UNIDO ITPO Italy (Investment and Technology Promotion Office) was established on 12 August 1985 through an agreement between UNIDO and the Government of Italy. Like other ITPOs, the mandate of ITPO Italy is to promote industrial cooperation and business development between Italian enterprises and institutions and their counterparts in developing and emerging countries. The office also operates as a catalyst of international technical expertise and best practices for the organization of national, regional and international networking events. ITPO Italy launched specific industrial development programmes aimed at involving several sectors where Italy sets world standards of best practice, such as agro – industry/food, textiles and clothing, leather and footwear, environment and renewable energies. This commitment is mainly based on promotion of industrial partnerships, on improvement of technological and qualitative standards and on capacity-building to partner institutions.
Friuli Venezia Giulia is a strategic Region in the heart of Europe located at a cross-roads of major transportation routes and renowned for its multicultural and economic dynamism. The region is historically a bridge between West and East Europe and a platform towards the Mediterranean area. The Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia is playing a central role in decentralized cooperation, as an innovative strategy to manage international relations as a basis for the process of internationalization of the regional territory at the institutional, economic, social and cultural levels. Innovation plays a key role for the future of European Countries. The European Regions as Friuli Venezia Giulia, have the goal to promote innovative processes as an active part of the EU 2020 strategy for sustainable, inclusive and smart growth.
The Historian’s Office of Havana City founded in 1938, is the Autonomous Territorial Agency in charge for the management of the Priority Zone for Conservation, which includes the Historical Center of Havana and the District of Malecón. In 1993, the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba has granted to The Historian’s Office of Havana City special legal power to facilitate the integral process of revitalization of the Historic Center of Havana, with the aim to preserve of the historical-cultural heritage of Cuba with emphasis on the social and in the protection and integration of the local population.
