The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West would like to THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE AUTHENTIC ITALIAN PIAZZA AT THE DRIVE Sunday, June 10th, 2018.
We really hope you had fun, enjoyed the authentic italian food and that the event increased your knowledge and awareness of authentic Italian DOP & IGP products!!
For the first time, Italian Day will feature an entire intersection dedicated to food and wine samplings presented by the Italian Chamber of Commerce as the ‘Authentic Italian Table’ Piazza, showcasing more than 10 stations with a variety of participants and products.
Taking up the whole depth of the Grant street intersection, the attraction will offer attendees an opportunity to experience authentic Italian food products, fine wines and liquors, and gastronomic delights created in collaboration with local chefs.
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Tickets to enter the Piazza can be purchased in advance via our Eventbrite page or on site at the festival. You receive 1 ticket FREE for every group of 10 !
Buy your ticket in advance to skip the line up!
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Food, Wine and Beverage Vendors at the Authentic Italian Table piazza:
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Today, Italian cuisine is re-interpreted and reconstructed across the globe. The end result is that what Canadians may be familiar with as Italian food isn’t really Italian due to misused ingredients or using products without DOP and IGP certifications. The Authentic Italian Table is bringing back pure
flavours, celebrating certified Italian ingredients and bringing Canadians the extraordinary taste of
traditional dishes.
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The program The Extraordinary Italian Taste – Promotion and Enhancement of the authentic Italian
agri-food products is promoted and financed by the Ministry of Economic Development in
collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada West (ICCC) and other eight Italian
Chambers of Commerce in North America (Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles,
Miami, New York and Mexico City).
The project is part of a national campaign whose main goal is to promote awareness in North
America about the authentic and certified agri-food Italian products, as in the continent
supermarkets’ shelves extensively host many products evoking Italy, neither having any connection
to Italy, nor involving an Italian manufacture.
To learn more about Italy’s project for the promotion of authentic Italian DOP and IGP products in North America, visit the official website of the project www.trueitaliantaste.com.
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FREE TRADE AGREEMENT CANADA-EU (CETA) AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITALIAN COMPANIES
Wednesday 13 June 2018, from 9.00 to 13.00
Sala Industria – Chamber of Commerce of Verona, Corso Porta Nuova, 96 – Verona
The seminar is organized by the Delegation of Québec in Italy in collaboration with Confindustria Verona and is aimed primarily at Italian companies and bodies interested in investing or concluding partnerships with Québec. In this regard, various issues will be addressed: the economic and traderelations between Italy and Québec in the CETA era, Québec’s economic strategies and investment opportunities, the circulation of people, goods and services, the technical aspects related to immigration.
Click here for the registration to the event
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The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West and our event collaborator, EU Chamber of Commerce in Canada West would like to THANK YOU FOR VISITING OUR BOOTH AT THE WINNIPEG WINE FESTIVAL Friday, May 11th, 2018.
We really hope you had fun, enjoyed the wine tasting and that the event increased your knowledge and awareness of the emerging wines of Italy!
CNA FIRENZE AND CENTRO STUDI ITALIA CANADA PRESENTS:
Economic Agreement Canada – Ue:
Business Opportunities for Italian Companies
FLORENCE 12 JUNE 2018 – from 9.30 to 13.00
Gabinetto Vieusseux – Sala Ferri, Palazzo Strozzi
rvsp: info@centrostudi-italiacanada.it
Promoted by the Centro Studi Italia Canada and by CNA Florence, in the prestigious Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and under the patronage of the Municipality of Florence, will be held on June 12 the seminar “Economic Agreement Canada-EU: Business Opportunities for Italian Enterprises.” Experts and professionals in the field of international trade will present the Free Trade Agreement CETA and the benefits for Italian companies in terms of economic growth and competitiveness.
Italy is today the 8th worldwide supplier in Canada and the 12th destination market for Canadian products. Starting from this premise, on June 12th in Florence, we will offer an opportunity to discuss the main measures introduced by CETA, on the possibilities of activating business partnerships, providing an overview of how to invest and access credit. A focus will be dedicated to internationalization opportunities for Italian companies in the Canadian province of Québec.
Speakers include:
• Giacomo Cioni, President, CNA Florence
• Paolo Quattrocchi, partner Nctm Studio Legale, Director of Centro Studi Italia-Canada;
• Arturo Galansino, Director General of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation
• Jan Scazighino, Minister Counselor for Economic Relations, Embassy of Canada in Italy
• Luca De Carli, Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission, DG TRADE
• Marianna Simeone, Delegate of Québec in Italy
• Lucia Baldino, Director of Europe, Desjardins
• Fabrizio Toti, Area Manager, JAS
• Noemi Trombetti, Inspection Trading Auditing – ITA Corporation
5 MONTHS NUMBERS FROM CETA IMPLEMENTATION (OCTOBER 2017 – FEBRUARY 2018)
The CETA agreement is a comprehensive economic and trade agreement between the EU and Canada and entered into force provisionally on 21 September 2017.
The objectives of CETA are the 99% elimination of customs duties, the opening of public tenders to the companies involved, the opening of the services markets, the opening of the market for agri-food products and the recognition of a series of products with European geographical indications and therefore the protection from counterfeiting, the simplification of the entry of European workers in Canada also through the recognition of some professional qualifications, the promotion of investments also through the definition of certain rules to protect investors.
