Veneto candidate to host EU “anticoronavirus” authority

Luca Zaia, “governor”, sends the dossier for the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority to the President of the Italian Council of Ministers

“Even the emergency linked to this pandemic has confirmed that the quality level of the health system and biomedical research in the Veneto region are internationally recognized excellences. The candidacy of Venice and the Region to host the HERA is unquestionably a contribution to the growth and affirmation of the whole country”.

And again, with regard to the qualities of the main public territorial body of northeastern Italy: “Veneto is a perfectly relevant location for this European agency in the health field, for position and development model“.

This is how the President of the Veneto Region, Luca Zaia, announced the formalization of the candidacy of Venice and its territory as the headquarters of the European Union’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA).

Transmitted to Rome on December 14 the Venetian dossier

On December 14 The “governor” originally from Conegliano, in the province of Treviso, actually signed and sent the letter with the official proposal to the President of the Council of Ministers, Giuseppe Conte.

“We have transmitted to Palazzo Chigi an in-depth and detailed feasibility study,” added President Luca Zaia.

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“In it is the confirmation of the potential and excellence that distinguish our Region in the health field, and which are perfectly in line with the expectations and needs expressed by the European Commission. Characteristics that all our territory can express in terms of preparation, research, innovation in advanced biomedical and management efficiency in the health field.”

“The candidacy is also supported by potentials due to the geographical position and reception capacity,” Luca Zaia continued.

“Veneto is in a central position in the communications and services network of the Central European area. A strategic location for movement within the Union, supported by excellent logistical links and efficient transport, to which are added the effectiveness of the local infrastructure network and the cohesion of the economic and social system.”

Preliminary agreement between the Government and the Emilia-Romagna Region (in Italian)
Preliminary agreement between the Government and the Lombardy Region (in Italian)
Preliminary agreement between the Government and the Veneto Region (in Italian)

“The Venetian candidacy is for Brussels a high profile solution because it represents a best practice at international level,” concluded the President of Veneto.

“I have confirmed to the President of the Council that we believe in it and we will support this project also in Brussels; from this idea a cascade of opportunities opens for the whole country and the whole European Union.”