The “Economic and Financial Forum for the Mediterranean” is an important initiative promoted and organised by the Milan Chamber of Commerce – Promos , in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Lombardy Region, with the support of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.
The first edition of the Forum took place in Milan on the 20-21 July 2009, with the participation of more than 2500 Italian and international representatives and high level delegates from both the private and public sectors and economic institutions, among which the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the French Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment Christine Lagarde, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the President of European Investment Bank Philippe Maystadt.
The Milan Forum represents an important occasion for dialogue and discussion between governments and private sector, and an opportunity to undertake more decisive steps towards promoting socio-economic and financial integration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region.
The second edition will continue to develop and further consolidate the projects which were defined in the previous edition and it will bring together authoritative representatives from both Italian and foreign Governments, public and private economic entities, the European Commission and the principal international organisations.