Transcript G. Severini
“Just one click to become International and to compete in a globalized world” Graziano Severini – Project Team Member “ITH-Italia” (Geneva 16-Feb-2012) 1 THE MAIN REASON FACILITATE - The facilitation of international trade is a goal for the Government and a necessary service for the companies. 2 FACILITATION - SIMPLIFICATION Gov. Act for Simplification (27 January 2012) FACILITATION DIGITALIZATION SIMPLIFICATION Reduce bureaucracy Speed up procedures Abolition of unnecessary rules 3 FACILITATION COSTS REDUCTION – (Hidden international transactions, HCIT) costs of more than 20 administrations (departments, agencies and various entities) responsible for releasing more than 100 authorizations (including permits, licenses, declarations, clearance, etc..)! MORE COMPETITION Less Bureaucracy More efficiency MORE ATTRACTIVENESS FOR FDI LESS DELOCALIZATION 4 Italian SMEs SMEs > 4.5 MILLIONS (99%) 2/3 of the GDP < 180,000 Export Companies 4% 5 Italian SMEs Many reasons why only 4% Lack of information They don’t know what to do How to select market/international distribution What kind of information they need Where to find them? 6 Italian SMEs – converging goals Helping Companies to customize their own export business plan Facilitate 7 need to provide Italy with a tool to help SMEs in the process of internationalization: JUST ONE CLICK!. The International Trade Hub-Italia (ITH-Italia) 8 International Trade Hub-Italia (ITH-Italia) is an innovative and technologically advanced tool to allow companies to compete and succeed in the globalized economy. An International Trade Hub is more than one stop shop or single window as it integrates all the processes related to importexport activities and internationalization “By the end of this decade, all the major IT HUBs will be i n te r c o n n e c te d ” ( U N / C E FAC T ) 9 The International Trade Hub-Italia (ITH-Italia) is the ultimate tool that can facilitate trade and internationalization to give SMEs more competitiveness. conversion every single doc from paper to digit/electronic: from e-marketing to the e-customs clearance through elogistics, e-payment and e-licensing / certification. TDR Trade Document Repository electronic preservation of all docs and data with legal validity 10 ITH-Italia: on-line system Docs, Transactions - Legal validity reduces time and cost idea of system” “International trade 11 Work flow of the activities 1st International Conference on Trade Facilitation February 2008 “Strategic Table” on TF UN/CEFACT Recommendation N° 33 December 2009 2nd International Conference on Trade Facilitation 14th UN/CEFACT FORUM April 2009 2008 - 2009 12 Work flow of the activities “Strategic Table” on Trade Facilitation Working Group Operators’ problems • • • Institutional Experts Sector Experts Experts.. Working Group Financial Services • • • Institutional Experts Sector Experts Experts.. Working Group Interoperability • • • Institutional Experts Sector Experts Experts.. Working Group Aid for Trade • • • Institutional Experts Sector Experts Experts.. 2010 13 Work flow of the activities • Critical Point • Bottleneck • Problem identification •…… • Consequences • Costs •…… Proposed Solution Best Practices UN/CEFACT Recommendations & Standards Analysis & Mapping Digitalization 2010 14 Work flow of the activities 3rd International Conference on Trade Facilitation February 2011 Mem. of Understanding Min of Economic Develop. ABI-CBI – Banking Association Executive Committee Best Practices II Series 2011 15 The latest news Best Practices Continuous Analysis & Mapping Digitalization NEW Conference (4th) will be possibly organized in June-July 2012 Proposal for a New Government Act to consolidate the Trade Facilitation in Italy: "Measures to facilitate the internationalization of companies International Trade Hub-Italy" 2012 16 Operational structure of ITH-Italia ITH-Italia sevices Marketing & Promotion e-marketing Public Offices e-licensing e-logistics Operators /Firms e-customs clearence e-foreign exchange payments Financial Institutions Logistics Providers Customs TDR Trade Document Repository Payments/ Foreign X 17 The Implementation Contract with the IT Service Provider will be possibly signed in 1 or 2 months Agreements with all the involved public and private institutions in 1 or 2 months Start up of the system in 12 or 14 months 2012 18 THANK YOU ! 19 PROJECT TEAM Department for Internationalization and Promotion Project Team – ITH Italia - Claudio C. Padua (Project coordinator), [email protected] Graziano Severini (Project collaborator), [email protected] Riccardo Scarpulla (Institutional Relations), [email protected] Elena Toselli (Studies and Analysis), [email protected] Bruno Ferrari (IT Consultant), [email protected] Stefano Ortolani (IT Assistant) [email protected] Daniela Ricci (Secretray), [email protected] - Website: http://www.mincomes.it/semproitalia/tavolo_strategico/tavolo_index.htm 20