Confartigianato Vicenza - Craft and SMEs Association

Confartigianato Vicenza, small & medium sized enterprises association of Vicenza, is a not-for-profit Organization established by a group of entrepreneurs in 1945, right after the end of the WW2. The common aim is to promote a successful entrepreneurship and to improve the economic context led these group of “pioneers” entrepreneurs to establish the Association. Confartigianato Vicenza has progressively adapted its objectives and today its main goal is to permit to SMEs to realize their full potential in the global economy. Presently our Association represents one of the most important stakeholders in civil society preserving the interests and satisfying the needs of SMEs. Every day, Confartigianato takes care of member enterprises in their own business operations. At the same time, it implements strategic projects, for the future of enterprises and of the local territory. These projects draw their inspiration from design, internationalization, green economy, innovation, sustainable mobility, tourism and other essential themes in today economic context. Confartigianato Vicenza is the leading territorial Association belonging to Confartigianato federation at Italian level and represents over 20.000 members which employ more than 80.000 people. The key of its success is related to Vicenza province population’s high entrepreneurship rate, to its ability to adapt to the needs of its members and to the long-term strategic vision which is directed toward the implementation of concrete projects and the provision of effective and qualified services to companies. The main areas of activity can be grouped as follows: • Advocacy activity: to defend the interest of the member companies interests in front of the Policy Makers; • Provision of services: to provide companies with a wide and qualified range of services, supporting them in the “every day” activity and favouring their participation to strategic projects; • Promotion of economic initiatives, aimed at favouring the aggregation processes among companies, so to overcome some of the constraints determined by the small and micro dimension.