Giancarlo Bertelli Vicepresident of PROMOFIRENZE Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce Florence

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Giancarlo BertelliVicepresident of
PROMOFIRENZESpecial Agency of theChamber of
CommerceFlorence
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC FORUM DANUBE 10-11 June
2008
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The enlargment process of the EU

• 1958 Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg,
  Netherland, Germany
• 1973 Denmark, United Kingdom, Irland
• 1981 Greece
• 1986 Protugal, Spain
• 1995 Austria, Finland, Sweden
• 2004 Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,
  Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia,
  Hungary
• 2007 Bulgaria, Romania

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The enlargment and its impact

• The Union inhabitants
• From 380 to 485 milioni (EU 27)
• The average GDP per inhabitant decreases
• -18 in the EU with 27 member States

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The structurals funds 2007 2013 over 340
billion
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FUNDS FOR BULGARIA 2007 - 2013
Further 2,6 billion are foreseen for the
development of the rural areas
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Promofirenze the services of the Financial
Assistance Area

• Personalized analysis for calls and tender
  accessible to comapnies
• Promotion of calls and tenders
• Consultancy for feasabilitity
• Analysis of documentation
• Setting up of business plan
• Preparation of full application
• Contacts with local financing bodies

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The consultancy and assistance services

• Targeted to SMEs, Big sized companies, banks,
  Associations, consultants
• Average of 700 request managed every year of the
  main financing tools
• Involved sectors industry, services, turism,
  commerce, RD, environment, energy

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The technical assistance services of
Promofirenze outcomes

• Technical assistance on over 700 investment
  programs in the last 10 years
• Average annual total investment amount of over 90
  M , financial contribution of about 25 M yearly
• In 2007
• 70 M of total investment
• 20 M of financial contribution raised by the
  companies

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The agreement with the Bulgarian partner The
Chamber of Vratsa

• To promote the co-operation opportunities
  between Italian and Bulgarian companies, also
  through direct investment in your Country
• Information and consultancy
• Technical assistance

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The agreement with the Bulgarian partner The
consultancy phase

• The CCIA of Vratsa and Promofirenze will
  constantly offer information about the active
  financial opportunities offered by Structural
  Founds 2007 2013
• These information will be promoted via websites,
  e-mail and by direct contact with Italian SMEs
• If a company is interested in finding out more
  details, its representative gets in direct
  contact with the Promofirenze experts
• Each request is analyzed and a formal answer is
  provided to the interested company

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The agreement with the Bulgarian partner The
assistance phase

• Following the consultancy phase, the company
  requests to Promofirenze a technical assistance
  for a specific financing program
• The CCIA of Vratsa and Promofirenze will provide
  services for setting up the application with the
  requested documentation of the relevant
  guidelines of the program
• The experts also con provide assistance on the
  implementation and final reporting of the
  projectsa

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Thank you for the attention!