smartvenice, research, projects, networks

Smart Venice promotes new models of social and environmental sustainability

We are an independent consultancy, research and capacity building unit specialized in supporting participatory change processes for more gender equal, inclusive and sustainable societies, organizations and cities.

Research and Processing

Growth and Development

Social Integration

Fundraising for research and projects

Finding resources for your project ideas and shaping those to make them solid and credible is a challenge.

If you plan to participate to EU calls for proposals, you can count on us as a trusted partner with experience in high quality.

Smart Venice – Research – Projects – Networks

Our key expertise areas

Mixed methods socio-economic research

Qualitative  socio economic research through systematic desk research, policy mapping, meta-analysis, critical frame analysis

Co-design and co-creation

Support the setup and implemementation of Co-design and co-creation and participatory processes more broadly.

Capacity building and training

Design and implementation of capacity building and training programmes, both online and offline, relying on inclusive and participatory pedagogies.

Organization and ecosystem change

Support to the design and implementation of gender and diversity policies and plans within institutions (mostly research intensive ones), companies and innovation ecosystems.

Our Partners

Some of our projects

Recent News

The BIAS Project has successfully concluded the second iteration of its Capacity Building Programme. Smart Venice team played a key role in developing co-creation methodologies

The FIERCE project successfully concluded its activities in June 2025 with the Final Conference held in Brussels. The event featured panels on how anti-gender and

Advancing Intersectional Gender Equality in Biomedical Research

INCLUDE, a Horizon project coordinated by Smart Venice Srl, promotes intersectional gender equality in biomedical research through Gender Equality Plans (GEPs) in eight European research organizations. The project fosters collaboration and develops innovative tools through training, mentoring, and pilot actions.

BIAS

The project aims at identifying and mitigating biases that occur in Artificial Intelligence applications used in a Human Resources Management (HRM) context. 

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FIERCE

FIERCE aims at providing sound theoretical and practical knowledge and tools to revitalize alliances between the feminist movement, civil society and political decision makers so to contrast populist radical right anti-gender actors and discourses.