The Apical Gazette: the news of 4/8/2022
Apical’s new way of communicating news worked.
So here we are with the second edition of our Gazette: we want to tell you about the week’s updates and news! Read the article and discover the realities of other Creators or announcements that could change the fortunes of your entrepreneurial project in the worlds of culture, sports, science, arts and tourism. Discover them all!
Archeo Cammini and Innova: two Creators of Transformative Experiences talk about themselves
Watch the interview in full
Let’s start the article of the week: Archeo Cammini and Innova: two Creators of Transformative Experiences talk about themselves
The two Creators participated in a past edition of the Pilot Program and were thrilled with how things turned out, and both are curious about future interactions, outcomes, and possibilities resulting from the growth and transformation they are gradually undertaking. Barbara and Cinzia (Cinzia is not currently participating in the project), from Innova, participated in the Apical Facebook Community’s “Pilots in talk” event along with Marina from Archeo Cammini.
If you would like to know what questions, concerns, and solutions Creators like you have that offer Transformative Experiences, you can find out by clicking here and reading the double interview article and/or watching the recording of the Facebook Live!
In fact, during the Pilots in talk a few weeks ago, they met live on Apical’s FB Community to compare notes and talk about their projects, going over the stages of their journeys and identifying some commonalities about the difficulties they faced.
Both have found the Pilot Program training and support provided by Apical to be a great help, especially in the use and application of technology in the marketing and business and identity definition of their projects.
Here are the highlights of the live broadcast, captured later in the article:
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Innova – The Project
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Archeo Cammini – What the project is about and how it came about
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How did the Innova project come about?
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The difficulties during the course of the Innova project
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Marina’s obstacles
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The future of Innova
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Shared thoughts
Find out what the Creators said!
In our opinion, the experiences proposed by Archeo Cammini and Innova are truly unique, transformative, and very interesting and maybe, who knows, one day they will surprise us with some collaboration!
You can follow the double interview entirely by watching the live recording in Community!
Travel Cloud’s Go-Live
The second new feature of the week is Travel Cloud’s Go-Live: we were excited to be able to announce that starting Thursday, August 4, we will be live with Travel Cloud!
Travel Cloud is a project focused on ethical and responsible tourism issues and is focused on smaller destinations and educational experiences. The values embraced by Travel Cloud represent the reasons why Apical chose to embrace the project, from the creation of a new website, through which tailor-made trips to all destinations around the world will be communicated, to marketing support.
Travel Cloud also represents an opportunity for Creators in our Community: very interesting collaborations can be forged in the future through common visions such as sustainability, educational dimensions and transformation .
Last 2 spots for Pilot Program 8
Let’s talk now about Pilot Program 8:
In September, our not-to-be-missed acceleration Pilot Program will return. (if you don’t remember what it is and how it can help you, click here).
We help talents and ideas turn into successful entrepreneurial projects through 8 sprints (one every 15 days) and weekly checkpoints for the duration of 16 weeks. The creation and development of transformative and authentic experiences as a form of social innovation, which have the power to transform the lives of people and the territories they traverse by contaminating their futures, requires a professional, smart and fast working method. The Pilot Program is designed specifically to support projects (emerging or established) who need to grow and be able to make the best use of technology to develop their business idea and bring it to success in a sustainable way, through collective learning, startup methodology and all our experience in the travel world. All services and our support are yours for 6 months, at the end you can decide to continue to grow and work with us or you are free* to go back to work on your own.
REMINDER OF THE MONTH OF AUGUST:
We know, the last few weeks have been very busy for everyone, and among the thousands of things to do, some of you have not had a way and time to inquire about the Pilot Program. In fact, we did not reach the maximum number of participants by the end of July as we had hoped, so applications to register remain open! These are the last weeks during which you can decide to participate our training program, there are the last two places left!
Interesting Transformative Experiences projects that strive to create impact and innovation might include yours!
To apply, simply schedule a meeting with Nicola and present your project. You will decide together whether to go ahead and be supported through all the expertise of our team and the use of technology.
Places are limited and are almost sold out!
Make an appointment with Nicola now to assess what you need and what we can accomplish together.
New funding opportunity for Mountain Projects
Finally, we have a new funding opportunity:
On July 18, the Ministry of Tourism of the Italian Republic published the PUBLIC NOTICE for the Expression of interest in the submission of proposals for action to revitalize Italian mountain tourism through infrastructural adjustments, planning and promotion of tourism products with a view to sustainability, under the “Mountain Italy” measure of the Ministry of Tourism’s Development and Cohesion Plan, referred to in CIPESS Resolution no. 58/2021.
Applications for Mountain Projects funding may be submitted by private entities (profit or nonprofit) in individual or aggregate form for the implementation of projects aimed at the tourism enhancement of mountain heritage , for the enhancement of existing infrastructure, for sustainable use, including in light of ongoing climate change, especially in the Regions of Southern Italy, for the promotion of the integrated tourism offer of mountain areas, with the aim of improving the specialization and qualification of the sector and encouraging investment to increase the competitive and innovative capacity of the sector’s tourism entrepreneurship̀.
The total resources available amount to 26,700,000.00 euros. Mountain Projects will be funded for a Maximum amount of the grantable contribution (including VAT) of 2,000,000.00 euros each. Funding will be granted as grant to the extent maximum of 100% Of the total eligible costs on the operation, including VAT if not recoverable from the beneficiary, for expenditure eligible under the 2014/2020 FSC.
The application for funding, complete with the proposal and the required documents and declarations, can only be submitted by 1 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2022, through the IT Platform, accessible through SPID, made available by the Ministry of Tourism since August.
To request information and support for Mountain Projects funding, fill out the form.
Activate Apical Passport Pro (Free)
Last but not least, we have recently launched Apical Passport (free), a new form of community participation.
If reading our content is not enough for you and you want to become an active part of the Apical Community there is an easy way.
Fill out the form below and activate your Apical Passport, it’s free and allows you to:
– Access theSlack environment dedicated to you, the Apical team, and all other Creators;
– Attend the weekly meeting for insights, one-on-ones, advice and more
What are you waiting for!
