Apr. 29 – Meetings, agreements, projects for the intense two-day seminar with over 160 B2B meetings and visits to 25 companies. Eleven operators, traders and entrepreneurs from the construction sector and “hoising chain” of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan visited Friuli thanks to the Chambers of Commerce of Gorizia, Pordenone and Udine. In Friuli, the Caspian business delegation was welcomed by the Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in Friuli, Luca Bellinello, and accompanied by ITA trade analysts Gulnara Aslanbayli and Sholpan Mambetbayeva. Economic operators were greeted by the presidents of the Udine Chamber of Commerce, Giovanni Da Pozzo, and Pordenone Chamber of Commerce, Giovanni Pavan, in the Casa della Contadinanza of Udine. The initiative is part of the 2015 promotional program devoted to the Caspian countries, which includes Georgia and Turkmenistan. A new outgoing mission in the second half of the year (November-December) is currently being planner. “The regional chambers of commerce have already kicked off significant trade relations with the area,” noted Da Pozzo. In the last two years, 443 Friuli companies have been involved in various activities: of these, 229 participated in various seminars, 171 had personal meetings with experts, and 43 took part in three missions to Baku and Almaty.
