(ANSAmed) - BARI, MAY 3 - "With trade totalling over 246
million euros in 2017, the countries of the Arab world - Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, UAE, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar - are a strategic
opportunity for Puglia," regional president Michele Emiliano
said.
In speaking at the opening ceremony for the Italian and Arab
Enterprise Bourse in Bari on Thursday, Emiliano added that the
countries "are a chance for significant dialogue for our region,
which is geographically the gate to the East, and has always
been a land of welcome and peace."
The event focuses on the six Arab countries named by the
regional president.
The director of the regional economic development department,
Domenico Laforgia, noted that "they are especially open to
products like machinery, advanced mechanical engineering, green
economy, building materials, biomedical equipment and cosmetics,
all of which are linked to strategic sectors for Puglia."
As part of the Bourse, he added, "it is important to raise
awareness on Puglia products and know-how - basically the most
innovative part of Puglia".
"The aim of the initiative," he said, "is to promote the
high-quality Puglia products, create the conditions for
economic-trade collaboration, and present the strengths and
investment opportunities in Puglia to those working abroad."
The conference underway is entitled 'Italy and the Challenge
of Arab Markets: Puglia in Enterprise Internationalization
processes'.
In the first session ('From the Mediterranean to the Persian
Gulf: international scenarios and development prospects') there
will be speeches by representatives of Arab governments, while
in the second ('Opportunities and Support Tools for
Internationalization') there will be a focus on banking system
and trade relations.
The program will continue with several theme-based seminars
addressed to enterprises and open to the public.
At 3 PM on Thursday, the focus was on Egypt, which offers a
great deal of potential for Italian enterprises, with a speech
by Aslayed Mohamed Doma (DOMA for development).
At 4:30 there was a seminar on opportunities in Gulf
countries with Radwan Abdulhakeem A. Hafiz (Saudi Food & Drug
Authority), Ibrahim Muktar Tamer (Saudi Binladin Group) and
Nicoletta Danieli (Oriens Consulting Dubai). (ANSAmed)
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