Useful LINKS

ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION

The Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (I.C.E) is the government agency entrusted with promoting trade, business opportunities and industrial co-operation between Italian and foreign companies, mostly by organizing the participation of Italian firms in fairs, exhibitions, workshops and bilateral meetings in more than 100 countries all over the world.

THE BANK OF ITALY

www.bancaditalia.it

Governor: Dott. Antonio Fazio

The Bank of Italy is the Italian central bank. It was founded as a joint-stock company in 1893 and become a public-law institution in 1936. In more than a century it has progressively acquired a number of functions and become a modern central bank. The headquarters are in Rome. It has branches all over the country and six delegations abroad, in Brussels, Frankfurt, London, New York, Paris and Tokyo.

MEDIOBANCA

www.mediobanca.it

Was established in 1946 by Banca Commerciale italiana, Credito Italiano and Banco di Roma to meet the medium-term financing requirements of manufacturing enterprises and to form a direct link between the community and the financing needs involved in the rebuilding Italian industry. It enjoys a clear lead in advising and financing Italy’s largest commercial and industrial group such as Fiat, Olivetti and Pirelli. M. exercises control all over the of Italian finance through a collection of interlocking minority holdings of major banks and industrial firms.

CONFINDUSTRIA

www.confindustria.it

Founded in 1910, Confindustria is the principal organization representing the manufacturing and services enterprises in Italy.

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH

www.cnr.it

It is a public organization of great relevance in the field of scientific and technological research of the Country, whose original institution dates back to the year 1923. CNR is a public body whose task is to conduct, promote, disseminate, transfer value to research in the main fields of the development of knowledge and of its application to the benefit of the scientific, technological, economic and social advancement of the Country

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC RESEARCH

www.censis.it

It is a research institute for socio-economic studies which was founded in 1964 and become foundation in 1973.

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON CONSUMPTION

www.eurisko.it

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS

www.istat.it

Constituted in 1926. Compiles and publishes general and special statistics as required by the government, and effects the census every ten years.