Why Invest The Calabria Region has a population of roughly 2 million people and is characterised by a high proportion of youthful and highly qualified human resources: approximately 40% of the population is made up of under 30 year-olds and the education level is a respectable 24.7% with high school diplomas and 6.1% with university degrees. The region’s productive system benefits from a healthily dynamic entrepreneurial class. It has over 154,000 active companies, of which 1,600 are in the ICT sector and are mainly concentrated around the area of the University of Calabria. The high quality of scientific research in the region’s three universities has done much to orientate production towards the promotion of ICT. Calabria’s geography, together with its excellent climate and uncontaminated nature, make it one of the major summer tourism areas in Italy. Its low cost of living, the abundance of well equipped industrial areas, the availability of strong incentives, its strategic position at the centre of the Mediterranean growth area, and the presence of the port of Gioia Tauro (one of the biggest transhipment ports in Europe) are the main factors that make the region attractive for investors.