What is METTERSI IN PROPRIO (MIT)-Start up your own business?

Mettersi in proprio-Start up your own business- is a support service to enterprise creation. It is made up of several integrated actions, which aim at spreading a culture of entrepreneurship, at stimulating new business ideas and at fostering the birth and development of successful companies.

Mettersi in proprio is a free service of the Province of Turin, funded by the European Union (European Social Fund), the Italian State (Labour, Health and Social Policy Ministry) and the Piedmont Region, in the framework of the 2007-2013 ESF Regional Operational Programme, “Regional Competitiveness and Employment” objective, within the Measure “Adaptability” and the Activity “Integrated paths to enterprise creation”.

Mettersi in proprio proposes three types of actions, provided by the Province of Turin:

· Action 1: Entrepreneurship Support (general activities)
· Action 2: Consultancy (ex ante assistance)
· Action 3: Mentoring (ex post assistance)

Moreover, one further action is foreseen, Action 4, implemented by the Region Piedmont through Finpiemonte plc. It aims at providing financial support to the new enterprises whose project has been previously approved by the Province of Turin within Action 2. Conditions for allocation of this funding will be subsequently established through specific regional acts.


Action 1- Entrepreneurship support

Action 1 deals with transversal, general activities which do not affect directly single individuals/projects, but are addressed to the public interested in this service. Its activities can consist of: organisation of information desks, coordination and evaluation, events, online competitions, website creation researches and surveys, networking (for instance: the Club of Mip entrepreneurs).
If you wish to be up to date with Mip activities, you can visit the section novità (news). Fact sheets about some business sectors and transversal topics (e.g. privacy, security etc.) are available at the section idee d’impresa (entrepreneurial ideas). If you want to get to know which companies have already been set up, please, have a look at vetrina delle imprese (enterprises’ window) section.


Action 2- Consultancy

This action includes all activities addressed to would-be entrepreneurs:

· Counselling and information: first contact with the people who intend to start up their own business to be set up in the Province of Turin, through a toll- free telephone number or the MIP website.
· Welcoming: first meeting with a business expert to illustrate the business idea/project.
· Consultancy and development of a business plan: consultancy and mentoring, run by a business expert (tutor), aiming at assessing the feasibility of the business project as well as writing up the business plan. The latter will be eventually submitted to the Administration of the Province of Turin for approval.
· Training on business management: a brief training course to complete the mentoring process, designed to achieve practical competences on business management.
· Mentoring and consultancy straight after the start-up: this activity supports the new companies, whose business plan has been approved, in their submission of the funding application within the Action 4.


Action 3-Mentoring

Action 3, for a maximum duration of 36 months, is only for companies that have already been set up through Action 2 and whose business plans have already been approved by the Province of Turin Administration. Mentoring is a form of consultancy which aims at supporting new entrepreneurs during their first period of their new activity, helping them evaluating the state of their business as well as finding new funding or financial help opportunities. Action 3 has to be considered in all respects as a specific support facility for these new companies. According to EU regulations on State aid, the activity provided within Action 3 has to be considered as a “de minimis” aid (Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 on 15/12/2006). Consequently, those companies working in sectors where the above-mentioned regulation does not apply, cannot benefit from Action 3.

For further information, you can visit the sections metodologia (methodology), business plan or FAQ.
Those companies whose business plan has been approved, will be able to access specific funding opportunities, after having started their own business: funds for entrepreneurs and partial payment of the start-up costs and investments (a special section of this website is devoted to funding-finanziamenti).


Who can access the service?

The people who can access the service are: men and women, either employed or unemployed, resident or domiciled in the Piedmont Region, who intend to start up a new company in the province of Turin (the legal seat can be located out of this area, as long as it is within the Piedmont Region) and who are interested in make a previous assessment of its feasibility. For further details, please read Condizioni di ammissibilità (Admission conditions).


How to access the service?

It is compulsory to make an appointment with a business expert by calling the toll-free telephone number:

800-146766

or by filling in the form available on this website.


Who does implement the service?

This service is promoted by the Province of Turin, that ensures the co-ordination of the proposed activities and the integration with the other provincial services.
The service is implemented by the Temporary Association of Enterprises which was selected through a public call for proposal. This Association is composed of:

· Leader organisation:
Codex Società cooperativa
Via Monteccuccoli 9, 10121 Torino
· Ascom Servizi s.r.l.
Via Massena 20, 10128 Torino
· CNA - Associazione Provinciale di Torino
Confederazione Nazionale dell'Artigianato e della Piccola e Media Impresa
Via Avellino 6, 10144 Torino
· Poliedra Progetti Integrati S.p.A.
Corso Unione Sovietica 612/3/E, 10135 Torino
· Soluzioni gestionali cooperative s.r.l.
Registered office: Via Livorno 49, 10144 Torino
· Unioncoop Torino s.c.
Registered office: Corso Francia 15, 10138 Torino