Basilicata
Basilicata Think Tank 2020
The Basilicata Think Tank is a strategy/competition-oriented initiative designed to concretely develop a vision for the future of Basilicata that is centered on new trajectories and development drivers.
The Basilicata Think Tank is a strategy/competition-oriented initiative designed to concretely develop a vision for the future of Basilicata that is centered on new trajectories and development drivers by actively involving leaders of business and government and society at-large.
The “Energy for a Sustainable Future” Forum will be held on December 4th, 2020, in digital version.
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The initiative is being promoted by The European House – Ambrosetti in collaboration with Total E&P Italia.
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Its ultimate goal is to center national and European attention once again on the most urgent challenges in relaunching Basilicata, as well as the opportunities and strategic competencies around which the region, together with other regions of Italy’s south, could decide to make the focus of their attractiveness and competitiveness.
The first year of the initiative culminated in the International Forum held on January 30, 2019 in Matera which saw the participation of over 200 representatives of the local area and 24 speakers from around the world, and which presented a vision of “Basilicata: Energy for a Sustainable Future”. A vision driving Basilicata to become one of the most sustainable and resilient regions in Italy and Europe by capitalizing, above all, on three of the region’s areas of strength:
- the presence of capital-intensive businesses
- the presence of an extended agrifood supply chain
- the contribution of the arts and culture sector and tourism.
2020: from Think Tank to Act Tank
In 2020, the Think Tank evolved into an “Act” Tank with the goal of transitioning from proposals to action and providing concrete answers to local strategic needs.
Activity during 2020 will involve a series of physical and/or digital meetings with local organizations and players to understand their needs and provide support in the concrete realization of projects aimed at the economic and social development of the area.
The initiative is privileged to have the contribution of a high-level Scientific Committee comprised of:
- Massimiliano Cesare (President, F2I SGR; President, Invitalia – Mediocredito Centrale; as economic and legal advisor to the prime minister during the Letta government, he represented the prime minister in relations with the office of the undersecretary and economic ministries);
- Enrico Giovannini (Professor of Economic Statistics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; spokesman for the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development – ASviS; former President of ISTAT and former Minister of Labor and Social Policy);
- Gianni Riotta (Executive Vice President, Council for the United States and Italy; Pirelli Visiting Professor, Princeton University; Permanent Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Op-Ed writer, La Stampa).
The results of the analysis activity and discussions with representatives of the local area will be presented in a concluding forum to take place on December 4, 2020. The forum will bring together all key stakeholders in the process in an opportunity to discuss—with the contribution of national and international speakers—about the most important questions to be faced, and to build together a common future for this region.
As part of the second Basilicata Think Tank, the “Power2Innovate” Call for Ideas has been created, an initiative to promote startups and aspiring entrepreneurs in southern Italy who have innovative ideas, in order to:
- capitalize on the strategic expertise of the Basilicata region in High-Tech, AgriFood and Culture and Tourism;
- stimulate the implementation of innovative and sustainable solutions in the sectors of strategic expertise of the Basilicata region;
- promote a culture of widespread innovation and promote entrepreneurship in Italy’s southern regions.
Valerio De Molli
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer,
The European House - Ambrosetti