The “Strategic Table” on Trade Facilitation and the project International Trade Hub-Italia (ITH-Italia)

1. The “Strategic Table” on Trade Facilitation and the project International Trade Hub-Italia(ITH-Italia) “Just one click to become International and to compete in a globalized world” Graziano Severini – Project Team Member “ITH-Italia” (Geneva 16-Feb-2012)

2. THE MAIN REASON FACILITATE - The facilitation of international trade is a goal for the Government and a necessary service for the companies.

3. FACILITATION - SIMPLIFICATION • Gov. Act for Simplification (27 January 2012) • Reduce bureaucracy • Speed up procedures • Abolition of unnecessary rules

4. FACILITATION • COSTS REDUCTION –(Hidden costs of international transactions, HCIT) more than 20 administrations (departments, agencies and various entities) responsible for releasing more than 100 authorizations (including permits, licenses, declarations, clearance, etc..)! • MORE COMPETITION • Less Bureaucracy • More efficiency • MORE ATTRACTIVENESS FOR FDI • LESS DELOCALIZATION

5. ItalianSMEs SMEs > 4.5 MILLIONS (99%) 2/3 of the GDP < 180,000 Export Companies 4%

6. Italian SMEs • Many reasons why only 4% • Lack of information • They don’t know what to do • How to select market/international distribution • What kind of information they need • Where to find them?

7. ItalianSMEs – converginggoals • Helping Companies to customize their own export business plan • Facilitate

8. need to provide Italy with a tool to help SMEs in the process of internationalization: JUST ONE CLICK!. • The International Trade Hub-Italia (ITH-Italia)

9. International Trade Hub-Italia (ITH-Italia) is an innovative and technologically advanced tool to allow companies to compete and succeed in the globalized economy. • An International Trade Hub is more than one stop shop or single window as it integrates all the processes related to import-export activities and internationalization “By the end of this decade, all the major IT HUBs will be interconnected” (UN/CEFACT)

10. The International Trade Hub-Italia (ITH-Italia) is the ultimate tool that can facilitate trade and internationalization to give SMEs more competitiveness. conversion every single doc from paper to digit/electronic: from e-marketing to the e-customs clearance through e-logistics, e-payment and e-licensing / certification. electronic preservation of all docs and data with legal validity TDR Trade Document Repository

11. ITH-Italia: • on-line system • Docs, Transactions - Legal validity • reduces time and cost • idea of “International trade system”

12. Work flow of the activities 1st International Conference on Trade Facilitation February 2008 UN/CEFACT Recommendation N° 33 “Strategic Table” on TF December 2009 2nd International Conference on Trade Facilitation 14th UN/CEFACT FORUM April 2009 2008 - 2009

13. Work flow of the activities “Strategic Table” on Trade Facilitation Working Group Operators’ problems Working Group Financial Services Working Group Interoperability Working Group Aid for Trade • Institutional Experts • Sector Experts • Experts.. • Institutional Experts • Sector Experts • Experts.. • Institutional Experts • Sector Experts • Experts.. • Institutional Experts • Sector Experts • Experts.. 2010

14. Work flow of the activities • Critical Point • Bottleneck • Problemidentification • …… • Consequences • Costs • …… ProposedSolution Best Practices UN/CEFACT Recommendations & Standards Analysis & Mapping Digitalization 2010

15. Work flow of the activities 3rd International Conference on Trade Facilitation February 2011 Executive Committee Mem. of Understanding Min of Economic Develop. ABI-CBI – Banking Association Best Practices II Series 2011

16. The latest news • Continuous • NEW Conference (4th)will be possibly organized in June-July 2012 • Proposal for a New Government Actto consolidate the Trade Facilitation in Italy: "Measures to facilitate the internationalization of companies - International Trade Hub-Italy" Best Practices Analysis & Mapping Digitalization 2012

17. Operational structure of ITH-Italia Marketing & Promotion ITH-Italia sevices Public Offices e-marketing e-licensing e-logistics Financial Institutions e-customs clearence Operators /Firms e-foreign exchange payments Logistics Providers Customs TDR Trade Document Repository Payments/ Foreign X

18. The Implementation • Contractwith the IT Service Provider will be possibly signed in 1 or 2 months • Agreements with all the involved public and private institutions in 1 or 2 months • Start up of the systemin 12 or 14 months 2012

19. THANK YOU !

20. PROJECT TEAM • Department for Internationalization and Promotion • Project Team – ITH Italia • Claudio C. Padua (Project coordinator), claudio.padua@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it • Graziano Severini(Project collaborator), graziano.severini@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it • Riccardo Scarpulla (Institutional Relations), riccardo.scarpulla@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it • Elena Toselli (Studies and Analysis), elena.toselli@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it • Bruno Ferrari (IT Consultant), bruno.ferrari@ritspa.it • Stefano Ortolani (IT Assistant) stefano.ortolani@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it • Daniela Ricci (Secretray), daniela.ricci@sviluppoeconomico.gov.it • Website: http://www.mincomes.it/semproitalia/tavolo_strategico/tavolo_index.htm