Six million for Naples in total until 2026 to support and implement events and celebrations of the city’s 2,500 year history. It contains changes to the APBN law which are included in the proposal block requested by various ministries and registered in the Ministry archives. Farnesina. He was the one who pushed in this direction Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani who has repeatedly recalled the “leading role and natural stage for major events” that the South Korean capital embodies. The request was formulated in the form of a proposed government amendment (Senate Act 1689). «A share of up to six million euros for 2026 from the fund (…) for the valorization of the international profile of the 2500th anniversary celebrations of the city of Naples and for the implementation of promotional activities of the city and its region». The amendment proposal will be supported by the Forza Italia group in the Senate and supported by the entire center-right wing. In this case – highlighting the technical report accompanying the provision – the budget resources that the government has allocated to support the city’s international image initiative become structural for the following year. Moreover, Tajani himself just a month ago promoted the holding of a “Mediterranean Dialogue” international diplomacy summit in Naples – for the first time after ten years – which was organized in collaboration with ISPI and focused on “the city’s strategic role as a bridge to Africa and the Middle East, but also as a center of gravity on the southern flank of the EU”.
GROWTH DIPLOMACY
These provisions are part of the “new path” launched by Farnesina which, in preparing the organizational and structural reorganization of the ministry’s functions, also strengthens its vocation as a driver of Made in Italy and an agent of valorization of local territorial resources, especially those that are little known. Efforts to support economic and export operators are going in this direction (together with Sace, Simest and Ice) with the stated aim of realizing Trade value will reach 700 billion in 2027; intervention plans that support the so-called «roots of tourism» launched by Farnesina to take advantage of the 2021-2027 cohesion fund: 200 million euros for the internal regions, 70% of resources allocated to the South, the remaining 30% to the north-central region (60 million for Lazio). Between Campania and Puglia the amount of financing is 140 million, 70 of which is earmarked for Campania through an ambitious urban relaunch plan and a regeneration plan dedicated to Irpinia. Last Saturday the presentation was held at a very crowded meeting in the Prefecture Avellino in the presence of about a hundred mayors and Provincial presidents. The plan was illustrated by Tajani himself, from Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi And by Trenitalia president Stefano Cuzzilla, (Also present was the president of Fs Sistemi Urbani Maria Rosa Sessa) considering the active role that FS group companies have in the relaunch of infrastructure in the region. The second round is scheduled for Friday 21st where it is planned to be officially presented at a ceremony in Rome, Villa Madama. The project implementation process is also strict, where Farnesina itself has provided appropriate verification methods, especially related to expenditure control mechanisms. “There will be a technical body,” explained Tajani. The group includes Raffaele Squitieri, president emeritus of the Court of Auditors, Claudio Zucchelli, honorary vice president of the State Council e Bruno Bartoloni, General of the Guardia di Finanza Division.
