It will hold to Naples to the Marine Station friday 21 and saturday 22 April the Second Exhibition Forum on confiscated assets. Under the title ‘Legality as a key to development’, the national event will open with a conference attended by the President of the Campania Region, Vincenzo De Luca, the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi, the President of the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces Massimiliano Fedriga (on video), the President of the Med-Or Leonardo Foundation Marco Minniti, the President of Anci Antonio De Caro and the journalist Andrea Purgatori.
“The reuse and valorisation of confiscated assets – declared the Councillor for Security and Legality, Mario Morcone – are important measures to combat illegality, as well as prevention. Our philosophy is inspired by the work of Falcone, Borsellino, La Torre and Dalla Chiesa – continued Morcone – we consider arrests and kidnappings important, but it is essential to recover the assets stolen from the mafias’ availability”.
A stimulating experience for Mario Mustilli, President of Sviluppo Campania, who stressed that it is not only symbolic but also useful for the development of the territory that places removed from crime become centres where services are provided and goods are processed. “For this reason – added Mustilli – Sviluppo Campania provides financial instruments useful for the management of confiscated assets”.
The role of the regions will also be analysed during the Forum. A reflection on how regional authorities can help smaller entities in the work of re-use. During the two days there will be technical panels and meetings that will involve magistrates, politicians, entrepreneurs in the third sector.
An exhibition area will be set up where some of the experiences of managing confiscated assets will be represented. Also in order to promote the subjects who manage the confiscated assets, a showcooking was organized by the starred chef Marianna Vitale who will make unique dishes using the products grown on the lands of the confiscated assets.
Great pride was expressed by Councillor Morcone for the call for applications for the NRRP, which allocated EUR 107 million for the confiscated assets of the Campania Region. This result rewards Campania’s design capacity and adds to other investments that promote and support the social re-use of assets confiscated from organised crime, including support for the re-use and re-functionalisation of assets confiscated from organised crime – EUR 15 million – (POR Campania FESR).
The national event is organised by the Campania Region’s Department of Security, Legality and Immigration in collaboration with
the Special Office for Federalism, the Managing Authorities of the ERDF and ESF of the Campania Region and the in-house company Sviluppo Campania and the involvement of the European Commission, various ministries, the National Agency for Confiscated Assets, ANCI, representatives of various regions, magistrates, scholars and experts, bodies and associations and the realities of the Third Sector.
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