The new administration of FEDERTERME

The assembly of Federterme Confindustria (378 member firms, in 20 regions and in 170 municipalities with 15,000 employees) elected (on November 22) its new Board of Directors for the two-year period 2012/2013 and its treasurer. Costanzo Jannotti Pecci was elected President of Federterme for the period 2012/2013,

The 2012 plan for recovery and growth

Costanzo Jannotti Pecci, the President of Federterme, announced, “2011 was a difficult year for the thermal baths sector which witnessed a significant slowing compared to 2010.”  Total revenues were 796m euros compared to the 788m of 2009.  The Assembly agreed with the need to take timely, proactive and appropriate measures to return to growth.

 “To these ends,” declared President Jannotti Pecci, “Federterme will work to reach these objectives:

1 – adopt EU Directive 2011/24 for the free circulation in the territory of the EU of those under thermal cure, so that the new rules represent an opportunity to relaunch Italian thermal baths, both as structures in the territory for national health services and as attractive resources for wellbeing and thermal tourism, of Italians and also foreigners;

2 – promote closer collaboration between universities and firms regarding the scientific research carried out by the FORST Foundation (www.fondazioneforst.it) , set up and supported by Federterme and by the three new schools in Milan, Rome and Naples specializing in thermal medicine.  They will grant scholarships designed ad hoc;

3 – organize communication initiatives which will also be placed on new media platforms to inform on the therapeutic and rehabilitative value of thermal cures provided by the National Health Service, using the Cartedella Comunicazione Termale (Thermal Baths Communication Paper) (www.femteconline.org);

4 – Define a shared strategy to define the figure of thermal bath operator to requalify current personnel and offer new employment opportunities;

5 – Collaborate with Parliament for the approval of the bill A.C. No. 4570, presented by Hon. Vannucci which would update the law regulating the thermal bath sector (Law 323/2000)