In Friuli Venezia Giulia è stato istituito il Fondo regionale per l’occupazione delle persone con disabilità che viene alimentato dagli importi delle sanzioni amministrative a carico dei datori di lavoro che non adempiono agli obblighi previsti dalla legge 68/1999, dai contributi versati per l’ottenimento degli esoneri e da somme stanziate dalla Regione.

La Regione, con decreto del Presidente della Regione del 11 dicembre 2024, n. 163, ha emanato il “Regolamento regionale che disciplina le modalità di concessione di contributi a valere sulle risorse del Fondo regionale per le persone con disabilità di cui all’articolo 39 della legge regionale 9 agosto 2005, n. 18 (Norme regionali per l’occupazione, la tutela e la qualità del lavoro).” pubblicato sul BUR n. 52 del 27 dicembre 2024. Il Regolamento è entrato in vigore il 1 gennaio 2025.

Airworks ringrazia la Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia – Direzione Centrale Lavoro, Formazione, Istruzione e Famiglia per il contributo di € 10.136,49 ricevuto in data 13/05/2025 dal fondo Regionale per l’occupazione di persone con disabilità di cui all’articolo 39 della legge regionale 18/2005

With a PR FESR FVG contribution for research and development of €972,312.89 – of which the EU contribution is equal to 40% for an eligible expenditure of €1,787,333.15 – the WINDS project, Wing-Implemented Navigation for Decarbonized Shipping, has taken off, or rather, taken flight, involving 3 local SMEs accompanied by the University of Trieste.

The WINDS project was presented on the call for proposals A.1.1.2 Grants aimed at developing research, development and innovation negotiation projects – Maritime Technologies by member and affiliated companies of the mareFVG cluster, which was initially entrusted to Naos Ship and Boat Design, a naval design studio specializing in the ro-ro and ro-pax sector and with over 30 years of experience in the sector.

But what is the WINDS project about?

WINDS is an ambitious and innovative project that aims to design and create an innovative system aimed at integrating naval propulsion using the force of the wind, which allows for a reduction in fuel consumption and a reduction in polluting emissions in maritime transport. A demonstrator of the sail system, which we will soon get used to seeing installed on ship decks, will soon be hosted in the coastal area of ​​FVG managed by the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea, with the aim of validating functionality and performance.

The only Italian project in this area, thanks to the skills of its partners, WINDS has the potential to compete with solutions being developed in other European countries, optimized for performance, construction technology, automation, operability and costs. And in addition, the system will also be validated from the point of view of environmental impact, because in addition to promising the exploitation of renewable energy at zero cost, the environmental impact indicators provided for by the ISO 14.040 standard will be evaluated

mareFVG, which has already coordinated the definition of the project idea and the presentation of the proposal for the tender, will be responsible for project management and the dissemination of the project results.