Havana, Cuba - 9-12 May 2016
Havana, 9-12 May 2016 - As follow up of the activities related to Cuba, UNIDO ITPO Italy supported an important Italian entrepreneurial delegation to the Caribbean Country, related mainly to the agro-industry and building sectors. The mission took place in Havana, from the 9th until the 12th May 2016, involving many managers from different top level italian companies and institutions.
The mission has been coordinated with the Italian Ministry of Economic Development; ICE/ITA and Confimi Industria. Confimi, the Italian Manufactory and Private Firm Confederation, is an association that represents about 28,000 Italian companies for 410,000 employees, with a turnover of 71 billion Euros. The associated companies are active mainly in the following sectors: agricultural machinery, food processing, cold chain and food; engineering, construction; infrastructure, mechatronics, automotive and textile.
In this framework, many meetings have been arranged with high level personalities, including the Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment in Cuba Mrs. Ileana Núñez Mordoche (MINCEX). Moreover, many activities to increase the knowledge of both counterparts about the other have been planned. The second day, three seminars were organized, following a sector criteria to involve all the participants; later the companies had the opportunities to meet the Cuban Government representatives.
On the last days the Italian Delegation visited some selected Cuban companies and the Special Economic Development Zone of Mariel. The Mariel Zone is a territory where special schemes, fiscal incentives and policies are applied in order to promote sustainable economic development through foreign investment , technological innovation and industrial concentration, in order to increase exports, substitute imports , create effective new sources of employment, in constant coordination with the national economy.