The CNA Basilicata Regional Association is a non-profit trade association of businesses in the handicrafts, trade, services and tourism sectors, based in Potenza, Via Isca del Pioppo 144/a and in Matera, Via degli Aragonesi 26/a.
CNA (National Confederation of Craftsmen and SMEs) is an advanced and dynamic network serving craftsmen and small and medium-sized enterprises.
The CNA's associative system makes the competitiveness of enterprises its mission and the basis of its activity.
Always at the forefront of innovation and evolution in the field it represents, the CNA offers a wide range of integrated opportunities: representation and protection policies, labour and business policies, strategic support on national and foreign markets, credit support and incentive sources. And, more recently, up-to-date advice and information on the most innovative topics, essential services for business, training, quality and management.
The CNA stands by every entrepreneur to support their growth and development, a partner in today's competitive business challenges.
The CNA contributes to the economic growth and social progress of the country through the development and qualification of businesses, entrepreneurs and all forms of entrepreneurship, representing the values, needs and proposals of the entrepreneurial system in all institutional and administrative approaches and in the confrontation with other social partners and public opinion.
Representation
The CNA is at the forefront of all battles to give voice and representation to the demands and values of enterprises.
Skills and partnerships.
The CNA is an established and effective network of services and advice, able to provide comprehensive and qualified answers on the myriad issues of 'doing business'.
Professional and sectoral trade unions
The professional and sectoral trade unions constitute a nodal and specialised point of relationship with associated companies, which relate to them on the basis of the specific nature of their production or services. Trade unions represent the interests of members within their respective sectors and occupational categories, manage important trade union relations, develop and implement sectoral economic promotion policies, provide advice to members and create opportunities for collaboration between the different sectors, in agreement with the confederation bodies.
Interest groups
● Agri-food (agriculture, food, catering, etc.)
○ Artistic and traditional (artistic crafts)
○ Road transport of goods and persons
○ Construction (building and similar, masonry, doors and windows)
○ Installation (plumbers, electricians)
○ Fashion (textiles, clothing, footwear, leather goods, tailoring)
○ Manufacturing (mechanical, wood, chemical)
○ Health and wellness (hairdressing, beauty, fitness, dental technicians, podiatrists, orthopaedists)
○ Community services (car repair shops, laundries, car wash, cleaning firms)
○ Advanced tertiary sector (communications, graphics, graphic designers, photographers, computer science, printers)
CNA Impresa Donna
The Women's Business Committee was created to initiate and support women's entrepreneurial actions, to help women entrepreneurs to start and run their own businesses, to make them feel less alone in facing the many problems of running a business.
Young entrepreneurs CNA
This is the tool created by the CNA to encourage, promote and harness young people's own entrepreneurial spirit.
It offers the opportunity to compare experiences and problems, to give life to qualification projects, to grow in the entrepreneurial profession.
CNA Trade and Tourism
Tourism is one of the cornerstones of the local economy. In addition to spa tourism, the Lucania area is able to offer a rich range of opportunities, from art to culture, from gastronomy and wine to the environment and nature. CNA Turismo
represents a variety of companies operating in the tourism sector, with specific development and qualification policies for this sector.
Infrastructure and roads, urban heritage qualification and tourism services valorisation, public-private relations in tourism management and full economic valorisation of natural heritage are some of the areas of commitment of the group.
CNA Commercio e Turismo aims to improve the tourism offer by connecting the territorial areas and the operators in the sector, exploiting the competences and peculiarities of Matera province.
CNA, in line with its institutional mission, supports projects related to economic development, entrepreneurship, regional planning, social and economic development.
All the above are promoted through the following activities:
Consultancy: the CNA provides technical advice and information support to enterprises,
bodies, institutions, organisations and young entrepreneurs on economic, social and environmental issues.
Erasmus+ and educational projects: CNA is interested in participating in educational projects and training activities both in Italy and abroad.
Workshops and conferences: the CNA organises conferences, seminars and workshops.
Training: CNA, in collaboration with local authorities, participates in training activities for vulnerable social groups and immigrants.
It has recently participated as a partner in three projects, two of which coordinated by the Municipality of Matera, the first called Link, funded by the National Association of Italian Municipalities Anci, on youth policies, and the second, also provided by Anci, on "Youth and Business". The third one was coordinated by the Matera Basilicata 2019 Foundation, based on the NRDP Mission 1 - Digitisation, Innovation, Competitiveness, Culture and Tourism, Component 3 - Tourism and Culture 4.0, MEASURE 3 - Cultural and Creative Industries, INVESTMENT 3.3 "Developing the capacity of cultural operators to manage the digital and green transition" - Sub-investment 3. 3.1 "Interventions to improve the ecosystem in which cultural and creative sectors operate, encouraging cooperation between cultural operators and organisations and facilitating skills upgrading and retraining" which led to the establishment of the ADB Network - Basilicata Digital Academy.
Since 2019, it has been participating in the universal public service projects promoted by the National CNA through the third sector body Fondazione Impresa Sensibile.
CNA BASILICATA
Confederazione Nazionale dell’Artigianato
Address: Salita Castelvecchio 11 / 75100 Matera ITALY
https://www.cnabasilicata.it
