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The region’s position creates natural connections with Austria and Slovenia, while Trieste and the Adriatic corridor support wider relationships with Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and other European markets.

Find cross-border partners → Invest in Friuli Venezia Giulia

01Services and opportunities

Dedicated support

Italy–Serbia Business Connections

Dedicated support for companies seeking cooperation between Italy and Serbia in technology, manufacturing, tourism, services, innovation and project development.

Connect with Serbian partners →

02The map

One region. Multiple markets.

Choose a direction to see where companies in Friuli Venezia Giulia do business — and how far it really is.

Austria and Slovenia, next door.

The only countries that border the region directly. Carinthia and western Slovenia are a short drive away, many companies already work in German and Slovenian, and Gorizia and Nova Gorica share one urban area.

TriesteUdineMilanoVeneziaLjubljanaKoperKlagenfurtGrazWienMünchenBudapestZagrebRijekaSplitBeogradNovi SadKragujevacNišSarajevoBanja LukaPodgoricaBar
  • Friuli Venezia Giulia
  • Direct neighbours
  • Central Europe
  • Adriatic–Balkan corridor
  • Sea routes from Trieste
Boundaries: Natural Earth; ISTAT via openpolis (CC BY 4.0)

03The neighbours

Two borders. Three languages. One working area.

Austria and Slovenia are not export markets far away: they are neighbours, with shared valleys, shared projects and decades of daily business across the line.

  • Austria

    Carinthia and Styria for machinery, wood, energy and tourism; Vienna as the gateway to Central and Eastern Europe. The Tarvisio area is where Italy, Austria and Slovenia meet.

    • Udine–Klagenfurt about 1h30 by road
    • Rail freight from Trieste to Villach and Vienna
    • German widely spoken in business
    Find partners in Austria

  • Slovenia

    Ljubljana, the Port of Koper and a dense industrial fabric. Gorizia and Nova Gorica form one cross-border city, and the Collio and Brda wine hills are one landscape.

    • Trieste–Ljubljana about 1h by road
    • Gorizia–Nova Gorica: one urban area
    • Slovenian spoken in many local communities
    Find partners in Slovenia

04The corridor

From the Adriatic to the Western Balkans.

Beyond the two borders, the region looks south-east: to Croatia along the coast, and inland to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro — markets that are close, growing and open to Italian partners.

Priority market

Serbia: the corridor’s largest opportunity.

A manufacturing base that keeps growing, a large domestic market and a strong appetite for Italian machinery, components, furniture, building materials and food. Belgrade is reachable by rail and road from Trieste, and Serbia is an EU candidate country.

The team behind FVGItalia.app has its roots and business network in Serbia — so introductions there come with local knowledge and contacts.

Find partners in Serbia → Opportunities with Serbia
  • 01Distributors and importers in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš and Kragujevac
  • 02Manufacturing partners and subcontractors
  • 03B2B missions and buyer meetings
  • 04Investment and joint ventures

  • Croatia

    EU and euro-area member along the Adriatic: ports, shipyards, tourism and hospitality projects, and a natural partner for maritime and logistics companies.

    Partners in Croatia

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Metalworking, wood and furniture, energy and construction — with Sarajevo and Banja Luka as business centres and long-standing ties to Italian industry.

    Partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Montenegro

    Tourism, hospitality and real-estate development on the coast, the Port of Bar, and growing demand for design, contract furniture and services.

    Partners in Montenegro

These countries are part of the wider Adriatic and Balkan business corridor — they do not border Friuli Venezia Giulia.

05The cities

Five places that make the connection.

Each part of the region plays its own role in the gateway.

  1. 01

    Trieste

    Regional capital · international port city

    The Port of Trieste links the Adriatic with Central Europe; the city adds insurance, finance, science and research of international standing.

  2. 02

    Udine

    Business, cultural and professional centre

    The heart of Friuli: steel and mechanics, the chair district, wine, services — and the road and rail to Austria.

  3. 03

    Pordenone

    Manufacturing and design centre

    Home appliances, furniture, mechatronics and export-led companies, with a trade-fair centre and a strong design culture.

  4. 04

    Gorizia

    Cross-border city

    With Nova Gorica, a single urban area across the border with Slovenia — a living laboratory of cross-border business.

  5. 05

    Monfalcone

    Industrial and maritime centre

    Cruise-ship building, a commercial port and a dense maritime supply chain on the Gulf of Trieste.

06The Port of Trieste

Where the Adriatic meets Central Europe.

A deep-water port at the northern tip of the Adriatic, with direct rail links to the heart of Europe and a free-port regime that dates back to the 18th century.

Port & logistics companies →
#1
Italian port by tonnage
2
TEN-T core corridors (Baltic–Adriatic, Mediterranean)
1719
Free port since

* Indicative figure, pending verification against official sources.

07The strengths

What the region brings to the table.

08How the platform helps

Meet. Fund. Build. Grow.

Registered members use the advanced matchmaking, funding and project collaboration tools in the connected FVGItalia mobile app.

  1. Meet

    Find partners, distributors and suppliers here and across the border — filter matchmaking by market: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and more.

    Start matching

  2. Fund

    Regional, Italian and European calls — including cross-border cooperation programmes — summarised and linked to the official source.

    Explore funding

  3. Build

    Turn a connection into a project: partners, tasks, documents and deadlines in one shared workspace.

    See the platform

  4. Grow

    Publish opportunities, join B2B missions and events, and reach new markets from the Adriatic to Central Europe.

    See opportunities

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