ITA - Italian Trade Agency is the Governmental agency that supports the business development of our companies abroad and promotes the attraction of foreign investment in Italy.
With a motivated and modern organization and a widespread network of overseas offices, ITA provides information, assistance, consulting, promotion and training to Italian small and medium-sized businesses. Using the most modern multi-channel promotion and communication tools, it acts to assert the excellence of Made in Italy in the world.
Our team
Activities / Focus
Agri-food and non-alcoholic beverages, seeds and agro products (agricultural inputs), chemical and petrochemical products, animal husbandry, office equipment and stationery, food processing machinery, dairy industry machinery, machinery for non-alcoholic beverages.
Training / Responsibilities
Workers - specific low-risk training.
Activities / Focus
Fashion (clothing, footwear, and accessories), textiles and leather, industrial equipment and components, textile machinery, tanning machinery, leather processing, tools and industrial automation, printing machinery, aviation and aerospace, logistics/packaging, foundry and steelmaking machinery, Privacy Officer.
Training / Responsibilities
Workers' Safety Representative (RLS).
Marta Tesfaye Mamo
Trade Analyst
Activities / Focus
Lighting and electrical engineering, cosmetics and perfumery, building and construction materials, ceramics and bathroom products/accessories, eyewear, jewelry and watches, goldsmithing, construction machinery, ceramics and coating machinery, cosmetic and perfumery production machinery, infrastructure, architects and engineers.
Training / Responsibilities
Fire prevention and evacuation personnel
Hawe Merga Beyene
Trade Analyst
Activities / Focus
Alcoholic beverages and wine, furniture and home/kitchen accessories, HORECA equipment, home appliances, timber, HVAC, energy and environment, oil and gas, wood/furniture processing machinery, oenological machinery, mining machinery, marble and granite processing machinery, gold and precious metals processing machinery, interior design, start-up and innovation, System Manager.
Training / Responsibilities
First Aid Personnel
Activities / Focus
Administration and accounting, record keeping, and promotional support in the sectors: Pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical equipment, medical and hospital supplies, veterinary and pet products, Art and Culture.
Training / Responsibilities
DVR - annual document update and workplace modification monitoring. Workers - specific low-risk office training.
Activities / Focus
Quality Management System (QMS) control and office administration/accounting support, record keeping, and promotional support in the sectors: Toys, Sports, industrial and domestic cleaning materials, industrial and domestic cleaning machines. Coordinates active desks in the countries of competence: ICE Uganda Desk - Dr.ssa Betty Athuhura, Dr.ssa Lydia Freda Nakiyingi; ICE Somalia Desk.
Training / Responsibilities
DVR - annual document update and workplace modification monitoring.
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