(6 December, 2016) More than 35 businesses, 6 associations and more than 80 participants are the numbers for Sistema Pakistan’s first mission which departed yesterday for Islamabad and Lahore until tomorrow with the objective of discovering new investment and collaboration opportunities between the two countries. This missionw as promoted by Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Economic Development, organised by ICE Agency and Confindustria. The Italian delegation is guided by Undersecretary to the Minister for Economic Development, Ivan Scalfarotto; President of ICE Agency, Michele Scannavini and Micia Mattioli the Vice President for the internationalisation of Confindustria. The initative is focused on the sectors with major potentials for Italian businesses: infrastructure, construction, renewable energy, automotive, ICT, mecchanics (agricultural for food processing, the textile and leather industry, machines for processing marble and other stones). Yesterday, some workshops were held in Islamabad during which representatives of economic ministries and industry associations presented the most important investment projects planned for the coming years in Pakistan. Today the Pakistan-Italy Economic Forum will take place in the presence of leading members of the Italian delegation and main local economic institutions, and a session of bilateral meetings between Italian and Pakistani companies. The delegation will then move to Lahore, where a plenary session in the presence of authorities and economic institutions of the region and a session of bilateral meetings. (Red)
