Kick off meeting of GRIP_IT
Hradec Kralove Region – Czech Republic
15. November 2005
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
- ITALY -
International and European community Relation
and Authorities Department
European Community Policies Unit
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
Welcome to Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Situated at the eastern border of the Italian peninsula, Friuli Venezia Giulia
is a region which by its very nature is open to the world at large.
A meeting point of Latin, Germanic and Slav cultures and a Region in
which different language communities - Italian, Friulian, Slovene and
German - have always lived, Friuli Venezia Giulia is achieving its
development potential in a European dimension.
A natural opening to the sea for many central European countries, the
region is traversed by the major transport routes between the east and west
of southern Europe.
Friuli Venezia Giulia (7.840 sq km), with a population of 1.202.700 inhabitants,
is one of the most developed regions of northern Italy.
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THE TERRITORY
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ECONOMY
The economy of the region is based on small and medium size industries,
on specialized agriculture, on an high-quality tourism industry and a strong
tendency to export.
Many of the small and and medium size industries are concentrated in four
industrial districts, areas which specialize in one particular type of
product: chairs, furniture, knives and ham.
Alongside these enterprises there are other big industrial groups and service
industries whose products are well-known in Europe and the world:
- Zanussi-Electrolux, household appliances - Fincantieri, the world leader
in the construction of large cruise ships - Assicurazioni Generali, one of the
leading insurance companies in Europe and the world.
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TOURISM
An other important sector of the regional economy is tourism.
In a small space, the Region contains very diverse environments,
landscapes histories, art and culture.
Friuli Venezia Giulia is home to two well-known seaside resorts (Lignano
and Grado), numerous mountain resorts for winter sports, and cities of
particular historical and archaeological interest like Trieste, Aquileia,
Cividale del Friuli.
In 2001 Friuli Venezia Giulia was visited by 9.5 million tourists, almost
half of them coming from abroad, particularly from Germany, Austria and
other countries of Northern and Eastern Europe.
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SERVICES
Friuli Venezia Giulia has a number of means to sustain the economic
development of the region:
- low-interest credit
- Bic (Businnes Innovation Centre) to help start new companies
- the Industrial Zone, Finest and Informest, companies designed to
develop relations between local industries and Eastern European countries.
Friuli Venezia Giulia aims to technological innovation and scientific
research contributing to national and international economic and social
development.
The presence in Trieste of the International Centre for Theoretical
Physics and the Area Science Park is the proof of this choice.
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
INFRASTRUCTURES
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is small in size but its geographical location has
taken on renewed strategic value with the enlargement of the European
Union to the east.
More than 200 kilometres of motorway, 500 kilometers of railway tracks
cross the region and link to the three most northerly ports of the
Mediterranean: Trieste, Monfalcone and Porto Nogaro.
Trieste, a free port for goods since 1719, is the Italian port with the
greatest capacity of covered storage; transport intermodality for goods
is guaranteed by the Cervignano Terminal, and lastly the airport of Ronchi
dei Legionari (30 km from Trieste and 40 from Udine) is directly connected
to the motorway network
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
EU PROGRAMMES INTO EFFECT 2000-2006
FESR-FReNeSys
promote economic and social cohesion by correcting the
main regional imbalances and participating in the
development and conversion of regions
INTERREG
developing transnational partnerships
INTERACT
experiences, best practices and know-how
exchange between INTERREG areas
LEADER+
promoting innovative strategies for sustainable
developement
OBJECTIVE 2
relaunch and support the economic and social conversion
of areas experiencing structural difficulties
OBJECTIVE 3
support for the education, training and employment
policies and systems
SFOP
sustain to fishieries
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Thank you for your attention.
International and European community Relation
and Authorities Department
European Community Policies Unit
www.regione.fvg.it