Autoclusters Project ERDF Partner 1 Comunimprese Scarl Paolo Anostini What is Comunimprese? Comunimprese is a public/private Company covering the role of development agency of North West Area of Milan (see slide n.4). Comunimprese is owned by Local Municipalities and works in agreement with general address of Lombardy Region and Province of Milan. Municipal governments (59%): Private companies (41%) : Arese Consortium scarl Cornaredo Simki srl Garbagnate Milanese Fidia srl Lainate Europartners srl Pero Il Med srl Pogliano Milanese CrossFinanz srl Pregnana Milanese Skemalog srl Rho Techinfo snc Senago Galli Settimo Milanese Commatteo Vanzago Comunimprese’s History n Born in 2000 with name “Società Impresa 2000 S.c.a.r.l.”, enterprises’ association of Milan north-western area specialized in management for community project (Adapt, Employment, FSE Ob. 2), professional training and counter for enterprises ( n In 2002 the company changes its name in “Comunimprese scarl” with new statute, new equity and new board n In 2004 qualified ISO 9001 n In 2006 enter in the equity of “Milano Metropoli” becoming member of the board. Milano Metropoli (www.milanomet.it/en) is the Agency for the Promotion and Sustainable Development of the Metropolitan Area of Milan. It is a relevant joint-stock company, with mixed public (mainly) and private capital, promoted by the Province of Milan. The Noth-West’s area The area is a strategic one in Lombardy: § It is just between Milan and Malpensa Airport, in the direction of Simplon pass and Swiss tunnel of Gottardo § In the Area is located the new exhibition of Fiera Milano and will be the Expo 2015 § Its size: 140 kmq.; 300,000 inhabitants; 125,000 employees, a very good level of accessibility both for railways and highways § The North-West’s economy is highly diversified § The industrial sector has been characterized by profound structural changes over the last decade: new SMEs took the place of some big companies Organization Board: § President § 5 Members of the Board Staff: § General Manager § 1 employee § About 12 consultant or/and project collaborators Mission and task n To support the local authorities in the social and economic development n To provide strategic plan for the area in according with region and province policy n A ‘joined-up’ partnership approach to improve economic competitiveness and social cohesion n To Monitor and take part in the national and CE project call n To keep the Automotive tradition of the territory (Alfa Romeo Arese) becoming a key player in this field n To be a “gate” in the territory for international contact n To solve potential problems because of inadequate funding: strong budget constraints, given the Italian financial situation, make it difficult for local governments perceive the resources allocated to local development plans more of a long-term investment rather than an immediate financial cost” n To have financial autonomy (no founds from Municipalities) Comunimprese in Automotive sector now (main running project) Apart from “Autocluster Project” Comunimprese is actually managing two relevant projects regarding Automotive sector: Poli-Auto (the Lombard Automotive Cluster): Recently Lombardy region decided to address its industrial policy towards Industrial district. Comunimprese participated at regional Call for Tender (16 Million Euro for 7 winning new industrial district) for building a regional automotive cluster: managed by Politecnico di Milano and organized by Comunimprese, the project involve major companies like Brembo, Pirelli, Same, Iveco, more than 100 SMEs, important Research Center called “Kilometro rosso” in Bergamo (www.kilometrorosso.it), university, Milan, Bergamo, Brescia Province and associations. Comunimprese is almost sure to win the call because Region government knows the importance of Automotive industry (turnover 12 billions euro - 25.000 employees) also thanks to European Project BeLCAR, where its agency Cestec was a project partner. Comunimprese in Automotive sector now (main running project) EASN (European Automotive Strategy Network): Comunimprese, as representant of “Network of Automotive Regions Network” is 1 of the 5 Founding Members of European Automotive Strategy Network. On behalf of ensuring continuation of the 5 EU- funded projects NEAC, TCAS, BELCAR, ICARO and AUTREG, the main www.easn.eu aim of EASN is to support the Automotive Industry in the EU by: Identifying opportunities for improving its competitiveness including the competitiveness of SMEs; enabling co-operation and joint project activity amongst Companies, Clusters and Regions; making recommendations and influencing Policy development at Regional, National and EU Level., contributing to the development and design of suitable support instruments as well as stimulating the use by SMEs of present and new instruments. The main objective of EASN is to become the “Centre of Excellence” for EU Automotive Regions to take advantage of opportunities that the enlarged European Union provides and to become the central location for EU Automotive Regions, for Cluster bodies. Comunimprese in Automotive sector in the past (closed in October 2007) Automotive Regions Project: “Network of Automotive Regions” is a pan-European network of 18 partners from 13 regions established to support car manufacturers and suppliers in facing globalisation of the automotive industry, the evolution of the car market and the www.automotive_regions.org delocalisation of industrial activities. The project tried to develop solutions to the economic, social, environmental challenges facing the automotive industry and find ways to adapt to new realities. List of other relevant project Project European, Year of Budget Website national or finalisation local/regional CHANCE – POWER OF EUROPEAN 2007 € 1.500.000,00 www.power-of-generations.net GENERATIONS STRATEGIC PLAN REGIONAL 2006 € 70.000.000,00 www.comunimprese.it NORTH WEST MILAN PROMOCOMUNE REGIONAL 2006 € 300.000,00 www.promocomune.it FIERAMILANO E INTERNATIONAL 2008 www.fieramilanoedintorni.it/en/ n/a DINTORNI (MILAN www.nuovosistemafieramilano.it/ EXHIBITION AREA AND EXPO 2015) ONLY LOGISTIC PLATFORM NATIONAL n/a GENOVA PORT - MILAN PROPOSAL IN 2005 Strategic plan for the North-West of Milan Comunimprese recently drowed up a strategic plan for the North-West of Milan (www.comunimprese.it): the documentation available today provides a good foundation for the drawing-up/development of a complete strategic plan of the area which integrates different sectorial aspects and furnishes a complete vision and system of the whole area. The strategic plan is defined as the element which joins all the project initiatives which the local administrations/authorities, the big private operators and private firms have on the drawing-board or expect to create. Furthermore, the strategic plan satisfies the need to verify and co-ordinate the same projects with the aim of assuring the congruency of all initiatives of development for the whole area. Logistic platform connecting Genova port - Milan Another project that was made known in 2005, and an other case of territorial governance, was the creation of a “Logistic platform connecting trucks and cargo-ships”, promoted by Finporto (port of Genoa, Liguria). The project was presented in Province of Milan by Finporto in partnership with BancaIntesa (one of the biggest Bank of Italy), ComunImprese, Milano Metropoli (the development agency of the metropolitan area of Milan), and Catholic University of Milan and integrated the “Centre for Sustainable Mobility”. A strategic match-point among railway, street and port, and also new job opportunities (2,500 jobs); the Finporto project was considered by the local authorities but at the moment it remains only a proposal because of some unsolved problem like political uncertainties, big local concerns about its environmental sustainability. Thanks for your attention .