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Seven business groups in Trento move toward restoring their coordination
Seven business groups in Trento met together on October 30 for the first time since 2024.
The groups represent industry, retail, tourism, construction, crafts and cooperatives, among other business sectors.
Their coordination broke apart after a dispute over appointments to the Trento Chamber of Commerce board, when Confindustria and Confesercenti withdrew.
The groups say they want to put that conflict behind them and restore cooperation for local businesses.
They agreed that the events behind the split should not happen again, and that any shared document should not be changed after it is finalized.
Their directors will now draft an official document based on the meeting.
The groups expect to meet again before Christmas, when they will decide whether to complete the restart.
Representatives of seven business groups in Trento have met together for the first time since 2024 as they move toward restoring their provincial coordination body.
The groups said they want to rebuild unity after a split linked to appointments to the Trento Chamber of Commerce.
Directors of the seven groups will prepare a document based on the meeting, with another meeting expected before Christmas.
Confindustria Trento president Lorenzo Delladio said the groups had found broad agreement and should move forward for everyone’s benefit.
The coordination’s return will be confirmed only after the follow-up meeting.
- Who
- Representatives of Confindustria, Confesercenti, Confcommercio, Asat, Associazione artigiani, Ance and FederCoop.
- What
- The seven groups are moving toward restoring their provincial coordination body after a two-year crisis.
- When
- They met on October 30, 2026. Another meeting is expected before Christmas.
- Where
- Trento.
- Why
- The groups want to rebuild unity after a split over the 2024 renewal of the Chamber of Commerce leadership.
Confindustria and Confesercenti
Other groups involved in the Chamber of Commerce appointments
Agreement on appointments
Confindustria and Confesercenti
Confindustria and Confesercenti said an agreement to include leaders from the seven groups in the new Chamber of Commerce board was not respected.
Other groups involved in the Chamber of Commerce appointments
The article does not report the other groups’ account of the agreement.
The seven groups discussed bringing their presidents or other senior figures onto the new Chamber of Commerce board.
Andrea De Zordo was elected Chamber of Commerce president, and Confindustria, Confesercenti and Asat were left out of the board.
Confesercenti followed Confindustria in leaving the coordination.
Representatives of all seven groups met together for the first time since 2024.
Directors of the seven groups are to prepare an official document based on the discussion.
A further meeting between the groups is expected.
- Groups represented
- Confindustria, Confesercenti, Confcommercio, Asat, Associazione artigiani, Ance and FederCoop
- Meeting date
- 30 October 2026
- Last joint meeting
- 2024
- Chamber of Commerce president elected
- Andrea De Zordo, 7 August 2024
- Next step
- The seven groups’ directors are to prepare an official document
What people are saying
We looked each other in the eyes and decided that we must move forward for everyone’s benefit.
What happened at the Chamber of Commerce must not happen again. And everyone agrees.
The shared intention is to find a way to start again.