ENGAGEMENT
We are highly engaged in contributing to the cultural policy debate through the dissemination of research results, participation to events and the collaboration with public and private institutions in the cultural sector. Engagement activities are handled by the Santagata Foundation for the Economics of Culture.
Academy on UNESCO Designations and Sustainable Development
The International Academy on UNESCO Designations and Sustainable Development is a short-term capacity building program developed by Fondazione Santagata and the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe. The main objective of the Academy is to contribute to the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, through the advancement of institutional and professional capacities of managing authorities, communities and relevant operators from different UNESCO designations from both the Culture and Science sectors.
Dialoghi delle Cattedre UNESCO
Dialoghi delle Cattedre UNESCO is a programme of webinar meetings organised by the Italian UNESCO Chairs who, also through discussions with other scholars and experts on the themes of the global challenge for sustainable development, address a wide audience. The Italian UNESCO Chairs are working to provide a laboratory of ideas and knowledge for future generations, to implement a transdisciplinary and transnational educational approach, to contribute to introducing the environmental challenge into school and university education, and to develop knowledge sharing and dissemination tools by acting as bridges between the academic world, civil society and policy makers.
Heritage Beyond Walls
HERITAGE: BEYOND WALLS is a special project of the Fondazione Santagata, aimed at establishing an information channel, targeted on Syrian university students in cultural heritage related disciplines, to contribute to improve access to knowledge resources, break isolation, encourage sharing and discussion, and empower awareness and capacities towards cultural heritage as a resource for recovery, peace building and development.
CPP Talks
Pandemics, economic depression, resource exploitation, politics, conflict, climate change, development, illicit traffics, disasters are just some of the main factors of pressure on our cultural heritage.To address some of these topics, and to sensitize about the relevance of cultural heritage protection and its possible approaches we organize, within the Master in Cultural Property Protection in Crisis Response, a series of webinars titled CPP Talks, targeted on scholars, students, practitioners, aiming at working to enforce the protection of our common heritage.