A brief profile of socio- economic system of Basilicata region Potenza 25-10-2011

Territory and population Surface: 9.992 Kmq (3,3% of national territory) Population: 589.000 inhab. (1,0% of national population) Population density: 60 inhab./kmq (191 national average) 2 Provinces  Potenza 385.000 inhab.  Matera 204.000 inhab. 131 Municipalities (only 12 over 10.000 inhabitants) Chief towns  Potenza 68.000 inhab.  Matera 61.000 inhab. Population trends: -3,0% in the last 10 years (+4,7% national population)

increase of population Demographic trends Puglia Matera Potenza Campania Legend: increase of population unchanged population Ionian Sea decrease of population Tyrrhenian Sea

Gross Domestic Product per capita A still lagging region Gross Domestic Product per capita - Italy = 100 - 2009 1995 Basilicata 73,6 66,9 Southern Italy North-Centre 68,6 116,2 66,1 118,7 Italy 100,0 Source: ISTAT

Regional economic growh has stopped at the beginning of 2000s - annual average (%) growth GDP - 1995/ 2008 2000 2000/ Basilicata 1,5 3,4 0,3 Southern Italy 1,1 2,1 0,5 Italy 1,2 1,9 0,8 Source: ISTAT

The industrial sector has an important role in regional economy percentage contribution by macro-sectors to value added (2009) Basilicata Southern Italy Agricolture 6,1 4,2 2,6 Industry 24,2 18,7 24,8 - Manifactury 16,7 12,9 19,5 - Costruction 7,5 5,8 5,3 Services 69,7 77,2 72,6 tot. value added 100,0 Source: ISTAT

percentage contribution by macro-sectors to total employment (2010) Still high share of employment in “traditional” sectors (agricolture and constructions) percentage contribution by macro-sectors to total employment (2010) Basilicata Southern Italy Agricolture 8,4 6,7 3,9 Industry 26,1 21,5 28,5 - Manifacturies 14,7 12,1 20,1 - Costruction 11,4 9,4 Services 65,5 69,4 67,6 tot. employment 100,0 Source: ISTAT

More developed areas in Basilicata region Puglia Potenza Matera Campania Ionian Sea Tyrrhenian Sea

The main development constraints in the internal areas of Basilicata region phenomena of depopulation and ageing population fragmentation of urban structure lack of infrastructure and services absence of a solid entrepreneurial tissue

Firms and employment by sectors in manifacturing industries (2006) absolute values percentage firms employees Food and beverage Textiles/Clothing/Leather Wood Forniture and other industries Paper and printing Chemicals and plastic products Glass and ceramics Metal working Mechanical equipment Machinery Transport equipment total 1.097 343 498 271 274 99 370 840 197 269 41 4.309 5.050 1.682 1.277 4.826 824 2.156 2.344 4.199 1.460 979 7.890 32.819 25,5 8,0 11,6 6,3 5,2 3,4 8,6 19,5 4,6 6,2 1,0 100,0 15,4 3,9 14,7 2,5 6,6 7,1 12,8 4,4 3,0 24,0 Source: ISTAT

Employment by manifacturing sectors (%) and Basilicata specialization indexes Italy (b) indexes (a)/(b) Food and beverage Textiles/Clothing/Leather Wood Forniture and other industries Paper and printing Chemicals and plastic products Glass and ceramics Metal working Mechanical equipment Machinery Transport equipment total first 3 sectors 15,4 5,2 3,9 14,7 2,5 6,6 7,1 12,8 4,4 3,0 24,0 100,0 54,1 10,1 14,3 3,7 6,7 5,3 8,7 5,4 18,3 12,2 9,1 5,7 44,8 1,53 0,36 1,05 2,19 0,47 0,76 1,32 0,70 0,33 4,19 1,00 Source: ISTAT

Firms and employees in manifacturing industry by firm size absolute values percentage firms employees 1-9 3.826 8.205 88,8 25,0 10-19 263 3.413 6,1 10,4 20-49 125 3.643 2,9 11,1 50-249 82 8.533 1,9 26,0 over 250 13 9.025 0,3 27,5 total 4.309 32.819 100,0 53,5 Source: ISTAT

Numerousness and average size of firms in UE Countries n° of firms every 1.000 inhab. average size of firms UE 15 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy - North-Centre - South Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom Spain Sweden 49 33 42 38 43 37 70 25 78 87 61 35 66 64 54 7,2 11,0 7,5 10,1 6,9 7,6 10,2 2,3 9,6 4,2 4,7 2,8 12,2 4,6 11,1 5,8 6,6 Source: Eurostat

medium-high size firms in Basilicata region external firms especially in the sectors: Transport equipment Chemicals and plastic products Mechanical industries Food and beverage low integrated with the local productive tissue

local firms in Basilicata region small firms, strictly linked to local market and to sub-supply low degree of openess to international trade low level of innovation investment lack of internal strategic functions

Employment rate 15-64 age (percent values) - 2010 - Countries rate Regions Ue 27 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom Spain Sweden 64,1 71,7 62,0 73,4 68,1 63,8 71,1 59,6 60,0 56,9 65,2 74,7 65,6 69,5 58,6 72,7 North-Centre South Basilicata 64,0 44,0 47,1 Cyprus Estonia Latvia Lithuania Malta Poland Czech Rep. Slovak Rep. Slovenia Hungary 69,7 61,0 59,3 57,8 56,1 65,0 58,8 66,2 55,4 Source: Eurostat

Synthetic labour market indexes - 2010 - Basilicata Italy Activity rate (15-64 age) males females young people (15-24 age) 54,2 66,7 41,8 20,9 62,2 73,3 51,1 28,4 Unemployment rate Long term unemployment (% unemployed persons by over 12 months) 13,0 11,3 15,7 38,3 54,9 8,4 7,6 9,7 25,4 44,4

Employment trends by macro-sectors - indexes numbers 2000 = 100 -