{"id":224970,"date":"2022-10-24T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/sesto-forum-dialogosvizzera-italia-zurigo\/"},"modified":"2022-10-24T16:32:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:32:11","slug":"sixth-forum-dialogue-switzerland-italy-zurich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swissfederalism.ch\/en\/sixth-forum-dialogue-switzerland-italy-zurich\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixth Forum for Dialogue between Switzerland and Italy in Zurich"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sixth Forum for Dialogue between Switzerland and Italy in Zurich<\/span><\/h1>\n

The event took place on October 21 and 22, 2022 at the P\u00e4dagogische Hochschule in Zurich, a meeting platform attended by high-level representatives from business, journalistic, political, scientific, and cultural circles of the two countries.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n
\"Crasi<\/a>
<\/span> Crasi between the flags of the Swiss Confederation and the Italian Republic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After previous editions in Rome, Bern, Milan, Lugano,<\/strong> and Genoa<\/strong>, this year’s Forum<\/a>, sponsored by the Embassy of Switzerland in Italy, the Embassy of Italy in Switzerland, Limes, the Avenir Suisse Study Center, and Ispi (Institute for International Policy Studies), was hosted by the city of Zurich with the support of the City Hall and the Canton of Zurich and under the patronage of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Forum for dialogue between Switzerland and Italy in brief<\/span><\/h2>\n

The first edition of the Forum for Dialogue between Switzerland<\/a> and Italy<\/a><\/strong> was held in Rome in 2013 and aims to discuss the relationship between Switzerland and Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two neighboring countries share, in addition to the Italian language and 800 kilometers of border, an important number of citizens who have settled in each other’s countries: 330,000 Italians and Italians, plus 310,000 people with dual Swiss and Italian citizenship, (equal to more than 7 percent of the Swiss population) live in Switzerland and more than 50,000 Swiss citizens live in Italy. To these are added the approximately 76,000 Italian border crossers who, every day cross the border to go to work in Switzerland.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the economic level, Switzerland is stably the fourth destination country for Italian exports while, Italy is the second largest supplier of products to the Swiss market: the two countries exchange goods and services worth a billion euros a week.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Dogana<\/a>
Brogeda customs between Switzerland and Italy Photo by warrenski<\/a>, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Italy-Switzerland Forum in Zurich<\/span><\/h2>\n

The theme of this edition was “From Dante to Fintech: Switzerland and Italy at the Dawn of 2030<\/strong>“: during the event, fintech and sustainable finance, health as a common field of action after the pandemic, migration between old challenges and new unknowns, climate challenge and energy issue were discussed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event opened with greetings from Swiss Ambassador to Italy Monika Schmutz Kirg\u00f6z<\/strong> and Italian Ambassador to Switzerland Silvio Mignano.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

President Sergio Mattarella<\/strong> of the Italian Repubblica intervened virtually by sending a video message, and so did President Ignazio Cassis<\/strong> of the Swiss Confederation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Il Forum di #dialogo<\/a> Svizzera-Italia prende il via proprio durante la #SettimanaLinguaItaliana<\/a>: le relazioni tra \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udded sono ancorate a una #lingua<\/a> comune, simbolo dei legami storici, economici e culturali \ud83e\udd1dGrazie al presidente Sergio Mattarella per il suo saluto ai partecipanti. pic.twitter.com\/Cli2egyDa7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ignazio Cassis (@ignaziocassis) October 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n