The Italian Trade Agency Office in Beirut organized a 2-day mission of Italian companies to Lebanon dedicated to the energy and construction/infrastructure sectors, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy, and in collaboration with the Italian Trade Associations ANIE (one of the major trade association members of Confindustria representing 1,300 companies in the electrical and electronics sector), ANCE (National Association of Building Constructors) and Confindustria Assafrica & Mediterraneo (the association of Italian companies operating or interested in operating in Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East).
The initiative falls within the actions undertaken by “Sistema Italia” towards the Land of the Cedars, in order to provide the best of the Italian offer in the above mentioned sectors. This event was prepared through an initial scouting mission and a webinar during which the prospects and opportunities deriving from the recent reforms of the electricity production and distribution system were illustrated to Italian companies.
The goal is to promote commercial and industrial collaboration, through the creation of joint ventures and industrial, technological and scientific partnerships, and to transfer know-how, between Italian and Lebanese companies in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
8 Italian companies and representatives of the aforementioned business Associations attended the event. More than 60 Lebanese companies participated in the workshop that was held in Beirut at the premises of the Italian Embassy, which constituted the mission’s core activity. And finally, more than 150 B2B meetings between companies and associations from the two countries were held as well on this occasion.
The mission, consists of two working days (June 12 and 13, 2023), and aims at presenting the Italian offer in the fields of energy technology and infrastructure.
The Italian Deputy Head of Mission, Roberta di Lecce, and ITA Beirut Office Director, Claudio Pasqualucci, opened the workshop and speeches by Dr. Vincenzo Ercole, Global Head of Infrastrucure (ANCE), Letizia Pizzi, head of Confindustria Assafrica e Mediterraneo (ANCE) and General Elia Obeid, President of the Association of Lebanese Constructors followed.
