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Greece: Meeting Politicians and local port authorities from Italy, Greece, Malta

2015/11/20

An executive project containing guidelines to build a logistics national platform, in particular in the south of Italy, to boost its competitiveness in the Mediterranean is the idea which may be supported by the EU 2014-2020 structural funds that Obi (Bank-Enterprises Economy and Finance Observatory) in cooperation with Assoporti and Confitarma will present Friday and Saturday during the course of the fifth edition of the Sorrento Conference, the international event that since 2010 brings to the city economists academics representatives of authorities, enterprise and finance.

This year's edition will be centred on the theme of logistics and mobility in the Mediterranean with particular attention to the transport of wares.

Economist James Kenneth Gailbrath, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco in Italy, Hassan Abouyoub, the president of Scelta Civica, Salvatore Matarrese, the president of Svimez, Adriano Giannola, the president of Assologistica Carlo Mearelli, the president of Regione Basilicata, Marcello Pittella will all be in attendance. Great attention will as well be given to the law on the reorganisation of port authorities through a discussion with the representatives of port authorities from Malta and Pyreus inclunding with the presidents of port authorities from four cities of the south of Italy: Bari, Naples, Taranto and Salerno.

"The 2015 edition of the Sorrento Conference - said Antonio Corvino, director general of Obi - will be an occasion to reflect on the need of reaching better efficiency in the field of logistics. Looking at the case of Italy, we will confront the reasons of the delay accumulated in the south of Italy, that must instead take on a primary role and become a hub not just within our borders but as well in Europe and the Mediterranean.

Our proposition, which shall be illustrated here, entails the development of such an offer, in sinergy with ports, airports and the train network.

A vision as well integrating the productive sector and its industrial networks within logistics".

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