CNA, the National Confederation of Crafts and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, was created in Rome in December 1946. In over 60 years of existence, its history has followed and developed in parallel with the Italian democracy. CNA has been influenced by and contributed to it.

CNA represents a positive Italian experience. It is on organisation that has developed its structures being thoroughly convinced that its own success can be measured by the implementation of its goals namely strengthening and developing the Crafts and Medium and Small Enterprise Sector.

The History of the Confederation is strictly linked to those areas of the country where entrepreneurship potentially organises itself and grows in harmony with the collective development and evolves with the whole society. The structure of CNA consists of 19 regional offices (CNA Regionali), 105 provincial offices (CNA  Provinciali), and the pensioners’(CNA Pensionati) CNA counts more than 600.000 associate members, 220.000 pensioners and has national offices in Rome and Brussels.