National Conference of AICI. Italy is culture

"Italy is culture" this is the significant title of the National Conference of the Association of Institutions of Italian Culture (AICI), which collects more than one hundred institutions and cultural associations of our country and to be held in Torino, in the days of 25-26 September next The announcement is made ??by the Chairman dall'AICI, Valdo Spini. The University of Turin, with the Rector Gianmaria Ajani works and hosts the lead.
Why Turin and because the 25 and 26 September? Valdo Spini responds: "Because the day before, the 24th, in Turin takes place on the summit of Ministers of Culture of the European Union. A summit, which takes place in the Italian Presidency and will be chaired by the Minister Dario Franceschini. We want to revive the role of the Italian cultural institutions in the context of a recovery in Europe, which certainly must be political, economic and social, but it can not be first and foremost a cultural root ", underscores the president dell'AICI. Moreover, one of the workshop is devoted to the European program "Horizon 2020".
Who will attend? "The program adds-Spini- is very rich. And 'natural that our partners will be the MinistroDario Franceschini and Piero Fassino in his dual capacity as ANC president and the mayor of Turin, Sergio Chiamparino as President of the Piedmont Region and President of the Conference of the Regions, national parliamentarians Flavia Nardelli and Walter Tocci , the chairman of the Culture Committee of the European Parliament Silvia Costa. There will be an Ambassador Andrea Meloni country general manager of the System of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education Giovanna Boda Significant staff participation of Franco Marini in his capacity as chairman of the Historical Committee - Scientific anniversaries of national interest. (First World War and resistance). The Director of La Stampa, Mario Calabresi, will chair the Round Table.
Nourished by the participation of representatives of foundations and cultural institutions participating all'AICI. They confirmed their intervention, the president of the Academy of Crusca, Claudio Marazzini and the President of the Italian Geographical Society, Sergio Conti. Very present the foundations that take care of the most historical and political heritage of the country as the Sturzo, with Giuseppe Sangiorgi, the Gramsci with Sergio Scamuzzi, the Bass with Giancarlo Monina and so Gobetti, Donat Cattin, the Ugo Spirito, the Luigi Einaudi , Feltrinelli, the Filippo Burzio, the Micheletti and so on. Also participate in the Foundations of Religious Culture as the Foundation John XXIII with Alberto Melloni and the Historical Archive of the Waldensian Church. Present institutions such as the ICOM-Italy (International Council of Museums) with its president Daniele Jalla.
  The goal? Spini concludes: "Launching a strong signal of the presence of the foundations and the Italian Cultural Institutes and their role in both the enhancement of memory, providing our heritage through the digital, that the development of research and of our cultural production by discounting the 'cultural identity in Italy for our recovery in European and international level. "

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