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L’Esposizione Universale di Milano ha ufficialmente chiuso i battenti, lasciando una grande eredità: orgoglio e fiducia nel futuro. Questo il lascito di EXPO, testimoniato anche dal Presidente Mattarella “la sfida rivolta a noi stessi è stata vinta. Ora siamo pronti a un salto in avanti.”
L’Italia tutta ha dato un contributo importante alla comunità internazionale, coronato dal successo della Carta di Milano e dal suo importante compito: portare in tutto il mondo il messaggio di questa Esposizione rivolto alla vita e ai diritti umani. Expo è stata sicuramente un’occasione per far conoscere le eccellenze del Bel Paese diventando un banco di prova per le aziende italiane che hanno potuto lavorare insieme presentando il meglio del Made in Italy.
Ora l’obiettivo primario di questo enorme sforzo è quello di rilanciare l’Italia dopo l’Expo, così come si prefigge il “Manifesto per il Made in Italy”, sottoscritto proprio in EXPO, che riportiamo integralmente nello Speciale della nostra rivista.
“Il Made in Italy è la nostra forza, valorizzarlo per noi è essenziale. Grazie all’eccellenza dei suoi prodotti il Paese può essere un attore globale e giocare un ruolo da protagonista all’interno del nuovo contesto economico internazionale”, ci ricorda il Vice Ministro Calenda, e l’Italia di EXPO lo ha confermato.

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21st Century. Design after Design
XXI Triennale di Milano International Exhibition “will accompany the recovery of our economy, but also the recovery of trust in our ability to attract foreign investment, our system of exporting abroad, and the possibility that Italy, its businesses, institutions, reforms, and the civil society all contribute to returning to Italy a role and an image that it has never lost.” This is how Paolo Gentiloni, Minister for Foreign Affairs, presented the Triennale to the accredited diplomatic body in Italy who met at the Farnesina. The Triennale, titled “21st Century. Design after Design”, will take place from the 2nd April to the 12th September 2016. The following people also took part in the meeting: Vicente Loscertales, General Secretary of the BIE (Bureau of International Expositions); Roberto Maroni, President of the Lombardy Region; Filippo Del Corno, Minister of Culture for Milan; Roberto Snaidero, President of FederlegnoArredo; and Claudio De Albertis, President of the Triennale di Milano Foundation.

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Danes Vote Italy as Best Country
Italy has been judged “Top Tourist Destination in Europe 2015” at the Danish Travel Awards 2015, which took place in Copenhagen on 7th October.
Anna Andersson, media relations manager at the Stockholm Italian Tourist Office (ENIT), collected the award. The awards consist of 17 categories for various sectors of the tourism industry, including transport, accommodation and tour operators. Other prizes went to the German Tourist Association for best Tourist Office with an office in Denmark, Italy for best European destination and the USA for best destination outside Europe.
Votes for Italy’s award came from individual tourists and the Danish tourism industry.

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Opens in Hangzhou the first Ferrero production factory in China
The first Ferrero factory in China opens in Hangzhou on the 23rd September in Hangzhou (Zhejiang province) the first Ferrero production factory in China was opened by the Italian Ambassador for China, Ettore Sequi, the CEO of the company, Giovanni Ferrero, the mayor, Zhang Hongming and the Consul General in Shanghai, Stefano Beltrame.
Completed in the record time of 18 months and with cutting edge technologies, the factory is worth 300 million euros and is therefore one of the most important Italian investments not only in Hangzhou but in all of China.
Ferrero, in China since 1977, is now the leader in the sector. Present in Shanghai since 2000 with a representative office, it became a trading company in 2007 and is now producing directly “in China, for China” guaranteeing the same quality as in the rest of the world.

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70 years of the UN: The Tower of Pisa and other monuments lit up in blue
The Tower of Pisa was illuminated in blue on the 24th October in a global campaign for 70 years of the UN. The initiative that was presented at the UN Headquarters in New York includes iconic monuments in every continent, from the Sydney Opera House to the Pyramids of Giza, from Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro to the Empire State Building in New York, to the Tokyo SkyTree. Other participants in the awareness campaign for UN values “Turn the World #UNBlue” are the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, the Houses of Parliament in London, Baalbek in Lebanon and the Alhambra Palace in Spain. “The idea, according to UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, is to unite the citizens of the whole world and promote the message of peace, development and human rights that originated in the UN Headquarters.”

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Italy-Brazil: Imperial Order of the Southern Cross given to Edoardo Pollastri
As the Brazilian Ambassador in Rome, Neiva Tavares, reports: “this award recognises the quality of his actions and vouches for the respect that he enjoys.”
The awarding of the decoration to Pollastri took place during an official ceremony in the Embassy in Rome.

