This is a fast-track in the Far East for Treviso companies with the World Bank’s services and help.

The Agreement Protocol between Unindustria Treviso and the International Finance Corporation, a World Bank Group Company which promotes sustainable private investments in the Developing Countries with the aim of reducing poverty and improving their inhabitants’ standard of living, has been signed in Paris during the last days.

Andrea Tomat, the President of Unindustria Treviso, and the IFC Representative Wolfgang Bertelsmeier signed the Agreement.

‘The collaboration’, President Tomat says, ‘has already started at the end of 2006 during the “Investing in Asia” convention, promoted by our company with Osservatorio Asia, the Asean and the IFC.

With the Agreement, we have an important partner that will help in many spheres those Treviso companies that are interested in establishing economic relationships in this area, which is among the most active in the world’.

Thanks to the Agreement, Treviso companies will be able, first of all, to count on the authoritativeness of the World Bank, as a guarantee with public and administrative Institutions of the countries of this area in order to accelerate and facilitate the procedures connected with economical relationships.

Moreover, the IFC has got credit lines dedicated to investments that can be accessed.

‘The IFC and the World Bank, Andrea Tomat continues, ‘have chosen Unindustria Treviso because it represents an important industrial system mainly made up of small and medium companies and this is considered as an important asset in order to promote lasting development and sustainable initiatives in this area’.

The countries involved in the Agreement are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.