Giancarlo Elia Valori, professor, economist and journalist, is the winner of the XXX edition of the Ischia Mediterranean Award. The recognition was awarded "for the acute analysis and original reporting on geopolitical and economic dell'Area - the fruit of direct knowledge developed into successful books and articles in newspapers and magazines with international significance." The jury presided by Alfonso Ruffo and composed by Claudio Azzolini, Francesco Cervelli, Annamaria Chiariello, Giordano Bruno Guerri, Maurizio Maddaloni, Nicola Marrazzo, Angela Riccio, Gennaro Sangiuliano, Antonio Sasso, and Marcello Veneziani ruled at the meeting held in Rome at the headquarters of Vodafone.

Valori is the president of Financial Development agency of Lazio for Mediterranean developments.He is also responsible for the Chair of Peace in Jerusalem and at Peking University in China and is a Knight of the French Legion of Honor. He has held several top positions in major companies such as EMS and Italian Highways. He led the Federation of Industrialists of Lazio.

On Friday, July 3rd, on the occasion of the Ischia Price and the conference on the economy exchange between the Mediterranean nations, America and China Prof. Valori will be presented with the award. The role of the Mezzogiorno as a hinge with Europe and motor development. The Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade Adolfo Urso, the chairman of Banco di Napoli Enzo Giustino, the president of Simest Giancarlo Lanna, entrepreneurs and Marco Paul Scudieri Zigon will attend . The award ceremony for the prize,That is sponsored by the Foundation Valentino, will be held July 4 in the square of the Algae of Ischia.