(ANSAmed) - ROME, MAY 25 - To highlight industrial and
trading opportunities in Tunisia as an important distribution
and manufacturing platform for the Mediterranean: this is the
aim of a meeting organised by Unindustria Bologna, in
collaboration with Assafrica & Mediterraneo.
Under the title: New Tunisia: Strategic Platform for the Mediterranean, the meeting takes place next Monday at Novotel Bologna Fiere at 3pm. Among those speaking of investment opportunities in Tunisia will be Paolo Parlangeli, the head of Unindustria's Business Economy Area, the Tunisian and Italian Ambassadors: Naceur Mestiri and Pietro Benassi, Hechmi Chatmen, the general delegate of FIPA (Foreign Investment Promotion Agency) Tunisia; Gian Carlo Bertoni, head of Promotion and Marketing at SIMEST, as well as General Director of Assafrica. Tunisia is the most trade-friendly country in the Mediterranean and Italy has an important and strategic position in its economy. Italy is Tunisia's second-largest trading partner after France, and third-largest in terms of investment. Currently, Italian companies present in Tunisia number over 700, employing 55,000 employees. Following a slow-down in trade during 2011, Tunisia's economic indicators are once again showing considerable signs of recovery. The meeting also comes in preparation for the Tunisia Investment Forum 2012, the takes place in Tunis from June 14 to 16, organised by FIPA Tunisia. (ANSAmed).
Under the title: New Tunisia: Strategic Platform for the Mediterranean, the meeting takes place next Monday at Novotel Bologna Fiere at 3pm. Among those speaking of investment opportunities in Tunisia will be Paolo Parlangeli, the head of Unindustria's Business Economy Area, the Tunisian and Italian Ambassadors: Naceur Mestiri and Pietro Benassi, Hechmi Chatmen, the general delegate of FIPA (Foreign Investment Promotion Agency) Tunisia; Gian Carlo Bertoni, head of Promotion and Marketing at SIMEST, as well as General Director of Assafrica. Tunisia is the most trade-friendly country in the Mediterranean and Italy has an important and strategic position in its economy. Italy is Tunisia's second-largest trading partner after France, and third-largest in terms of investment. Currently, Italian companies present in Tunisia number over 700, employing 55,000 employees. Following a slow-down in trade during 2011, Tunisia's economic indicators are once again showing considerable signs of recovery. The meeting also comes in preparation for the Tunisia Investment Forum 2012, the takes place in Tunis from June 14 to 16, organised by FIPA Tunisia. (ANSAmed).
