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the main actors in local economies, the
Italian Chambers of Commerce,
representing all the italian
companies, are extremely
important pillars for the various production
sectors, both nationally and internationally.
Chambers, classified as local autonomous
public bodies by Law n. 580/93, are the
mainstays of a wide network of agencies
working with institutions, organisations
and associations, providing services,
development strategies and projects aiming
at promoting a balanced growth of the
economy.
In Italy, the system
is represented by Unioncamere,
the Union of the Italian Chambers of Commerce,
Industry and Handicraft, a public law
organisation, “promoting, carrying
out and managing (…) activities
and services of interest” for the
whole Chamber Network. Moreover, there
are additional national components of
the System, providing technical and professional
services to businesses and Chambers in
several areas, including: computerisation
and automation (InfoCamere),
training (Istituto
G. Tagliacarne - AsseforCamere),
internationalisation (Assocamerestero
- Mondimpresa),
promotion (Assonautica
- Assicor),
communication (Mediacamere),
infrastructures (Uniontrasporti
- Tecnoholding
-Tecnocons),
environment (Ecocerved),
quality certification (Dintec),
innovation (Agitec)
and research (Isnart).
Eurochambres
is the Association of
European Chambers of Commerce
and Industry, representing 41
national associations of Chambers of Commerce
and Industry, a European network of 2,000
regional and local Chambers, with over
17 million member enterprises in Europe,
and Unioncamere
Offices in Brussels, promote the activities
carried out by the Italian Chambers system
with EU institutions.
The Italian
Chambers of Commerce abroad, which
are free associations of Italian and local
entrepreneurs and professionals, represent
the System worldwide.
Some figures about
the Chambers System: 103
Chambers of Commerce, 1 Italian
Union, 19 Regional Unions,
69 Arbitration Chambers,
21 Commodity Chemical
Laboratories, 42 Commodity
Exchanges, 165 Branches
for the local provision of services, 146
Aziende Speciali for the management
of promotional services and infrastructure,
1.349 Companies and consortia
in participation with public and private
actors, 13 Foreign Trade
Centres, 67 Euro Info
Centres, 68 Italian Chambers
of Commerce abroad, 30
Italian-Foreign Chambers of Commerce.
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