Tuscany Community

The Tuscany Community is a strategic and competitive platform designed to strengthen dialogue and relationships among the managerial and entrepreneurial community, the financial sector, and institutional stakeholders. Its objective is to provide insights and analysis that can support the enhancement of Tuscany’s competitiveness within the evolving economic and geopolitical landscape.

The Community aims to make a concrete contribution to shaping strategic choices that will consolidate Tuscany’s role as an attractive and competitive region - one that is a leader across several key areas and capable of responding effectively to changing market needs. Central to this ambition is the development of a shared vision of the challenges and opportunities facing the regional productive system.

Objectives

• Identify, with contributions from Community members and senior representatives of local institutions, the priority areas for strengthening the Region’s attractiveness and competitiveness
• Explore in a pragmatic way the sectors and macro‑areas that will be critical to Tuscany’s future development
• Share best practices and experiences among leading decision‑makers, with a strong focus on the dynamics of the local economic and industrial fabric and on successful cases
• Promote ongoing collaboration with local policymakers in order to define concrete and implementable actions within a short timeframe, aligned with the interests of both businesses and institutions

Fourth Edition

The fourth edition of the Tuscany Community is promoted by TEHA Group, in collaboration with Baker Hughes, Belvedere, Intesa Sanpaolo, Kering, and KME, with the involvement of  Regione Toscana and Invest in Tuscany.

The activities of the fourth edition were structured around three meetings, each dedicated to a specific macro‑theme:

1. First Working Group: “Exporting the Future: New Paths for the Internationalization of Tuscan Companies amid Trade Wars, New Global Value Chains, and Emerging Markets”. Held on June 13, 2025, at Intesa Sanpaolo’s Tuscany and Umbria Regional Headquarters in Florence. TEHA Group’s contribution and the ensuing discussion with speakers and participants focused on the current state of internationalization of Tuscan production in today’s geopolitical context, as well as on strategies, tools, and policy measures to rethink the role of companies in the global economy.
2. Second Working Group: “Green Economy and Circularity: Strategies for Tuscany’s Sustainable Future”. Held on December 4, 2025, at Intesa Sanpaolo’s Tuscany and Umbria Regional Headquarters in Florence.
3. Third Working Group: “Training, Talent, and Growth: A New Shared Agenda between Universities and Businesses”. Held on February 26, 2026, at Palazzo Borghese in Florence, with the participation of experts and representatives from institutions and the academic system.

This edition will conclude with the annual forum, to be held on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (10:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.) in Florence, at Palazzo Guadagni Strozzi Sacrati, headquarters of Regione Toscana. The event will take place within the framework of the Annual Meeting of Invest in Tuscany.

The speakers will cover the following topics:

• International investment in transition: geopolitics, industrial policy, and new value chains
• Investment and growth: priorities for Tuscan and Italian companies in times of uncertainty
• Making Tuscany more attractive: a snapshot of the regional economy
• Building the future together: assessments and visions for Tuscany’s development