Press Releases 2023

Naples, December 11, 2023

Presented the Position Paper 2023 by the Campania Region and TEHA. With 10.8% of the total number of university students in the country, Campania remains a hotbed of talent and a driving force for the construction of the skills of the future.

Catania, November 13, 2023

Sicily is the starting point to start new supply chains to support the process of decarbonisation of sectors where it is more complex to reduce emissions ("Hard to Abate"), such as heavy transport and industry, and can be one of the most competitive renewable hydrogen production areas in Europe. To do this, it is necessary to accelerate the installation of new renewable sources with a limited impact on the territory, leveraging in particular on offshore floating wind. This is what emerges from the study "Industrial opportunities from the energy transition for Sicily, Italy and Europe" carried out by the Hydrogen Community and the Floating Offshore Wind Community of The European House - Ambrosetti to analyze the economic and industrial opportunities for the Sicilian Region in the wider scenario of decarbonisation. 

Rome, November 8, 2023

The analysis of The European House - Ambrosetti measures the effectiveness of Special Economic Zones as tools for the attractiveness of investments in the South of Italy, and their direct, indirect and induced positive effects on the national economy: the study estimated a potential impact of approximately 83 billion euros, equal to 23% of the total Value Added of the South of Italy.

Rome, October 24, 2023

The "Welfare, Italy" Think Tank outlines the 4 priorities to support the evolution of the Italian welfare system and highlights a strong imbalance on welfare spending, which absorbs 50.3% of total resources - followed by healthcare (21.5%), social policies (16.9%), education (11.3%). The 2023 edition of the Report of the "Welfare, Italy" Think Tank supported by Unipol Group with the collaboration of The European House - Ambrosetti also raises the alarm on the demographic issue, reporting that the decline in the birth rate in place in Italy since 2014 has worsened in 2022, with a new negative record: 393 thousand new births.

Rome, October 17, 2023

There are 637 Artificial Intelligence projects in European public administrations, 30% of which aimed at improving digital public services for citizens and businesses. Italy is at the 2nd place in Europe for total number of projects (63) and ranks 1st for already implemented projects (38). AI represents an opportunity for the society, but to manage the risks involved it is required a greater transparency of algorithms and explicability of results, accountability in decision-making, protection of privacy, quality and interoperability of data. The results of the study "Technological options for advanced digitization of the Public Administration", carried out by The European House - Ambrosetti and Salesforce.

Bangkok, October 4, 2023

For the 2023 edition, the High Level Dialogue on ASEAN Italy Economic Relations took place on Tuesday, October 3 and Wednesday, October 4, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. The initiative has been promoted by The European House - Ambrosetti and has been endorsed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Government of Thailand, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand - Department of International Economic Affairs, was the co-organizer of the event, with the support of the Embassy of Italy in Bangkok. The 7th edition of the High Level Dialogue fell on the 155th anniversary of Italian-Thai bilateral relations.

Trieste, September 15, 2023

Italy is among the main EU-27 leaders in the blue economy, with €24.5 billion of added value and over 540 thousand people employed, creating an economic system that contributes with approximately €65billion to the Italian GDP. The Risorsa Mare Forum is a permanent work platform that focuses on the competitiveness and attractiveness of the sea industry as a whole, aggregating the different components of the political and socio-economic system of the Mediterranean around the priorities of intervention and promotion for the sector.

Cernobbio, September 3, 2023

The NRRP Observatory has estimated that the investments foreseen by the Plan with direct impacts on inequalities amounted to 24 billion Euros (12.5% of the total). Considering also the investments that could indirectly affect inequalities (for example, the High Speed trains in the South, which could affect territorial inequalities), the total rises to 39 billion (20.3%).

Cernobbio, September 2, 2023

The European House - Ambrosetti is pleased to announce the entry into the capital of Foodball s.r.l., a company specialized in the development of sports entertainment and food projects at an international level, which owns 70% of Oltre Consulting s.r.l., an innovative business hub in sport that aims to be a reference point for business in the sports and entertainment world, offering a wide array of consulting services (partnerships, strategic support, business development, marketing, PR, communication events, etc.) to Italian and international brands and stakeholders in their growth paths through the sports platform.

