API - Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Naples and the Province - is the non-party business organization that represents and protects only the small and medium industries in the area, through effective measures representing economic, trade union and institutional interaction with all actors involved in regional development paths.

API Naples was founded on the initiative of some businessmen felt that the need for a separate representation in their class and has developed over the years to join hundreds of companies from all sectors, who identify with the purposes and representatives of the Association.

At the national level API Naples adheres and is legally recognized by CONFAPI - Italian Confederation of Small and Medium Enterprises - which has territorial expression. An integral part of the API Naples are the structures API Women  and API Young People , organised  in order to better meet the needs of companies made by women.

ACTIVITIES

• Research, study and dissemination of new tools for easy finance: Examination of regional, national and community to identify funding sources. Preparation of information material. Organising seminars and conferences for promotion.
• Managing relationships with member companies: Meetings aimed at identifying the best source of banking coverage, evaluation of investment programs and subsidized coverage, advice on the laws of concessionary financing and control of funding practices in place.
• National and Community Projects: Support for the preparation and submission of projects that use sources of funding regional, national and Community.

SERVICES OFFERED:
Financial Services Income:

• It assists and guides the entrepreneur in the choice of financial facilities;
• It provides directives addressed to ensure adequate planning and management control (analysis of the stages of value chain);
• It identifies funding sources (review of regional, national and community);
• It provides information for the correct application of standards;
• It provides assistance and advice on using the laws of concessionary financing and preparation practices

Service Auditors

• It assists the member in dealing with employees.
• It speaks in the conclusion of the national contracts and is particularly useful for individual entrepreneurs in business disputes (collective or individual) and the role of consultant and manager of the disputes themselves.
• It carries out the procedures for union access to the layoffs and the placement on the move.
• It Informs all members about news concerning union through the bulletin APInformaLavoro.

Previdential service

• It assists in dealing with all the associated administrative problems that arise between the company and employees with institutions and social security (INPS, INAIL INPDAI, etc.) and tax administration, limited to the taxes payable by employees.

International Relations

• It promotes and supports the process of internationalization by: Collaborations with Embassies, Consulates, Ministries, Chambers of Commerce, government agencies, ICE, SACE, SIMEST, Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad, etc..;
• Projects and bilateral meetings between contractors;
• Seminars and Conferences dedicated;
• Business missions abroad;
• Meetings with foreign operators in Italy;
• Possibility of free publication of the undertakings on the international circuit;
• Promotion of export consortia.

It offers advice on:

• International payments (Tools of international payments, Incoterms, bank guarantees, UCP (Uniform Standards and practice for Documentary Credits) and NUUe;
• Foreign exchange risk and hedging techniques;
• Transportation;
• Contracts;
• Funding (Regional, National and Community);
• International Taxation;
• Language Services.

It provides information on:

• Plans for implementation of the Single European Market and related actions;
• Main financial instruments regional, national and international (export credits, commercial penetration abroad programs, collaborative programs with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and former USSR, participation in international tenders, feasibility studies, Contributions to export consortia among SMEs etc.).
• Marketing plans and trade issues (research and studies on problems and / or specific sectors, market research, country tabs, tabs on countries at risk, etc.).
• Main exhibitions and  Italian fairs  abroad;
• National and international tenders for works, services and supplies;
• Business opportunities abroad;
• partnership Requests