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Four Motors for Europe
Presentation
of the
Lombardy Region
Foz de Iguaçu, 29th of January 2010
Lombardy region in Italy
Lombardy is one of the European Union’s
leading regions :
 Surface area : 23 862 km²
 Population : 9,475,202 (16,1% of Italy), of
which 18,7% over 65 and 6,3% foreigners
Density: 397 inhabitans/km²
 Lombardy is at the junction of two main
communication axes: East-west (from the
Iberina peninsula to the Balkans) and NorthSouth (from continental Europe to The
Mediterranean)
47% of the region’s area is made up by
plains, and slightly over by mountains
International airports: 4
Economic structure
Lombardy is among the most developed economic and
social systems on the continent.
It has the demographic dimensions and economic levels of
a medium-sized European nation state
 GDP 212 billion € (one-fifth of Italy’s GDP) (2004)
 GDP per capita of 28,900 € (2004).
 Many foreign and national companies have their
headquartes and production facilities in Milan and
its province.
 Around 800,000 enterprises are located in
Lombardy (15,6% of those opersating in Italy).
 Lombardy’s economy is centred on manufacturing
and services.
 21,3% of workers are employed in the region.
 16,832 foreign-ownes companies area based in
Lombardy.
 In Milan province these represent 53.95 % of
firms operating in the whole sale market.
Excellencies
Agro-food
Biotechnology
Chemical
Finance
University system, research activities
and human capital
Health system
Excellencies
Agro-food
Lombardy contributes 25% of turnover to
Italy’agricoltural sector, for 113 billion euro.
The region is third in Italy for the number of
agro-food certificated products.
Biotechnology
Lombardy is home to 35% of italian biotech
firms.
The sector employs 11,555 people and
generates revenues of 2.4 billion euro.
Lombardy region accounts for 73% of national
investment in biotechnology R&D
Chemical
Lombardy has over 2,000 companies manufacturing
chemicals, synthetic and artificial fibres,
representing 34% of the national total.
60,000 in terms of employee numbers
Finance
Milan is the country’s financial capital and the
location of Italian stock exchange, it is one of the 5
financial centers in Europe and Italy's sole gateway
to the international capital markets.
University system,
research activities and human capital
Lombardy has 12 universities, in addition to 225 public
and private research centers. 7 universities are located
in Milan.
Each year 250,000 students enrol at Lombardy’s
universities.
The Lombardy region has sponsored and promoted the
creation of 9 centers of excellence in the sectors of
biotechnology, genomics, nanotechnologies, new
materials with a total investment of 77 million of euro
and a regional contribution of over 32 million euro.
Health system
The Lombardy Region has:
 about 200 hospital centres,
 1,200 clinics and no fewer than
4,000 pharmacies, 130,000 dedicated
staff and 15 local health Authorities.
CRS-SISS (the Regional Services
Charter-Social and Health Care
Information System)
It is a tool to shorten the “distance”
between public administration and
citizens in the health care sphere by
raising the level of efficiency and the
standard of services offered while
optimizing the use of available
resources.
Lombardy Regional Government:
Structure and Functions
The Lombardy Regional Government is made up of three main structures
with diverse functions:
• The President of the Regional government is elected every five years by the
citizens of the region. He is the head of the regional government and passes all
regulations. The President also appoints the members of the Giunta (assessori)
and is held responsible by the Consiglio Regionale regarding the Giunta’s work.
•
The Consiglio Regionale is also elected every five years by the citizens. It is
considered the regional legislative assembly and is composed of 80 members. In
addition, the Consiglio Regionale passes regional laws, approves the regional
budget, new taxes, and plans for new infrastructure.
•
The Giunta is appointed by the President and the Consiglio Regionale. It is the
Government of the Lombardy Region and is composed of the President and 16
assessori. The Giunta mainly proposes legislation.
Lombardy’s Regional Government:
12 Main Priorities
1. Environment protection
2. Cultural heritage protection
3. Health service planning
4. Justice of the Peace
5. Communication
6. Civil protection
7. Supplementary social security
8. Infrastructure
9. Research
10. Universities
11. Cross-border cooperation
12. Savings and loans, land banks
Lombardy : International Relations
In the course of its history, Lombardy has always had a very strong
international vocation.
In recent years relations with foreign countries have intensified and have been
formalized with important agreements. In order to promote the Lombard
model abroad and facilitate its enterprises’ commercial relations, the Lombardy
Region has signed almost 28 protocol agreements with local and national
governments of many areas of the world.
Although Milan is not the capital, it houses the consulates of 98 countries.
The Lombardy Region is committed on an international level is that of
development cooperation.
Since the early ‘90s the Lombardy Region has chosen to enhance
the role of co-operation, including it among the priorities of its international
operations, along with institutional missions and the internationalization of the
economic system.
In Lombardy there are 3,500 voluntary associations; 600 non-profit
organizations; 1,100 social co-operatives.