science laboratories, a Digital Model Factory, a 250-seat auditorium, and an event area.
Facility details and institutional presence
Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti took part in the inaugural ceremony. The redevelopment of the area and the creation of the campus are supported by the 2024 Major Emblematic Projects call with a contribution of three million euros, of which two were allocated by the Cariplo Foundation and one by the Lombardy Region. The overall project, presented from the stage by the president of the Ergo Foundation, reaches a value of four and a half million euros, leaving one and a half million still to be raised locally. The completion timeline for the construction and training works is set by the end of 2027.
Operational details
The development path of the industrial area of Via Roma in Daverio began in 2024. Subsequently, in 2025, the Digital Model Factory was opened, a space specifically designed to promote innovation and follow the evolution of industrial production processes. With today, the offer expands to welcome people who will directly experience this technological and productive transition, offering containers of skills and open laboratories equipped with advanced demonstration stations compared to traditional school classrooms.
Specialist training and collaboration with companies
Training activities within the campus will start at the end of September with the start of the first IFTS course in Management Mechatronics. This training program has been structured in close collaboration with its Lombardia Meccatronica Academy and with local companies. Inside the structure there will also be space for the Startup Garage, an initiative developed in synergy with SUPSI to offer girls and boys the opportunity to experiment concretely and encourage the growth of their innovative ideas.
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Key points
The programming of activities within the Daverio campus foresees the imminent start of courses and workshops dedicated to young people and companies. Today's inauguration marks the operational step for the structure, which joins the advanced technological laboratories and the Digital Model Factory with the new training courses scheduled for the coming months. Meanwhile, the local companies and the entities involved continue to collect the remaining portion of the funds necessary to complete the entire economic project, estimated at four and a half million in total.
Skills development and future collaborations
The involvement of academic and training institutions such as SUPSI and its Lombardia Meccatronica Academy outlines the perimeter of the activities that will animate the auditorium spaces and the nine specialized classrooms. The programming provides for the direct involvement of the new generations in ergonomics, computer science and management mechatronics laboratories, with the aim of responding to the real needs of competence expressed by the local industrial fabric through targeted paths and open laboratories.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the Smart Valley campus inaugurated in Daverio?
- The Smart Valley campus is a structure of over five thousand square meters located in the industrial area of Via Roma in Daverio. The space includes nine classrooms, advanced ergonomics and computer labs, a Digital Model Factory, a 250-seat auditorium and an event area, with the aim of connecting businesses and new generations.
- What funding and investments are planned for the project?
- The total project has an estimated value of four and a half million euros. The redevelopment and construction of the campus are supported by the 2024 Major Emblematic Projects call with a contribution of three million euros, of which two allocated by the Cariplo Foundation and one by the Lombardy Region. There is still a million and a half to be collected on the territory.
- When will the courses and training activities start on campus?
- Training activities within the campus will start at the end of September with the start of the first IFTs course in Management Mechatronics, structured in close collaboration with its Lombardy Mechatronics Academy and with local companies. The completion of the building and training works is due by the end of 2027.