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“New monsters at the table”: Counterfeit Italian Produce on Show in Florence
‘Made in Tuscany’ exhibition of fakes. At the Casa delle Eccellenze, the Florence Chamber of Commerce Anti-Counterfeit Observatory, in collaboration with Coldiretti, you can see the horrors that have been found and seized all over the world. Until October you can visit the biggest exhibition of fakes ever shown in Tuscany, entitled “New Monsters at the Table”. These are goods that are often harmful to health, that damage Italy’s agri-food sector and the international image of ‘Made in Italy’, and are contributing to the closure of companies and the loss of many jobs. Among the 32 examples of products passed off as Italian or Tuscan were “Chianti” produced in California, the infamous DIY kit to make your own DOC wine, the American “Columbus” finocchiona (fennel sausage), German salami with misleading labels such as “Firenza Salami”, and even “Tuscan” milk from America.

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“L’Africa in particolare”, ha sottolineato il ministro, “nei prossimi anni avrà bisogno di decine e decine di miliardi di investimenti in infrastrutture ed energia. Pur con cautela, le nostre imprese dovranno puntarci, sfruttando anche il sostegno della nostra rete diplomatica” ha aggiunto Gentiloni, ricordando la qualità dell’edilizia italiana, forte di una storia maturata in un territorio nazionale tra i più complessi quanto a orografia e geologia. I numeri del rapporto Ance confermano il decimo anno di crescita delle imprese di costruzione all’estero, con oltre 10 miliardi di euro di fatturato e 187 nuovi contratti ed un incremento del 10,2% del fatturato, oltre il +237% in dieci anni (passando da 3 miliardi di euro a 10 miliardi) a fronte di una contrazione del mercato interno, ha ricordato il vicepresidente dell’Ance Giandomenico Ghella, presentando il Rapporto. Ghella che si è detto fiducioso, nonostante il rallentamento nella crescita dei Paesi petroliferi ed il calo dei prezzi delle materie prime dei Paesi emergenti, che fanno registrare una leggera flessione degli investimenti. Con cantieri in 85 Paesi, 187 nuovi contratti, un incremento nella presenza nei mercati europei con nuove acquisizioni in Francia e Polonia quello delle costruzioni è infatti un business ormai consolidato ed in crescita, ha sottolineato Ghella. L’obiettivo, adesso, “è insistere nel sostenere la proiezione internazionale delle piccole e medie imprese, aiutandole a selezionare i mercati migliori”.

“È un quadro che conferma come le imprese italiane di costruzione stiano acquisendo fette sempre più grandi di mercato a livello internazionale. Un risultato raggiunto anche grazie all’intenso lavoro di diplomazia economica, che vede al centro l’azione della Farnesina assieme al Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, all’Agenzia Ice, alla Sace e al sistema bancario, sempre al fianco delle imprese nelle missioni all’estero”, ha osservato Ghella, che ha ringraziato il Governo per lo sforzo fatto per accompagnare le imprese nelle numerose missioni all’estero che si sono svolte quest’anno. Il ministro ha inoltre apprezzato lo sforzo fatto dall’Ance in questi anni per sostenere le imprese in questo processo fondamentale di internazionalizzazione, anche per le pmi e ha definito i risultati del Rapporto come esempio tangibile di “una storia italiana di successo”.

 
The ANCE Report
A tangible example of “an Italian success story”
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and government work closely with Italian companies actively seeking investment opportunities around the world: Paolo Gentiloni, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, spoke at the presentation of the 2015 ANCE (Italian Building Contractors’ Association) report at the offices of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under Secretary, Benedetto della Vedova, and Secretary-General, Michele Valensise, were also present.

“Despite a number of critical factors, in a global perspective the infrastructure sector will grow significantly” said Gentiloni, indicating that there are still markets with “excellent potential”, characterised by “growing urbanisation” and the development of new middle classes, such as Eastern Europe or Latin America.

“Africa in particular will require hundreds of billions of infrastructure and energy sector investment in the coming years. Our companies should consider such investment, albeit with caution, while at the same exploiting the support provided by our diplomatic network”, added Gentiloni while highlighting Italian construction quality and its strong history acquired in one of the most complex territories in terms of topography and geology. The ANCE report confirms ten years of construction companies’ growth abroad, with turnover in excess of €10 billion, 187 new contracts and a 10.2% increase in turnover, up more than + 237% in ten years (from €3 billion to €10 billion), compared with a reduction in the internal market, said Giandomenico Ghella, Vice President of  ANCE, who presented the report. Despite the slowdown in the growth of oil-rich countries and the decline in commodity prices in emerging countries, which recorded a slight decline in investment, Ghella is confident With sites in 85 countries and 187 new contracts, this demonstrates an increase in the European markets, with new acquisitions in France and Poland, the construction sector is in fact a well-established and growing business, Ghella stressed. The goal is now “to continue supporting the international projection of small and medium-sized enterprises, while helping them select the best markets”.

