PITAGORA - PILOT PROJECT: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DISTRICT IN PUGLIA - PRESENTATION
The Information Technology Production District was established under the regional law 23/2007. It was granted by the regional junta n.629 on April 21 2009. As of today it is a non-profit association made up of over one hundred companies including the IT division in Puglia, University, Research Centers, Employer and Union Associations.
As already mentioned (Pitagora Project, WP4: Research on the spreading of ICT in the Province of Bari), according to a recent SDA Bocconi and MIP Milano Polytechnic study Puglia registers a decisively higher use of ICT in Public Administration than other Southern regions. Puglia has higher ICT infrastructures than other Southern regions and is amongst the highest in the Italian region with regards to communication infrastructures.