Italians of London12/10/2007A presentation by Giovanni Brauzzi

The Italian community in the U.K.166.853 Italian citizens110.103 London 27.441 Manchester 19.168 Bedford 10.141 Edinburgh of them double citizens (both British and Italian)London Manchester Bedford Edinburgh

The Italian Immigration to the U.K.

The way we wereUntil the 60s the Italian immigrants worked in:

Industry Food sector Construction works Railways

The way we are

Type of employment of Italian immigrants in the U.K1,7% 1,7%

Professionals Workers

25% 25 % 8% 15%

20%

Employees Pensioners30% 30%

Depending family members Unemployed

Who we areWorking in Business and Finance Sectors, Insurances, Services Industry, Research, and also Food Industry!

Italy-U.K. How we flew

Italy-U.K. How we fly

942 weekly

Commercial Exchange ItalyU.K.

6,000 4,000 2,000 01st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st Sem. Sem. Sem. Sem. Sem. 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 Italian Exports to the U.K. Trade Balance for Italy Italian Imports from the U.K.

The Ministry of Foreign AffairsRepresentations Abroad (2006)90 2 11Embassies

121Consulates Italian Cultural Institutes Special Diplomatic Delegations

11 5

Permanent Representatives

Geographic Distribution of the Embassies (2006)

Diplomatic-Consular Network of the Ministry of Foreign AffairsA comparison in Europe (year 2006)

Diplomatic/consular network ITALY FRANCE GERMANY UNITED KINGDOM 339 431 357 467

Staff 8.568 16.721 11.201 17.000

Budget 1.591 2.690 2.511 2.491

A Challenge

Punching above its weight

Le nozze con i fichi secchi

The answer is

OUTREACH and NETWORKING!

Londons Italian OrchestraItalian Chamber of Commerce Italian Cultural Institutes Consulate s Embassy of Italy

ENIT

Italian Trade Commissio n

Bankitali a Defence Attach Scientific Attach

Italian Embassy

Italian Ambassador