NETWORKS FOR THE FUTURE - THE INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

Vito Gamberale, CEO of the F2i fund, and Mauro Moretti, CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato, took part in a Round Table during the XXXVI annual Conference organised by L’Industria, the economics and industrial policy magazine.

The initiative, named “Networks for the future – the Infrastructure Government for Development and Sustainability”, was held at the Via Pola premises of the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome on September 28-29; it allowed a debate on the role of the development of infrastructure networks in the Country’s economic development.

During his speech, Vito Gamberale described some of the difficulties currently affecting national infrastructure networks and emphasised the industrial role of the F2i fund as an aggregator in segments that are usually rather fragmented (water sector, gas distribution and airports). Vito Gamberale retraced the main steps of the Fund, through to the recent establishment of a Second F2i Fund, aimed at carrying on the project which began in 2007 with the support of major national and foreign credit institutions, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, bank foundations and social welfare funds.

 After this, Mauro Moretti stressed that Italy needs more reliable policies and regulatory streamlining in order to encourage and not constrain investments. Furthermore, the CEO of Ferrovie dello Stato focused on the reasons for the wide gap between the excellence of the national high-speed train system and the severe difficulties at a Regional level in terms of transport financing.

The conference participants were:

·         Carlo Marroni, Moderator – Sole 24 Ore

·         Claudio Leporelli, Sapienza University of Rome

·         Alessandro Pansa, Finmccanica

·         Gian Maria Gros Pietro, LUISS Guido Carli

·         Vito Gamberale, F2i

·         Mauro Moretti, Ferrovie dello Stato

·         Enzo Pontarollo, L’Industria