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Technological innovation, the process of economic and financial integration, the intensification of competition, profoundly modify the conditions necessary to compete successfully in international markets.
New growth opportunities will open up for countries able to adapt their production processes to the trends in world demand. Reverse the recessionary trends in place and bring economic development in line with the potential of our country is possible but requires a capacity of "team" between the different components of the institutional, business and finance.

The meeting will take place on December 4, 2014, at the residence of the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland.
Speaker: Federico Ghizzoni, CEO of Unicredit.
The meeting will be introduced and chaired by Maria Cannata, General Director of the Public Debt of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

We congratulate to our President Sergio Balbinot for the recent and prestigious appointment as member of the board of management of Allianz where, starting from January 1, 2015, he will assume the responsibility of the insurance business in the countries of South and West Europe, namely Italy, France, Benelux, Greece and Turkey.
Our best wishes, therefore, to perform a task that will know, as always, with great technical competence and professional ethics.

Congratulations also to Francesco Ago, partner of the Firm Chiomenti, already our legal counsel, to have been co-opted to the executive board of Diplomatia.

We are pleased to welcome new members company: Abbvie, multinational biopharmaceutical company, a world leader in the field of health, with  pharmaceuticals, nutritional, diagnostics and doctors products; Consortium Olimpo, a leader in services to companies and private with activities ranging from restructuring and design of buildings, to the maintenance of plumbing and heating systems, civil electrical and industrial, to the transport and diplomatic mail, up to the ecological services of various kinds in the field of solar and photovoltaic.

We are pleased to welcome new members company: Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori SpA, represented by Antonello Perricone, President and CEO; The Boston Consulting Group, represented by Massimo Busetti, Senior Partner and Managing Director; Banca Popolare di Bari, represented by Gianluca Jacobini, Deputy Director General; Istech Publisher of Technology, represented by Giuseppe Spanto, CEO. Finally, we congratulate our partner Bianca Fersini, President and CEO of Polytems HIR, a company active in the field of investor relations and financial communications, which is celebrating its 15 years of activity.

In this global scenario, the Italian Presidency of the EU Council is a unique opportunity to address the major challenges of today: the resumption of economic and financial crisis, the increase in employment, the strengthening of fundamental rights and support for European citizens to keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

We discussed on July 21 at the embassy of the ambassador of Mexico HE Miguel Ruiz-Cabañas, a member of our board of directors, which hosted an exceptional protagonist: Ambassador Michele Valensise, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and member of our board of directors.

In terms of global competition, Italy and Europe needs reform and innovation to relaunch growth and employment.

 In this area, Israel can boast the highest concentration in the world of innovation and entrepreneurship, with a number of start-up, avant-garde experimentation.

The comparison between "country systems" has been the object of the Workshop "Israel: the promised land of innovation. Start-up, finance and research.

Which perspectives for Italy?, promoted on July 14 by our partner Ernst & Young at the Pontifical Lateran University.

After the brilliant speech of our guest of honor Naor Gilon, Israeli Ambassador in Italy, was attended by Valerio De Luca, Secretary General of Diplomatia; Dario Bergamo, EY Partner Head of Goverment & Public Sector; Cesare Imbriani, Professor of Economics and Director of DIGEF, Sapienza University of Rome; Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director, Italian Institute of Technology; Vito Cozzoli, Chief of Cabinet of the Minister of Economic Development; Giuseppe Spanto, founder and CEO of the start-up Istech Publisher of Technology.

On the national side, the current severe economic situation, after the austerity measures, it needs to promote growth, employment and the competitiveness of enterprises through effective government action, to define strategies and policy-making processes, both at national and European level.

In this context, the recent initiatives are part of the Italian government to strengthen the financing instruments of companies, especially small and medium, and thus overcome the difficulties of access to credit that hinder the revival of investment.

On these issues as guest of honor Salvatore Rossi, Director General of the Bank of Italy and Chairman of IVASS at the Ambassador's Residence  the Kingdom of Belgium Vincent Mertens de Wilmars.

The debate was further enriched by the interventions of Fabio Cerchiai, President of UnipolSai Insurance and Vice President of Diplomatia, Fabio Gallia, Managing Director of BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas, Marco Patuano, CEO of Telecom Italy.

Vi informiamo che è in corso di costruzione il Sito di Diplomatia e saremmo veramente felici di ricevere da voi idee, proposte, informazioni e progetti da far circolare per valorizzare le vostre Ambasciate, Aziende ed Istituzioni, favorendo le sinergie tra i Soci ed occasioni di proficuo lavoro, sia all’interno che all’esterno del nostro prestigioso network, seguendo un approccio pragmatico, diretto e conforme alle vostre specifiche e concrete esigenze.

Siamo lieti di dare il benvenuto a Nicola Antoniozzi dello Studio Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati, a Bianca Fersini, Presidente e Amministratore Delegato della Polytems HIR, società di consulenza strategica in Investor Relation, Angelo Anav, Presidente di K2K, azienda operante nell’Information Technology, ad Emanuele D’Innella dell’omonimo Studio D’Innella e all’associazione di settore Federlab Italia.

Siamo lieti di dare il benvenuto al dott. Giuseppe Bono, amministratore delegato di Fincantieri, azienda già presente nella nostra compagine associativa, alla dott.ssa Maria Bianca Farina, amministratore delegato di Poste Vita e Vice Presidente di ANIA, e al dott. Carlo Cottarelli, neo-commissario per la spending review, già nostro ospite d’onore ad un cenacolo dello scorso anno, ed oggi nuovo socio in rappresentanza del Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze.

Il Presidente Sergio Balbinot questo mese con una comunicazione ha annunciato la nomina del nuovo Segretario Generale di Diplomatia Valerio De Luca, che è anche fondatore e Presidente dell’Accademia Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Economico e Sociale (AISES), avvocato e docente di diritto dei mercati finanziari. Il prof. De Luca contatterà i singoli soci per un incontro nel quale proporre e condividere idee e prospettive di sviluppo della nostra Associazione.