Cernobbio, August 25, 2023

The 49th edition of our annual Forum starts on Friday, September 1 (at 8.45) at Cernobbio's Villa d'Este, and ends on Sunday, September 3 (at about 14.00). The Forum's mission and ambition are to offer to the international and Italian leaders a place for a serious and authoritative debate - supported by analises and researches - on geopolitical, economic, technological and social scenarios and their effects on companies and countries.

Florence, July 13, 2023

The first Child Health Summit took place in Florence. The event is under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Health, the Conference of Autonomous Regions and Provinces, Tuscany Region, Florence Municipality, and was organised by AOPI – Associazione degli Ospedali Pediatrici Italiani in collaboration with The European House – Ambrosetti. Mental health, complex chronicity management and transition towards adulthood, increase of intensive terapy and hospices, the 3 main challenges for the Italian pediatrics.

Milano, July 10, 2023

At a time when inflation is at the top of the political and economic agenda and is a concern for many Italian families, The European House - Ambrosetti, in collaboration with Amazon, has launched a research project on the impact of e-commerce on citizens and businesses in Italy. It emerges that e-commerce mitigates inflation: online prices have proved more stable than the general prices in the last three years.

Villa San Giovanni, June 21, 2023

Representatives of 40 regions from 8 states (Albania, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Morocco and Spain) will meet in Calabria to discuss the future strategy for the Mediterranean and elect the new president of CPMR's Intermediterranean Commission. Blue economy, transport, energy, water, territorial cooperation, involvement of the Mediterranean regions in the EU policies will be the main topics of the meeting.

Rome, May 30, 2023

OCTO Telematics and The European House - Ambrosetti announce Italy's main event on connected and sustainable mobility and one of the most important meetings at a global level. On October 13, 2023 in Rome will be presented the third Strategic Study "Connected Mobility 2025" and the "Sustainable Mobility Dashboard", a new governance tool for city administrations. 

Rome, May 23, 2023

During the press conference "Covid-19, three years later: impacts on health and performance and role of vaccinations" promoted by Senator Tilde Minasi, in collaboration with The European House - Ambrosetti and the CEIS - Centre for Economic and International Studies of the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the unconditional contribution of Pfizer, experts and institutions have discussed how to deal with the new "normality", just over three years after the declaration of the pandemic by the WHO and 15 days after the end of the global health emergency.

Milan, May 5, 2023

The second edition of the International Forum "Looking Southward" (Verso Sud), created by The European House - Ambrosetti with the aim of promoting a new vision and a paradigm shift for Italy, the Southern Regions and the countries of the Mediterranean, will be held on May 19 and 20, 2023 in Sorrento.

Milan, April 21, 2023

The European House - Ambrosetti continues its growth and development path with the acquisition of GDS Communication, an integrated marketing and communication company with a strong focus on technologies and innovation. The operation will benefit all the activities of The European House - Ambrosetti, and especially the Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice.

Rome, April 3, 2023

Increasing renewable energy sources and decommissioning of coal thermoelectric generation capacity: the two key dynamics that increase the importance of storage systems, of which hydroelectric pumping represents a strategic resource. On March 29, 2023, the Report "The strategic role of hydroelectric pumping in the energy transition" was presented in Rome - realized by The European House - Ambrosetti in collaboration with Edison.

Bari, March 17, 2023

After the success of the 2022 edition of the Forum "Towards the South: The European strategy for a new geopolitical, economic and socio-cultural season of the Mediterranean", today the city of Bari (Apulia) hosted the second stage of the Roadshow by The European House - Ambrosetti that will lead to the next edition of the Forum (to be held on May 19 and 20, 2023 in Sorrento). In the presence of the President of the Apulia Region, Michele Emiliano, we outlined the Region's socio-economic development scenario, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, in order to define the direction to take for the growth of the Region, as a lever for the development of its territory as well as of Italy.

Milan, February 10, 2023

Atos Italy and The European House - Ambrosetti presented the study “Digital Twins for the Twin Transitions”. According to the model, the Digital Twin may contribute to the growth of Italy's GDP (+12 billion euros) and the increase of productivity in the manufacturing sector (+4.5%), with significant impacts on CO2 emissions (-73%, about 30,4 million tons) and energy costs (between 15.9% and 33.1%).

Venice, February 8, 2023

A collection of studies, papers, and competences for the sustainable development of Venice will be provided by The European House - Ambrosetti, new co-founder of the Fondazione Venezia Capitale Mondiale della Sostenibilità (FVCMS)/Venice Sustainability Foundation.