OPPORTUNITÀ A publication of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand Inc. www.iccnz.com
Letter from the ICCNZ President
November 2017 Letter from Carolina Izzo, ICCNZ President Past Events - Festival Italiano, Auckland - Fashion Week, Auckland - Week of the Italian language in the world
International News - PRADA and the America’s Cup - The FIAT 500 Coins it - ICE – Italian Trade Agency Cari Membri, This is my first letter to you and I would like to take this opportunity to say how exited I am to serve the chamber to achieve the goals set up for this year. I am very humbled for the opportunity and I am glad to work with the great team at the Council. We have recently returned from a trip in Europe, most of it in Italy with family and friends. However, I also had the opportunity to meet with the New Zealand Ambassador in Rome, Patrick Rata, and the NZ Trade Commissioner in Milan, Ann Clifford. We also took the opportunity, in Rome, to meet with the Direttore Generale dell’Assocamere Estero, Dott. Antonio Romano, whose responsibilities include the development of ICCNZ programs worldwide. Further to the above meeting, the VP Antonella Lorenzini is attending the 26th International Convention of the Camere di Commercio Italiane all’Estero to be held in Turin, 4-7 November. We are very grateful for the opportunity to attend the convention. Also Mr. Gianfranco Ugazzi, an active & supporting member will be present at the conference. We are looking forward to hearing about it. The New Zealand Europe Business Council meeting in October indicated that the coming weeks should see the start of the Free Trade Agreement negotiations following EU Parliament approval to proceed. Given that the EU is New Zealand’s 3rd largest export market and our largest supplier of imports, we can expect negotiations to be a high priority for the new Government and we will endeavour to inform members of the inevitable trade delegations and events as we get notice of them. Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Trade since 2014, is expected to visit NZ in early December. Moving forward, we have pleasure to introduce our new Treasurer Barbara Miller. She is the Director of Auckland chartered accounting firm Miller Johnson and is a mentor and public practitioner under the Institute of Chartered Accountants ANZ . She works mainly with small and medium business clients to support their management and www.iccnz.com
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development. Barbara will bring valuable expertise and guidance over the coming months. For information about Barbara, please visit: https://www.iccnz.com/members/ourcouncil/barbara-miller/ The Italian festival 2017 in Auckland has been a successful event, despite the weather. It is always a great networking event for the Chamber. Cristina Capri organised the event which produced new contacts and an exchange of business opportunities. The NZ Ambassador to Rome, Patrick Rata, will be returning to New Zealand for a short visit in November and has kindly offered his availability to meet with ICCNZ's members over a breakfast gathering on 16 November, at the Europe House in Auckland. Also In Wellington, the Italian Embassy will be hosting an event. And last but not least, I would like to thank Juan Pablo Espinosa for the production of this edition and councillor Shahla Motadel for the coordination and editing work. I would also like to extend my thanks to other ICCNZ councillors & members who have contributed to this edition. Everyone's input is much appreciated! All contents in this newsletter are in English, however you will find that some articles have also been presented in Italian. I wish you happy reading! Opportunità – November 2017
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