THE WAY
Fondazione Edoardo Garrone’s commitment to supporting young entrepreneurs and the development of mountain areas is now focusing in particular on the Apennines. This area is indeed lagging behind in terms of strategies and solutions capable of exploiting its potential to the fullest.
The entrepreneurs that have completed the ReStartApp® and ReStartAlp® residential (on-campus) courses, do not simply work in their local area – they work for their local area. It is never just about a company, but, always, about far-reaching economic, environmental, and social projects.
The Apennines are the backbone of Italy, a constellation of ancient and yet constantly-evolving hamlets, an open-air library treasuring age-old knowledge, biodiversity and unique tastes, a closely-knit weave of trails and possible stop-overs…the place that is home to our identity, from time immemorial. And a place of new beginnings.
2014
THE FIRST ON-CAMPUS COURSE
Grondona (Alessandria)
7 June – 27 September 2014
- 336 hours of training
- 15 young aspiring entrepreneurs involved
- €60,000 allocated for start-up prizes
- 4 enterprises established after the course
2015
RESTARTAPP DOUBLES DOWN
Grondona (Alessandria); Portico di Romagna (Forlì-Cesena)
29 June – 19 September 2015
- 602 hours of training
- 30 young aspiring entrepreneurs involved
- €120,000 allocated for start-up prizes
- 10 enterprises established after the course
2016
FROM THE GRAN SASSO TO THE MONT BLANC
Thanks to the cooperation with Fondazione Cariplo, the ReStartApp project was extended to the Alps with ReStartAlp
Premia (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola)
20 June – 30 September 2016
- 364 hours of training
- 15 young aspiring entrepreneurs involved
- €60,000 allocated for start-up prizes
- 5 enterprises established after the course
2017
IN THE APENNINES AND ON THE ALPS
Sansepolcro (Arezzo); Premia (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola)
6 March – 26 May 2017
26 June – 29 September 2017
- 700 hours of training
- 28 young aspiring entrepreneurs involved
- €120,000 allocated for start-up prizes
- 12 enterprises established after the course
2018
THE COMMITMENT TO THE ALPS GROWS FURTHER
Premia (Verbano-Cusio-Ossola)
24 June – 30 September 2018
- 350 hours of training
- 14 young aspiring entrepreneurs involved
- €60,000 allocated for start-up prizes
- 6 enterprises established after the course
2018
RESTARTAPP FOR CENTRAL ITALY
Together today to look forward to tomorrow
Fondazione Edoardo Garrone, in cooperation with the non-profit environmental organisation Legambiente, devoted an edition of the ReStartApp project to the enterprises in Central Italy affected by the 2016 earthquake, by developing enterprise acceleration tools and networking workshops.
Lazio – Marche – Umbria regions
- Over 30 enterprises involved
- 8 accelerated enterprises
- 2 networks of enterprises
2019
THE RIGHT PATH
The ReStartApp and RestartAlp projects joined efforts to create ReStartApp per i cammini italiani (ReStartApp for Italian trails), a special edition devoted to business projects to be implemented along Italian mountain trails and in the areas they run through
Premia (Verbano Cusio Ossola)
24 June – 30 September 2019
- 350 hours of training
- 9 young aspiring entrepreneurs involved
- €60,000 allocated for start-up prizes