“The 300 million euros intended to accompany the Italian automotive supply chain in the industrial transition also represent an important opportunity for Calabria. The fact that a significant portion of the resources is reserved for the South and that the incentives can cover up to 75% of eligible expenses offers a concrete tool to support investments, innovation, research, training and productive reconversion”. Thus Antonio Laurendi, who represents the Calabrian Uilm, following the news of the funds made available by Mimit through a decree signed by the minister Adolfo Urso.
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“For our region, however, it is not enough to have resources available: we must be able – says Laurendi – to quickly transform them into productive investments, stable employment and new skills. The automotive transition is profoundly redesigning production, technologies and supply chains and Calabria cannot afford to remain on the sidelines of this process”.
Particularly important is the attention paid to small and medium-sized enterprises and micro and small enterprises, which constitute an essential part of the Calabrian productive fabric. For the trade unionist: “it is necessary to build a true regional supply chain, networking businesses, workers, the training system, universities and institutions, so that the incentives do not translate into isolated interventions, but produce a structural effect on the local economy”.
“As the Calabrian Uilm – continues Laurendi – we believe it is essential to open a discussion with the Calabria Region and with the entrepreneurial system to identify the sectors and projects that can be candidates for the available measures. The challenge is to use this phase to attract new investments and accompany the companies already present towards production with greater added value, sustainable and technologically advanced”.
“Calabria – concludes Laurendi – needs an industrial policy that looks to the future and is not limited to managing emergencies. The 300 million represent a concrete possibility: now we need to have a vision, planning capacity and above all put work at the centre. The industrial transition must mean growth and employment, not loss of jobs. Uilm is ready to do its part so that this opportunity is fully seized”.