The president of Uneindustria Calabria, Aldo Ferrara, accompanied by the director of Unindustria Calabria, Dario Lamanna, and the president of the regional council, Roberto Occhiuto, They returned to meet to make the coupon to the initiatives to support the socio -economic development of Calabria born from the comparison and mutual institutional collaboration.
“Not even two years after the launch of” Agenda Calabria ” -explained Ferrara at the end of the meeting -, the economic policy actions which, thanks to the deep unity of intentions with the president Occhiuto and the profitable collaboration of the regional councilors , have begun to return the first, important results. In today’s meeting, in fact, the follow -up that we have made compared to the many calls already concluded and those still on itinere has given us back us encouraging performance indicators. I think, to name someone, of the success of the announcement for plants and machinery and the most recent one for research & development (with the involvement of the universities) that have requested an expansion of the resources initially made available to demonstrate how there are many Calabrian companies that They want to evolve, to invest, to grow in technological modernization, quality and innovation. In addition, the calls dedicated to strategic sectors such as that on the qualification of the tourist offer, not only respond to vocational development needs, but orient this development towards specific targets, thus subtending to a decisive long -term vision to give solidity to the investments of companies ».
The meeting served to reiterate the mutual commitment to the improvement of the conditions of context, in particular on infrastructures, industrial areas and mobility, with a focus on pleasure ports. While the works on SS106 and electrification of the Ionian railway line continue, the attention of unindustria and the Calabria region is aimed at high speed: “President Occhiuto shares our sensitivity about the need to have a real AV railway line up to Reggio Calabria -added Ferrara -. The attention is high and I believe that everyone will do their part to get to guarantee this strategic result for the whole region. It is a question that strongly concerns the context in which to build sustainable development and therefore is essential. In the same way, we work on a joint strategy on the attraction of capital from outside the region and from abroad and is a game that is played and above all on the redevelopment of industrial areas “.
During the meeting, particular attention was also paid to health (on which unindustria will soon present its own initiative) and the theme of administrative regeneration (“Boving and strengthening territorial bodies is a precondition for the construction of effective socio -economic development policies”, Ferrara explained) and youth entrepreneurship: “We are thinking about the birth of an impact tool that, building business culture, allows our young talents to demonstrate their qualities in their region and stem youth emigration”.