About us

AI-PACT is a European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) and it focuses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the benefit of public administrations (PAs), SMEs and startups that have an interest for spreading AI applications in the public sector

AI-PACT was awarded the Seal of Excellence from the European Commission and was established with a national focus and the main objective of making public information assets available for new services that target some major challenges faced by the public sector: digitalization, climate change, economic and social growth, infrastructure and mobility, cohesion and inclusion.

AI and tech-enhanced public services can improve the quality of life for citizens, augment business opportunities for companies, increase PAs’ effectiveness and enable new public- private collaborations, possibly increasing the competitiveness of our country and opening new routes of collaboration at the EU-leve

The hub’s core partners have competences and complementary specialisations on technology, technical and managerial education and business development, with deep expertise of Pas needs.

Objectives

Strengthening the PAs information assets and making them available for the benefits of citizens and enterprises

Boosting the entrepreneurial ecosystem and its connections to the public sector

Supporting and orchestrating Al and complementary technologies' diffusion

Training PAs at different institutional levels on current technological opportunities

Contributing to the EU-level interoperability of public information systems

Activities

Al- PACT offers:

  • Test before invest services and technology assessment labs to government
  • Support to startups and SMEs developing innovative solutions, prototyping them and presenting them to target users
  • Networking opportunities for PAs and the entrepreneurial ecosystem, in Italy and at European level
  • Tech and managerial training to local, regional and national PA' employees
  • A common platform to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public services together with other international partners