Research Institutes and Organizations

• Centro Studi Unioncamere
The Research Centre of Unioncamere promotes economic studies on topics of interest for Chambers of Commerce.

• CERIS, Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth
CERIS is the main centre of CNR (National Research Council) which specialises in applied industrial and managerial economics.

• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
The Italian National Research Council (CNR) is a public organization of great relevance in the field of scientific and technological research of the Country whose original institution goes back to year 1923

• Ente per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e l'ambiente (ENEA)
ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment is a public undertaking operating in the fields of energy, the environment and new technologies to support competitiveness and sustainable development

• Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
FEEM is a non-profit, non-partisan research institution established to carry out research in the field of sustainable development. Operative since 1990, it has become a leading international research centre

• Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
Brodolini Foundation's research activity deals mainly with work-related matters in the following areas: work economics and sociology; labour law; industrial relations; history of trade unions and labour movement; history of the welfare state as social protection of workers and the weakest elements of our society

• Istituto di Studi e Analisi Economica (ISAE)
ISAE (institute for Studies and Economic Analyses) is a public body which out analyses and research projects "with the specific target of making useful analyses for the economic and social policy decisions of the Government, of Parliament and of the General Government

• Istituto Nazionale di Economia Agraria (INEA)
National Institute for Agricultural Economics

• Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT)
The Italian National Institute of Statistics

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)

Economic and social institutions

• Autorità Generale della Concorrenza e del mercato
The Italian Antritust Authority

• Autorità per l'Energia elettrica e il Gas
The Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas is an independent body established under Law 481 of 14 November 1995 to regulate and control the electricity and gas sectors

• Banca d'Italia
The web site of the Italian Central Bank. It contains publications, documents and other useful resources for social researchers

• Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB)
The public authority responsible for regulating the Italian securities market. Its activity is aimed at the protection of the investing public.

• Consiglio Nazionale dell'Economia e del Lavoro (CNEL)
The National Council for Economics and Labour - CNEL - is provided for by the Constitution of the Italian Republic, which in Article 99 defines the Council as follows: "It serves as a consultative body for the Houses and the Government for those matters and those functions attributed to it by law. It can initiate legislation and may contribute to drafting economic and social legislation according to the principles and within the limits laid out by law".

• Corte dei Conti
The institution with the role of safeguarding public finance and guaranteeing the respect of jurisdictional order

• Istituto Nazionale per il Commercio Estero (ICE)
The Italian National Institute for Foreign Trade

• Istituto Nazionale Assicurazioni Infortuni sul Lavoro (INAIL)
The Italian Workers' Compensation Authority. It pursues several objectives: the reduction of accidents at work, the insurance of workers involved in risky activities; the re-integration in the labour market and in social life of work accident victims

• Istituto Nazionale di Previdenza per i Dipendenti della Amministrazione Pubblica (INPDAP)

• Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale (INPS)

• Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza sul Lavoro (ISPESL)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Prevention

• Unioncamere
The Italian Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture.

Political Institutions

Government

• Governo Italiano
The official web site of the Italian Government.

• Italian Ministries
Links to the Italian Ministries. This web page is part of the Government's web site.

Parliament

• Parlamento.it
The Italian Parliament's official web site.

• Camera dei Deputati
The Italian Chamber of Deputies' official web site.

• Senato della Repubblica
The Italian Senate's official web site.

• Indice delle Leggi
A database of Laws approved by the Parliament during the 13th Legislature, since 9, May, 1996.

Political Parties

• Italian Parties and Movements
The directory of Italian parties and movements edited by the Italian version of Yahoo!

• Italian Political Parties
A directory of Italian political parties, edited by dmoz, the Open Directory Project.

• Political Resources on the net
The section of Political Resources on the Net devoted to Italy, including links to organizations, political parties, movements, elections, and media.