The G7 Transport Ministerial Meeting  has ended with the adoption of the traditional Joint  on the Social Value of Infrastructures.

The document underlines the investment in high-quality and innovative Infrastructure as a key strategy to sustain economic growth, recognizing its social role to contribute to social well-being, to facilitate access to health and education services and to employment opportunities. Well-planned investments in infrastructures can trigger economic, environmental and social benefits.

June, 22nd 2017 - “Rediscovering the social value of infrastructures in the name of sustainability is the theme we intend to address  in this meeting, the first  under Italian Presidency”,  said the Italian Ministry for Infrastructures and Transports, Graziano Delrio during his opening speech of G7 Transport  Ministers meeting, now ongoing in the Italian city of Cagliari in Sardinia.

DELRIO: THE RIGHT TO MOBILITY, A SOCIAL GOOD FOR OUR DEMOCRACIES

(Accreditation will close on Saturday, 18 July) 

What does it mean for  the G7 countries the social value of  transport infrastructures?

What  the seven  countries are doing to promote automated guided vehicles running on  smart roads?

G7 Trasporti  - ITA

Italy assumed the Presidency of the G7 Transport Ministers’ Meeting on the 1^st of January 2017, which brings together the seven Countries with the most advanced economies in the world: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

20 April 2017 – The G7 Transport Experts Meeting was held today in Rome, at the premises of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport ,  in preparation of the G7 Transport Ministers Meeting which will take place in Cagliari.

14 February 2017 – The preparatory meeting held today in Sardinia, has identified Cagliari, the Regional Capital of Sardinia, as the suitable place for providing the appropriate reception of Delegations as well as ensuring the safety and security  of participants.

31 January 2017 – The “Road Alliance” was signed in Paris. The European Memorandum  introduced  new regulations on the European Road Haulage, aiming at promoting an integrated policy for the protection of workers’ social rights, as well as improving road safety.

Proposing Italy as a gateway to Europe for freight transport and the cruises coming from Asia, as well as reaffirming its strategic role as interconnection and logistics point between the Eastern and the Western World

16 January 2017 - “The German proposal is not acceptable, a sovereign Country like Italy cannot accept orders”. This was stated by the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport at 8.00 pm TG1 news regarding the emissions and FCA case.

23 December 2016 - Switzerland and Italy have agreed to renew the concessions for the two shipping companies operating on Maggiore and Lugano border lakes for a 10 years period

22 November 2016 – The Deputy Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Riccardo Nencini, met today in Rome his Vietnamese Counterpart, the Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong, in the framework of the official visit of the President of Vietnam to Italy.

28 September 2016 – Institutional visit of the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Graziano Delrio, on September 26 and 27, 2016,  to Vietnam, where he also met Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the main Vietnamese institutions.

19 May 2016 – As for the statements made today by the German Federal Minister of Transport, Alexander Dobrindt, it is hereby confirmed that yesterday the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Graziano Delrio, sent a letter to Minister Dobrindt on NOx emissions control, in which he stated that the comparison on motor vehicles emissions of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group (FCA Group),  shall be made between  the two National Approval Authorities.

18 May 2016 - From 30 May 2016 on  it will be possible to convert the driving licences still valid  issued by Ukrainian Authorities.
It is foreseen by the relevant Agreement which has been signed between Italy and Ukraine and which will be valid for a period of five years, until 29 May 2021.

17 August 2016 – The Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Graziano Delrio, together with the CEO of Ryanair, Michael O’ Leary, and the President of Enac (National Civil Aviation Authority), Vito Riggio, have presented this morning the Ryanair Development Plan for 2017 in Italy, following the policies adopted by the Government .

26 September 2016 - "Italy’s moving in the right direction towards the technological innovations in Transport Infrastructures, is the core theme of the G7 Transport Summit”.

10 November 2016 – One month before the commercial opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Graziano Delrio,  has met the Swiss Federal Councillor, Doris Leuthard.

6 August 2015 - The Council of Ministers has definitively approved, as proposed by the Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Graziano Delrio, the National Strategic Plan for Ports and Logistics, to be adopted by Prime Minister’s Decree. The Plan was prepared pursuant to Article 29 of Decree Law No. 133 of 12 September 2014, amended and confirmed into Law No. 164 of 11 November 2014, the so-called “Sblocca Italia” Law (The Unlock Italy Law).

The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport is responsible for a wide range of policy areas

Graziano Delrio, Minister of Infrastructures and Transport - Italy

The mission of the new Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (MIT) can be summed up in a single sentence : “Italy does not need big or small projects, but useful ones”.