Discover INNsula

What is INNsula

INNsula is the Innovation Hub of Western Sicily: a regional infrastructure for innovation.

It is not just a space or a set of services. It is a system that connects and activates different players — businesses, startups, public administrations, universities, schools and local communities — to develop high-impact projects and solutions.

In the Belìce region, INNsula serves as a catalyst: it identifies real needs, transforms them into opportunities for innovation, and develops concrete pathways for experimentation and development.

Why INNsula?

INNsula draws its name from the insula, a part of the brain linked to intuition, awareness and decision-making. It is the place where information becomes understanding and ideas become action.

The double N

The double N recalls iNNovation: not just sensing, but turning insight into concrete projects. In the same way, INNsula was created to be the point where skills, experiences and visions meet to generate insight and turn it into concrete projects.

The insula of the island

It is the driving force behind this transformation, the very place where the ideas that drive the area’s development are born and take shape. A strategic and synergistic space designed to help the local community flourish.

VISION

We want to make the Belìce area and western Sicily a region capable of generating and attracting innovation, turning local needs into opportunities for entrepreneurial, social and institutional development.

We believe in:

  • innovation as a tool for the region;
  • collaboration between people and organisations;
  • concrete experimentation;
  • young people as drivers of change;
  • networks linking the local and the global;
  • building opportunities starting from real needs.

Partners and INNsula ecosystem

INNsula was born from the collaboration of organisations working in innovation, regional development, research and community engagement.

The project is promoted by organisations that combine complementary skills, contributing to building an open, multidisciplinary ecosystem.

GAL

Valle del Belìce

Contribuisce con radicamento territoriale, conoscenza dei bisogni locali e capacità di attivare partenariati tra attori pubblici e privati.   

GATE REI

Real Estate Innovation

Porta metodologie, progettazione di programmi e connessioni con ecosistemi nazionali e internazionali, con esperienza in incubazione, accelerazione e open innovation. 

CRESM

Centro ricerche economiche e Sociali per il Meridione

Porta competenze di ricerca socio-economica, animazione territoriale e processi partecipativi, supportando la costruzione di strategie locali e percorsi di sviluppo condivisi. 

Comune di Partanna

Co-promuove l’iniziativa come attore istituzionale di riferimento sul territorio, facilitando il coinvolgimento della comunità locale e supportando l’attivazione di iniziative e spazi per l’innovazione. 

GAL

Valle del Belìce

Contribuisce con radicamento territoriale, conoscenza dei bisogni locali e capacità di attivare partenariati tra attori pubblici e privati.   

GATE REI

Real Estate Innovation

Porta metodologie, progettazione di programmi e connessioni con ecosistemi nazionali e internazionali, con esperienza in incubazione, accelerazione e open innovation. 

CRESM

Centro ricerche economiche e Sociali per il Meridione

Porta competenze di ricerca socio-economica, animazione territoriale e processi partecipativi, supportando la costruzione di strategie locali e percorsi di sviluppo condivisi. 

Comune di Partanna

Co-promuove l’iniziativa come attore istituzionale di riferimento sul territorio, facilitando il coinvolgimento della comunità locale e supportando l’attivazione di iniziative e spazi per l’innovazione. 

Would you like to join the INNsula ecosystem? Get in touch!

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via Garibaldi 63, 91028 Partanna

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