7,3 million euro from the European Union

The amount is committed to cover several costs, including the organization of the stand and the location of the exhibition space in the Italian pavilion.

The European Union confirmed its committment to allocate 7,3 million euro – with 3 million euro concerning the payments for 2014 – for its participation in the Universal Exposition ‘Feeding the Planet – Energy for life’ in programme in Milan in 2015.

Event and Exhibitions
The amount is committed to cover several costs, from the basical ones related to the EU presence inside the Italian Pavilion (location of the exhibition space, organization of the stand, operational costs), to the preparatory and early phases of a base scientific programma for Expo 2015, including the collection of the data of reference for the definition of the corresponding policies. As for costs for the organization of events and exhibitions (repayment of the experts fees, exhibition material), they will be covered by the allocations concerning the scientific programmes, depending on the interested sector.