Italian Economic Diplomacy

Italian economic diplomacy is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ means for supporting the business community’s internationalisation. Both the ministry’s central headquarters in Rome’s Farnesina Palace and its economic offices in embassies and consulates around the world work with System Italy to foster the protection, promotion, information and networking of the Italian business community abroad.

Protection
of Italian economic interests abroad advocacy with foreign public administrations in order to protect Italian investments;

Promotion
of Italy and its products in collaboration with the offices of the ICE, the Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad and other System Italy actors;

Information
to firms operating in foreign markets and on bidding opportunities and major public works contracts; with its capillary network, economic diplomacy gathers and disseminates information through “ExTender”, Radiocor-Farnesina News and the country reports compiled with ICE and ENIT available on this site.

Networking
Italian business communities abroad are encouraged to develop associations and networks of Italo-foreign business communities.

• Newsletter (Italian only)
• Attracting International Tourism (Italian only)
• Investing in Italy (Italian only)
• Ministries and Bodies (Italian only)
• Country Reports (Italian only)