IAmBridge

I AM BRIDGE aims to convert Additive Manufacturing (AM) into a coordinated, place-based, quadruple-helix strategy for sustainable competitiveness - the Eco-Innovation Framework in Additive Manufacturing (EIFAM) - serving as the foundation for a long-term joint action plan to enhance university–business cooperation and interregional collaboration. It links strong, moderate and emerging ecosystems to co-plan priorities, align funding, and produce common knowledge assets, so AM becomes a practical engine for resilience, skills and greener value chains across Trentino/IT, Tuzla Canton/BA, as well as other regions in Italy, Germany, Poland, and Lithuania. Within three to five years after EIFAM adoption, the partner territories function as a distributed, interoperable AM ecosystem. Each region operates a single-entry AM Access Point linked to a shared catalogue of facilities, mentors and design-for-AM services Concrete outcome by project end: an endorsed 3-year Joint Long-Term Action Plan (JLTAP) with a governance model, a funding-alignment blueprint, and formal commitments from regional authorities and ecosystem leaders, providing a credible, implementation-ready pathway for subsequent multi-fund execution and disciplined replication beyond the initial regions. The 12–18-month CSA format matches our two-phase approach (dialogue/mapping → design/finalisation). AM provides a clear thematic spine that advances circularity, digital transformation and advanced materials priorities. The project embeds gender and inclusion targets, ensures territorial coverage across multiple EU and Extra-EU regions, and sets out concrete synergy pathways to Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, Cohesion/ERDF, I3 and private co-investment. It also designs pilot schemes (no FSTP concepts in this proposal) to de-risk post-CSA uptake and supports replication through open, modular assets.