To enhance economic growth, particularly in Southern Italy, Fondazione Idis-Città della Scienza (www.cittadellascienza.it/?lang=en), Legacoop (www.legacoop.coop) and Coopfond (www.coopfond.it) agreed in July 2016, to work together designing specific projects to foster smart growth, employment and cooperation. Priority fields are: advanced manufacturing, digital education, creative industries, blue growth, health and biomedical, agro-food, fashion and design, architecture, building and construction, aerospace manufacturing.