Single SEZ, Undersecretary Sbarra meets delegation from the Romanian Office for Industrial Licensing: “An important exchange on investment attraction strategies”

This morning at Palazzo Chigi, in the Chigiana Library, a meeting was held between the Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for Southern Italy, Luigi Sbarra, and a delegation from the Romanian Office for Industrial Licensing (OLI), led by Director General Ionut-Mihai Radoi. The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Romania in Italy, Eugen Roșca, together with representatives of the Romanian Embassy.

For the Italian delegation, the Head of the Department for Southern Italy at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Giuseppe Romano, also took part in the meeting.

The meeting, dedicated to the exchange of best practices in administrative simplification and territorial economic development, forms part of the excellent relations between Italy and Romania.

During the proceedings, Undersecretary Sbarra presented the Italian experience of the Single Special Economic Zone (Single SEZ) for Southern Italy, highlighting the reform path launched by the Meloni Government to strengthen the competitiveness of Southern Italy and create a more favourable environment for investment.

“Today’s meeting represented an important opportunity for dialogue with the Romanian Office for Industrial Licensing (OLI), an institution that shares our objective of making territories more attractive, competitive and capable of generating development. The exchange of best practices, administrative experience and simplification models provides a practical means of pooling expertise and innovative solutions, encouraging investment and supporting economic growth. The experience of the Single SEZ for Southern Italy demonstrates how simplification, timely decision-making and strategic vision can become decisive levers for territorial development. We are confident that the dialogue initiated with OLI will further consolidate cooperation between Italy and Romania, promoting shared pathways for growth, administrative efficiency and the competitiveness of our economic systems,” the Undersecretary stated.

In his remarks, the Undersecretary recalled that the Single SEZ, established by the Government in 2023 and subsequently extended to the regions of Marche and Umbria, has made it possible to overcome the fragmentation of the previous model by introducing centralised governance and a single access point for investors.