The first meeting of the control room on the Mattei Plan, launched by the government to strengthen collaboration initiatives between Italy and African countries, is underway at Palazzo Chigi.
The meeting is chaired by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The governor of the Bank of Italy Panetta: 'The Mattei plan has strategic value'
The Mattei Plan recently defined by the Italian Government can offer development and new opportunities for productive diversification and increased income on the African continent.
Conditions that can be reflected in greater export possibilities for Italy and European countries.
The governor of the Bank of Italy, Fabio Panetta, said this in the speech delivered on the occasion of the Maeci-Bank of Italy conference with delegates and financial workers accredited abroad, this year dedicated to economic fragmentation and geopolitical risks .
In addition to material infrastructures - it was underlined - "Africa needs secure payment infrastructures for businesses and families also with regard to cross-border payments and immigrant remittances".
And regarding the "migratory pressure" that comes from that continent, Panetta highlighted how "the partnership with Africa has a strategic value because the development of areas rich in natural resources and a young population" offers opportunities for everyone and regulates the arrival of flows which, on the one hand, cover job shortages in aging countries, in the event of "uncontrolled arrivals they could create complex integration problems"
ance, 12 billion orders underway in Africa
Around 12 billion orders are underway by our ANC companies
(5 in North Africa and 7 in Sub-Saharan Africa), which represent approximately 12% of total orders abroad.
The vice president of ANCE Federico Ghella said this during the control room on the Mattei Plan at Palazzo Chigi.
Ghella added, among other things, that "the decision of the control room to finance feasibility studies for infrastructure works offered by the Italian system to partner countries, particularly African ones, is positive. A proposal that the construction system has been putting forward for years" .
"We are working on the creation of an equity investment fund, called primAfrica, to finance green infrastructure on the African continent."
Ance, together with Confindustria and Oice, promoted "this innovative instrument, about to start with Italian, European and African public and private financing. The Fund - he added - will be very useful to reduce the risk of building infrastructures in Africa from Italian-African joint ventures".
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