“An image that confirms that Italian construction companies are acquiring ever larger slices of the international market. A result in part achieved thanks to the hard work of economic diplomacy, with the action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ice Agency, SACE and the banking system, which always cooperate with businesses in all their foreign missions, at its very centre” said Ghella, who thanked the Government for its efforts to assist companies in the many foreign missions that took place this year. The minister also appreciated the effort made by ANCE in recent years to support businesses, including small and medium-sized businesses, in this vital process of internationalisation and described the results highlighted in the report as a tangible example of “an Italian success story”.

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60 Years of Italy in the UN: The celebrations in The Chamber
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General pays “Homage to Italians who have rescued migrants. Thank you Italy!”
The hall of Montecitorio is full of tricolour flags for the 60th anniversary of Italy’s accession to the United Nations. The ceremony was attended by Sergio Mattarella, President of the Republic, Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, Matteo Renzi, President of the Council and the Pietro Grasso and Laura Boldrini, Presidents of the Chambers of Deputies.
The National Anthem, sung by all, had just drawn to a close when Forza Italia parliamentarians raised banners bearing the wording “Free the Marò” and “Free Italian Marines” under the eyes of all those present, which included the government and a number of foreign diplomats. President Boldrini requested that the banners be removed. “I understand the importance of the matter in hand, but remove the banners!” she said. The banners were immediately removed.
“The UN needs Italy”, said Renzi. Prime Minister Renzi took to the floor and his speech peaked when he declared “The Italy that welcomes you is an Italy’s of officers forced to become nurses to deliver babies born in ships in the Mediterranean. It is an Italy we are proud of. Italy needs the UN, but it is also true that the UN needs Italy, its heart, its generosity and its passion.”
Ban Ki-moon: “Thank you Italy”. And cited De Gasperi. The response of the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, came soon after. Italy has been able to “provide a courageous and deeply human response in regard to the largest migration crisis since the end of World War II. I pay tribute to the Italian men and women who have saved tens of thousands of migrants. Thank you Italy”, he said.
“Italian culture is appreciated all over the world, and in my own country also: when I wear an Italian tie, I get the distinct impression that my wife is a little more attracted to me. And last week in New York there was a mega-jam caused by a single car: a small Fiat 500,” he joked. Ban Ki-moon then cited Alcide De Gasperi but was interrupted by a long applause. “I remember the great Italian statesman Alcide De Gasperi, the man who promoted Italy’s accession to the UN but did not live to see this moment.” Many members of parliament rose to their feet to pay tribute to De Gasperi.
He continued: “The war in Syria is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. My envoy, Steffen de Mistura, and I are doing our best to cope with this emergency”. What is certain is that “with forced immigration there are no two deserving and undeserving categories. There are only people in need of help. All migrants must benefit from this protection”, and he made reference to, “the history of Italian emigration”.
Pietro Grasso: “We need a new pact with the United Nations”. “We look to the UN with renewed confidence and with sincere commitment to promoting a new pact that addresses today’s challenges with means of security and by promoting institutions and new political locations, supporting social, cultural and economic development as a prerequisite for peace and stability” pointed out Grasso, President of the Senate, in his speech.
“We live in a profoundly different world to the world of 1955, a fast moving world that makes the Organization’s role increasingly difficult and increasingly vital. There are growing inequalities in even the richest of countries, which determine exclusion and marginalisation, jeopardising social cohesion and infringing the freedom and fundamental rights of the people. The misguided policies of economic growth have exacerbated climate change and have caused serious damage to the environment and to public health. The geopolitical balance has been rendered increasingly uncertain and unstable by ongoing conflicts, particularly in the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and by terrorism, transnational crime, illegal economy and the dangerous combination of security, financial, political and social crisises.”
Grasso continued, “We therefore need to look to the United Nations with renewed confidence and with the sincerest commitment to promoting a new pact that addresses the challenges of our time, with future generations in mind, using means of security, but above all promoting institutions and political locations, actively supporting social, cultural and economic development of the territories as prerequisites for peace and stability.”
Boldrini: The importance of the role of the United Nations. “Italy has supported the objectives of the United Nations for sixty years and has helped achieve such objectives” said Laura Boldrini, President of the Chamber of Deputies. “Our country, with a traditional and naturally multilateral vocation in terms of its history and culture, has played and continues to play a key role in peace-keeping missions. Italy strongly supports the work of UN agencies, funds and programmes, not only through funding but also through the tireless work of thousands of both male and female officials. It houses important UN offices, including FAO, PAM and IFAD headquarters. In the past sixty years, Italy has consistently defended the principles and values enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations that support the actions of the organisation.
“Without the United Nations” – reiterates Boldrini – “the world’s sixty million forced migrants, the equivalent of the entire Italian population, would not receive the assistance that often makes the difference between life and death. Without the United Nations, we would not have treaties to guide us in the fight against human rights violations and discrimination. Without the UN, millions of children would not be vaccinated, nor would they be able to study.”
(Panorama.it)

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