On Thursday, the 9th of May 2019, the Vice President of the IICUAE, Mr. Silvano Martinotti, met the Vice Ministry of the Italian Minister of the Economic Development, On. Dario Galli at the Ministry offices in Rome.
During the long and rich meeting, there have been discussed several topics. Thanks to the long presence and experience of the Chamber in the UAE territory (we remind that the Chamber, this years, celebrates 20 years of activity), the Vice President was able to give updated information to OnGalli about the commercial relationships working between the two Countries. It has been discussed, in addition, the activity of the Italian companies in the UAE; it has been underlined the dynamism of the Chamber on the territory and the exceptional relationships on work with the local authorities. About this, it has been underlined the important agreement juts signed with the local body belonging to the UAE Government, Dubai Future Foundation, that was highly appreciated by the Vice Ministry for the prospective it opens to Italian companies and startups. A big space of the meeting has been dedicated to Expo 2020 and, about it, Mr. Martinotti discussed the presentation of the two projects made by the Chamber, “Country In Residence” and “Italian Start Up towards Dubai Expo 2020” that will be done in collaboration with Dubai Future Foundation and the University of Turin in favor of the Italian startups, which will be hosted in the Italian Pavilion in Expo 2020.
The meeting was closed with reciprocal appreciation both for the topics that have been discussed and for the prospective that it has opened to the Italian companies in the UAE. They agreed to stay in touch about the updating of the projects, wishing to have other opportunities to meet each other.
