Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism

Piemonte Agency for Investments, Export and Tourism is the public body in charge of the internazionalition of Piemonte territory. Piemonte Agency main activities and institutional goals are:

supporting and aiding companies that want to locate in Piemonte
matching the local production offer with the needs expressed by international markets
promoting abroad Piedmontese wine, food and specialties
promoting the region’s tourist resources in the world
training human resources on key subjects related to international trade and commercial strategies.

Piemonte Agency Foundation

Piemonte Agency was founded in 2006 by Piemonte Region and Unioncamere Piemonte (the Union of Chambers of Commerce of Piemonte), in conjunction with business associations and the academic world, to strengthen the international role of the area and its potential. It was the first Italian institution bringing together all activities carried out by pre-existing local organizations operating for the internationalization of the territory:

Centro Estero Camere Commercio Piemontesi (support to the international business relations development of local SMEs)
ITP, Invest in Turin and Piedmont
Consorzio Piemontese di Formazione (managerial training programmes on international trade for both Italians and foreigners)
MKTP (planning and layout of location marketing strategies)
all international activities run by IMA (Agroalimentary Marketing Institute) and by ATR (Regional Agency for Tourist Promotion).

Members

Promoting members are Piemonte Regional Government

Piedmont

Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

and Unioncamere Piemonte (Union of Piemonte Chambers of Commerce).

Other members are: all the Chambers of Commerce of Piemonte, the Chamber of Commerce of Aosta, local bodies as Torino City Council

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, Torino Province Council

Province of Turin

The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...

and the Association of Piemonte Provinces, Piemonte Universities (Polytechnic University of Turin

Polytechnic University of Turin

The Polytechnic University of Turin is an engineering university based in Turin, northern Italy. Established in 1859, Politecnico di Torino is Italy’s oldest Technical University. In 2011 it was ranked as the best engineering university in Italy in the Academic Ranking of World Universities.It is...

, University of Torino, University of Alessandria, Novara and Vercelli

University of Eastern Piedmont

The University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro is a university located in Alessandria, Novara and Vercelli, Italy. It was founded in 1998 and is organized in 7 faculties...

), trade association as ABI (National Banks Association), Casartigiani Piemonte (Piemonte Craftsmen Association), CNA Piemonte (Piemonte Confederation of Small Business and Craft Firms), Coldiretti (Regional Agricoltural Association), Confapi Piemonte (Confederation of Small Enterprises Association), Confartigianato Piemonte (Handicraft Federation), Confcommercio Piemonte (General Confederation of Trade, Tourism, Services and SMEs), Confindustria Piemonte (Federation of Employer's Association).

International Network

Piemonte Agency International Network is aimed at promoting the development of business between Piemonte and foreign countries. The network guarantees interlocutors information on the region and the opportunities it offers and encourages industrial, commercial and technological cooperation. It includes the Regional Government field offices (in Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, China and South Korea) and the Business Cooperation Desks supported by the Torino Chamber of Commerce (in Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, USA, Brazil, Peru, India, Morocco, Turkey and Qatar). A special network made up by agreements with consultancy firms is dedicated to marketing Piemonte and attracting investments (UK, Germany, Belgium, France, India).

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