If we look at Informest 2010 tentative balance, we find a value that it is a meaningful self evidence, +45%: it is the increase on volume of projects of international cooperation. We are talking about an amount of almost 2.700.000 millions of Euros - 50% of which are EU funds. We happen to hear often the following inaccurate expression: Informest "wins projects". Well, Informest, indeed, wins a lot of projects. However, I find the expression a bit inaccurate because it does not stress "why" it happens that Informest attracts such a considerable amount of funds.

It seems that recently President Sarkozy - who was lecturing at Columbia University - annoyed Americans by underlying how their "new health system" has been a consolidated reality since centuries in France. The fact that citizens have extensive right to health care is indeed one of Old Lady Europe's most remarkable features; a feature Europeans can be proud of.

Proprio come Informest che, da sempre, non si è occupata solo di Est Europa. 
Di cosa si occupa Informest? 
bloggEST nasce anche per rinnovare le molte (classiche) risposte che si possono dare a questa domanda: di fatto oggi Informest continua ad occuparsi di est in termini molto allargati e rinnovati. 

Proprio di rinnovamento si tratta: non tanto di questo sito -da oggi nuovo nell'impostazione dei contenuti e nella veste grafica - ma proprio della mission di Informest in un contesto internazionale così mutato rispetto allo scenario post-wall cui deve la sua nascita.

The focus of today's event hold by Confindustria Trieste premises is "The real economies of Central and Eastern Europe: Croatia, Serbia and Albania". Informest Vice President Silvia Acerbi explains: "Recent developments of Greek crisis increased need of information about areas that are very important for our economic recovery. Events like this underline how Informest continues to be an extraordinary instrument of  mediation and knowledge for the entire economic system of our region.

Informest lives a gold period and redoubles its activities. Informest tentative balance for 2010 - which has been recently approved during the last Informest members'meeting held in Gorizia - registers an excellent positive result: a 45% increase on volume of projects of International cooperation. The 2010 is revealing a strategic year also for the creation of Informest Consulting (the company's capital is held 100% by Informest): Informest Consulting will manages all commercial activity - counseling and services for private companies. 

The effects of the crisis on the country's economy.

Informest mission in Albany ends today: new possibilities of cooperation on welfare issues.

bloggEST: si chiamerà così il blog a firma di Informest da oggi attivo sul nostro sito.

Di cosa si occuperà bloggEST? "Non solo di Est" è la prima precisazione che viene da Silvia Acerbi, Vicepresidente di Informest, che aggiunge: "Informest sta vivendo un momento straordinario: la crisi ha in qualche modo cambiato, rendendolo più incisivo, non solo il ruolo ma anche il significato della cooperazione internazionale, sempre di più strumento di sviluppo economico sul territorio. Di questo parlerà il nostro blog: sviluppo, cooperazione e conoscenza - che è poi il lavoro di Informest".

Un nuovo sito - http://www.osservatoriocrisi.it/ - e sei tappe in tutta la regione in una serie d'incontri con le associazioni economiche del Friuli Venezia Giulia: l'OER ACTIVE, l'Osservatorio sulle economie reali dell'Europa centrale ed orientale realizzato da Informest allarga il proprio bacino d'interesse, si rende più visibile ed entra in una nuova fase di diffusione dei risultati e raccolta dati.

Informest expects to increase by 45% the volume of international cooperation projects in 2010. The forecast is contained in the 2010 budget, approved by the shareholders in Gorizia "The increase of 45% of the project, explains the Vice President of Informest, Silvia Acerbi - is not only a great result for us as Informest but for the whole economy of the territory "

A framework agreement involving the Ministry of Youth and Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region will allow to realize a project to redevelopment of the area. On 5th May, the Municipality of Gorizia organized a meeting with the stakeholders in the development of the area.

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha received on 3^rd May the delegation of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, led by Vice President of Informest Silvia Acerbi and the Regional Health Minister Vladimir Kosic, engaged in two days of meetings with leading members of government and of health structures of Tirana. This new form of cooperation will be formalized with the signing of a protocol in the coming months in Trieste.

The system collection of Isonzo area rose to prominence nationally and internationally. Experience gained in the cooperation project with the Canton of Sarajevo and the Municipality of Novi Grad (Stra.de) and five years of experimentation with canvassing have given to Iris Spa the possibility to participate in a major new European project of cooperation related to the introduction of these systems in large scale in the Balkans.

Hold on 29^th April in Pordenone the Focus meeting "Serbia towards Europe - Kragujevac: cooperation opportunities for the enterprises of Friuli Venezia Giuila after the agreements with FIAT". A delegation from Kragujevac participated to the initiative organized by Ial Fvg, Chamber of Commerce of Pordenone and Informest.

15 highly motivated graduates started the training course organized by the Municipality of Gorizia (Department of Youth Policies) in cooperation with Informest, to raise awareness tools and methodologies for finding financing sources related to EU funds and for the design of projects responding to the main Community programmes directed to institutions and public administrations.

TRIESTE.  A new website - www.osservatoriocrisi.it - and six stages in Friuli Venezia Giulia for a series of meetings with business associations: the Oer  Active, the Observatory on real economies of Central and Eastern Europe made by Informest, is expanding its pool of interest and becomes more visible.