11.30 am tomorrow at the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI), at its offices in Rome, will meet trade unions CGIL, CISL and UIL to discuss the relaunch of the Italian shipbuilding industry. The meeting was requested by the mayor of Genoa, Marta Vincenzi, ANCI delegated to the port cities, which has stressed the need to 'work, each within their respective powers and responsibilities, identification of investment and incentives for research and innovation to outline a perspective that points to increase the competitiveness of production and to facilitate and boost employment in order to overcome the current difficulties of the sector and consolidate industrial policies aimed at relaunching the Italian shipbuilding industry. "
It is essential - noted Marta Vincenzi - "start a serious reflection on the future of port activities in our country, following the withdrawal of Fincantieri's business plan which involved the closure of Castellammare di Stabia and Sestri Levante, scaling also other important offices, including that of Porto Marghera and the consequent loss of thousands of jobs. "
ANCI has also requested an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and ministers and Matteoli Romans "to highlight - they wrote in the letter sent to the representatives of the government acting president of ANCI, Osvaldo Napoli, Martha and the same Vincenzi - the importance of shipbuilding and ship repair in the economy of the sea and port cities. "
After stressing that "the ongoing crisis that has affected the shipbuilding industry, requires an immediate response as well as the provision of a strategic industrial policy that aims at strengthening of the sector, in line with EU regulations relating to maritime space and Coastal Community, "the two leaders have shown ANCI is" increasingly urgent and necessary intervention of a national, in order to overcome the current difficulties of the public sector of shipbuilding (Fincantieri and Invitalia) tied the intensification of the crisis, to address the one hand the identification of investments and incentives for research and innovation, and secondly the development of new areas beyond those traditionally included. "
"In that sense - have written Naples and Vincenzi - consider essential to the approach of an integrated policy on Italian ports through dialogue among all stakeholders to port activities, including cities.Apart from this method of comparing means for our country fail to seize the opportunities contained in the growing transport demand in important technological change in environmental imperatives and community-conscious rules on transparency and competition. "
The representatives of ANCI have therefore requested a meeting and a renewed commitment of the government dedicated to the enhancement of the city and a new inter-institutional cooperation "in order - they explained Naples and Vincenzi - contribute, as a city, the definition of measures revival and development of the port, with the expectation of a direct fallout on the territories in terms of employment and economic growth, and improve cooperation between the port activity and urban life. "
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11.30 am tomorrow at the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI), at its offices in Rome, will meet trade unions CGIL, CISL and UIL to discuss the relaunch of the Italian shipbuilding industry. The meeting was requested by the mayor of Genoa, Marta Vincenzi, ANCI delegated to the port cities, which has stressed the need to 'work, each within their respective powers and responsibilities, identification of investment and incentives for research and innovation to outline a perspective that points to increase the competitiveness of production and to facilitate and boost employment in order to overcome the current difficulties of the sector and consolidate industrial policies aimed at relaunching the Italian shipbuilding industry. "
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