Italy's decision to be the first major European economy to join China's massive investment and infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative, is likely to cause problems with the EU. Regional unemployment was one of the lowest in Italy.This, together with the general disaffection towards the central government (considered as wasting resources to balance the budgets of the chronically underdeveloped regions of The region of Lombardy is divided in 11 administrative Beside being an economic and industrial powerhouse, Lombardy has a rich and diverse cultural heritage. In 2016, Italy’s export of steel accounted for about 4% of all the steel exported worldwide. 2 0 obj
The main operational instruments aimed at ensuring the vertical co-ordination between regional and national authorities in identifying regional priorities are Framework Programme Agreements signed between the Regional Administration, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of University and Research.
miles) and it borders with Switzerland (on the North: Canton Ticino and Canton Graubünden) and with the Italian regions of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Veneto (on the East), Emilia-Romagna (on the South) and Piemonte (on the West).
In 2016, about 21% of the total Italian R&D investments are concentrated in the region (for an amount of €4,757.4m) (Eurostat, 2019).According to the Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2019, Lombardy is a Moderate+ innovator.The constitutional reform that came into force in 2001 brought the full autonomy to the Italian regions when it comes to dealing with RTDI and some other policy areas. Lombardy (/ ˈ l ɒ m b ər d i, ˈ l ʌ m-/ LOM-bər-dee, LUM-; Italian: Lombardia [lombarˈdiːa]; Lombard: Lombardia, Western Lombard: [lũbarˈdiːa], or Lombardéa, Eastern Lombard: [lombarˈde.a]) is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of 23,844 square kilometres (9,206 sq mi). It covers an area of about 23,877 km2 (9213,94 sq. Productions of the higher plains include cereals, vegetables, fruit trees and mulberries. miles. As of March 14, Italy reported 24,747 cases and 1,809 deaths. In return, as a result of this reform and the introduction to the Lisbon Strategy, RTDI gained a central role in the regional policy. Lombardy is the leading manufacturing industry in Europe regarding some sub-industries such as manufacturing of metal products (excluding machinery and equipment), textile industries, production of base metals, manufacture of wearing apparel, printing and reproduction of recorded media, wood and products of wood and cork (except furniture).The Lombardy region is the first manufacturing region in Italy in terms of turnover and added value, and the third one in Europe concerning the number of employees, after Bayern and Baden-Württemberg. x���OkA���t\C���h�A��v\H��Ѓ����
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Although the Italian economy was severely hit by the world economic crisis, the GDP PPS per capita of Lombardy remains among the highest in Europe and amounted up to €37,800 in 2017 (€28,400 in Italy and €29,500 in the EU) (Eurostat, 2019).The role of Lombardy in relation to the national RTDI effort is central.