5 months after the implementation of CETA (Oct 2017-Feb 2018), the ICE Office of Toronto has elaborated the first data related to the economic-commercial relations between Italy and Canada, highlighting the positive impact that the new measures have had for the Italian economy.
Imports and exports between Canada and Italy recorded a positive trend in market trends: + 12.8% of Italian exports to Canada, $ 3.430 mln CAD, compared to the same period of the previous year, $ 3.039 mln CAD, while slower is the growth of Italian imports from Canada, + 2.5%, equal to $ 1.107 million CAD, compared to the previous year, $ 1,080 million CAD.
In addition, the data shows that the sectors that have benefited most from the almost total liberalization of the market, are the machinery (+ 8%), the agri-food industry (+ 15%) and the means of transportation (+ 15%). For example, in the agrifood sector, Italy has achieved a position of excellence: 4th global supplier and 1st European supplier of Canada, with a total value of $ 581 million CAD in the period analyzed by ICE-agency.
REGISTRATION
For event accreditation: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-accordo-economico-canada-ue-opportunita-daffari-per-le-imprese-italiane-46437552971?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
For the organizational contribution we thank FAIR, MBH, NCTM.
Link to the detailed program of the seminar.
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada-West would like to THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE AUTHENTIC ITALIAN TABLE, Wednesday, May 9th, 2018.
We really hope you had fun, enjoyed the buffet and that the event increased your knowledge and awareness of authentic Italian DOP & IGP products!
An in-depth seminar on the new economic and trade measures recently introduced by the CETA Agreement, the advantages and the opportunities for the growth for the internationalization of Italian companies.
Info: info@centrostudi-italiacanada.it or infocna@firenze.cna.it
For accreditations click here
Here’s what you need to know about GDPR if you are doing business in Italy or in Europe.
The GDPR takes a wide view of what personal identification information constitutes of. To comply with GDPR, you will need the same level of protection for things like an individual’s IP address or cookie data as you do for name, address and Social Security number of your clients.
GDPR carries provisions that require businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of EU citizens for transactions that occur within EU member states. The GDPR also regulates the exportation of personal data outside the EU. This privacy legislation imposes stricter requirements than its predecessor, the Data Privacy Directive, and is not open to interpretation by national governments. The GDPR will affect Canadian organizations that offer goods or services to EU residents, even if they are based in Canada.
Even if you do not have a business presence within the EU, if your company stores or processes personal information about EU citizens who live within the EU states you must comply with the GDPR.
You must comply with GDPR if :
In other words, almost all companies that do business with/in the EU are affected by GDPR regulation.
Companies that collect data on citizens in European Union (EU) countries will need to comply with strict new rules around protecting customer data by May 25. This deadline is moved to August 21st for Italy.
GDPR comes with severe penalties for violations. Breaches could result in a fine of up to 20 million Euros or four percent of your company’s worldwide revenue, whichever is higher. Frequent breaches of the regulations and failure to address the issue can even result in higher fines of up to €40 million.
GDPR enforcement will be up to the national data protection authorities in each jurisdiction. Be mindful of the fact that your company can be sued privately as well, which means that non-compliance can be costly, even if your company doesn’t get fined by their Relevant Data Protection Authority.
The GDPR defines several roles that are responsible for ensuring compliance:
It’s possible, then, that both your company and processing partner such as a cloud provider will be liable for penalties even if the fault is entirely on the processing partner.
Companies are required to have a DPO if they process or store large amounts of EU citizen data, process or store special personal data, regularly monitor data subjects, or are a public authority. Some public entities such as law enforcement may be exempt from the DPO requirement.
Your company must inform customers of their rights under GDPR.
As for third parties, if a third-party processor does not comply with GDPR, you will be held liable. It has strict rules for reporting breaches that everyone in the chain must be able to comply with.
It means all existing contracts with processors (including cloud providers) and customers need to spell out responsibilities, define consistent processes for how data is managed and protected, and how breaches are reported.
You need to ensure that the whole grouping of vendors that have access to personal data of your clients are adhering to GDPR and processing the data accordingly.
Client contracts whether they are online click-throughs or formal agreements ,also need to reflect the regulatory changes on how you view, access, and process data.
If one of your vendors says, ‘You were hacked last night,’ you need to know who to call and how to respond as part of meeting the regulatory requirements with the 72-hour reporting window that the GDPR requires. You want a clearly defined path in the contract for the information to get to the person in your organization responsible for reporting the breach.
An in-depth seminar on the new economic and trade measures recently introduced by the CETA Agreement, the advantages and the opportunities for the growth for the internationalization of Italian companies.
Info: info@centrostudi-italiacanada.it or infocna@firenze.cna.it
For accreditations click here
ENIT-The Italian Government Tourist Board, confirming our country’s attention for the Canadian market, is dedicating significant resources to tourism promotion and commercialization through the regular organization of sector workshops.
As part of the ENIT promotion and marketing plan for Canada, the Workshop ITALIA 2018 was held on 12 April at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver. The event, attended by many Canadian and Italian operators, had as objective the creation of opportunities for the meeting of tourism demand and supply between the two countries.
The B2B meetings, with about 70 Canadian demand operators, were preceded by a multimedia briefing dedicated to Italians operators, with the aim to deepen the socio-demographic characteristics of Canada taking into account the main macroeconomic and sector indicators.
After that, the ENIT representatives presented the 2018 image campaign and the promotional plans for the Canadian market, which was also attended by the Consul General of Italy in Vancouver, Massimiliano Iacchini.
