THEassembly of the presidents of the Chambers of Commerce, confirmed unanimously Andrea Prete at the helm of Unioncamere also for the next three years.
Andrea Prete, a leading figure in the engineering and entrepreneurial scene, took over the presidency of Unioncamere from July 2021. Already head of the Salerno Chamber of Commerce since 2015, he has a long history of service in the industrial and commercial sector. Prete actively contributed to the boards of directors of Infocamere and Gesac, the latter responsible for the management of Naples Airport. His experience also includes a significant period as a member of the National Council of Confindustria and two terms as President of Confindustria Salerno.
Unioncamere: the role of vice presidents has been renewed
On Prete's proposal, the assembly has the role of vice-president was renewed to the eight presidents of Chambers of Commerce who make up the Bureau of Unioncamere. THE confirmed members are: Antonio Paoletti (Venezia Giulia), Klaus Algieri (Cosenza), Leonardo Bassilichi (Florence), Tommaso De Simone (Caserta), Giorgio Mencaroni (Umbria), Giuseppe Riello (Verona), Gino Sabatini (Marche) and Mario Domenico Vadrucci (Lecce ).
Unioncamere: the objectives for the next three years
In his thank you speech to the Assembly, chaired by Carlo Sangalli, Andrea Prete outlined a set of key objectives for Unioncamere over the next three years. Central among these are the innovation and simplification of processes for Italian companies. In particular, Prete underlined the importance of exploiting the expertise of the Business Register and other tools already available in the Chamber of Commerce system to improve support for companies.
"We want to make life easier for companies“, explains the re-elected president of Unioncamere” starting from the expertise of the Business Register and the tools of the chamber of commerce system that already exist (such as the One Stop Shop for productive activities); contribute to the digitalisation of small and medium-sized businesses (670 thousand those already supported by digital business points in the transition to 4.0); support the internationalization of SMEs, to help other companies, in addition to the 28 thousand already supported last year, to face world markets; facilitate the job market, increasing the commitment to orientation, certification of student skills and the entry of adequately trained foreign workers. Over a third of companies plan to hire non-EU workers in the next three years, and of this 73% are driven by the shortage of workers", underlined Prete.
In response to the growing shortage of skilled labor in the Italian market due to various factors including misalignment between training and the world of work, here for Prete “il chamber system is therefore a candidate to carry out a role of facilitator of the entry of immigrants with qualified profiles. The Chambers can, in fact, be the service platform for associations and companies that need to hire trained workers from abroad".
