Women and Research in SMEs

July 2012–June 2014

Funding Source: ISFOL

The commitment to “smart” growth represents one of the priorities established by the Europe 2020 Strategy for European countries and requires policy actions capable of increasing the competitiveness and efficiency of the production system. In the Italian context, the southern region is furthest from the horizon outlined at the European level, due—among other factors—to an entrepreneurial fabric that struggles to innovate and a low employment rate, particularly among women. Women in the south represent a fundamental resource that the southern production system cannot afford to lose and must succeed in engaging and valorizing through effective policy actions, capable of introducing them into the research production cycle and thus creating innovation, development, and wealth for the country.
Based on these considerations, the project Women and Research in SMEs was launched. Starting from a surveyof southern enterprises engaged in Research and Development, which aims to analyze the employment of these productive entities and identify their critical issues, the project concludes with a Scenario Planning activity that will determine interventions designed to support the development of southern enterprises and increase female participation in the R&D sector.

Information on the processing of collected data
All data collected through the survey activities envisaged by the project will be processed in accordance with the law (Legislative Decree No. 196/2003 – Code regarding the protection of personal data). The data controller and data processor is IRPPS, located in Rome, via Palestro, 32, postal code 00185. The place of processing is the location of IRPPS headquarters. The data will not be disclosed in individual form, will not be transferred to third parties, and will not be used for purposes other than the research purposes for which they are collected.
Personal data are processed using automated tools for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. Specific security measures are observed to prevent data loss, illicit or incorrect use, and unauthorized access.
The individuals to whom the personal data refer have the right at any time to obtain confirmation of the existence or non-existence of such data and to know their content and origin, verify their accuracy, or request their integration or updating, or rectification (Article 7 of the Code regarding the protection of personal data).
Pursuant to the same article, one has the right to request the deletion, transformation into anonymous form, or blocking of data processed in violation of the law, as well as to object in any case, for legitimate reasons, to their processing.
Requests should be addressed:
– via email, to: info@irpps.cnr.it
– via fax: (+39) 06 49383724