Fondazione Santagata per l'Economia della Cultura

National Network
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Address

Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 43
10129 Torino TO
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Telephone
+393392696624
E-Mail
info@fondazionesantagata.it
E-Mail (2)
paola.borrione@fondazionesantagata.it
Mobile Phone
+393392696624
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2018
Fields of Activity
  1. Environment/Sustainable development
  2. Heritage
  3. Research
General Information

The organisation counts with: the board of directors, the President, three Secretary General, 3 Programme Managers (Heritage; Tourism and Sustainability; International Projects.), 3 area coordinators (training and capacity building; project design; communication;) and 15 researchers and collaborators.
On average, the resources available are around EUR 300,000 per year.
The main funding resources come from the Ministry of Culture, Italian regions and municipalities, as well as managing bodies and commissioning organisations for the realisation of services.
Active in research, evaluation and knowledge transfer projects, its area of expertise encompasses activities related to cultural and natural heritage projects, creative industries, tourism and sustainability. All this is mainly reflected in research projects, support activities, training programmes, capacity building actions, and seminars and workshops.
Fondazione Santagata has more than 35 partnership agreements with Italian institutions and bodies, with whom it develops joint projects or shares experiences and also has a wide international network.

Mission and Objectives

Established in 2018 in Torino (Italy), Fondazione Santagata incorporates the competences of the Centro Studi Silvia Santagata-Ebla, founded in 2008 by Walter Santagata, professor in Cultural Economics at University of Torino. It is a research and training institute nourished by experts, professors, researchers working in the field of Culture Economics. Active in research, evaluation and knowledge transfer projects, it covers four main thematic areas with its respective goals:

A. Heritage. Developing and promoting heritage management models capable of generating opportunities for social and economic development (Heritage preservation and protection, Museums and cultural institutions, UNESCO programmes and Sustainable Development Goals);
B. Creativity. Deepening the study of the economics of culture and creativity in order to provide concrete support for organisations in the sector innovation (Cultural jobs and professions, Contemporary cultural production and digital innovation, Art and cultural productions, Digital innovation);
C. Tourism. Promoting research and training projects on the themes of tourism related to tangible and intangible cultural heritage, creative industries and productive districts (Eco-tourism, Creative tourism, Visitors Management, Evaluation of cultural policies and economic impact);
D. Sustainability. Activate research, training and local development projects that consider the environment and territorial resources at the basis of effective management of production chains and functional networks between economic sectors (Ecologic transition, Rural Economy, Sustainable communities).

Part of the Fondazione’s mission is to strengthen collaborative networks between cultural and other operators and support the internationalisation of knowledge and cultural operators in order to enhance their capacity for social and economic impact.

Over the years, Fondazione Santagata has organised numerous high-level research projects, conferences, training projects in Italy and abroad, in collaboration with leading national and international organisations such as UNESCO, ITC-ILO (UN) and the most important Italian banking foundations. Fondazione Santagata operates with the support of an international scientific committee and in collaboration with local and national public institutions and private agencies.
Fondazione is associate partner of UNESCO Chair on “Economics of Culture and Heritage: strategies for protection and development” of the University of Turin.

Main Projects / Activities

Fondazione Santagata develops research projects and higher education courses on policies, tools and plans related to UNESCO Conventions and Programmes (World Heritage List, Man and Biosphere Network, Intangible Heritage, Creative Cities Network). In this respect, great attention is dedicated to the relationship between heritage and sustainable development, also at the centre of the 2030 UN Agenda.

Fondazione Santagata promotes and co-operates with the assessment of projects in the cultural field in every step of the policy, from the feasibility studies to the implementation and impact analysis, in order to support decision makers to choose the optimal option, to improve actions and to verify their abilities to reach the targets.

Fondazione Santagata tries to get opportunities for the local development from the tourism sector, promoting research projects about tourism tied up with tangible and intangible heritage, creative industries and productive areas. A specific line of activities is devoted to the UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre Sustainable Tourism Programme.
Below is a list of programmes and projects that the Santagata Foundation is working on and/or will work on during the year 2023:

RESEARCH
-Update of Monviso Biosphere Reserve inscription dossier (2023)
-Update management plan for UNESCO site "Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata" (2023-2024)
-Update management plan Biosphere Reserve - NGY (2023)
-Consonanze (2021-2026)
-Direzione Regionale Musei Piemonte (DRM) Monitoring (2023)
-Impatto Wonder (2022-2023)
-WH Al-Ahsa (Saudi Arabia) Site Management Plan (2023)
-Publication HBE (2023)
-Activity report and impacts Fondazione Amleto Bertoni - NGY (2023)
-The Value of UNESCO in Greece / Crete Regional Government (2023)
-UNESCO Cultural policy in the Western Balkans
-Feasibility assessment for the nomination of "Social Uses of Riccione Beach" as an Intangible Heritage Site (2022-2023)
-Impact Assessment Egyptian Museum (2023)
-Evaluation of the PITER Terres Monviso project and feasibility study for the establishment of a cross-border governance body (2021-2023)

CONSULTANCY
-Budget and management plan update "Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century" (2022-2023)
-Business Plan Fondazione Amleto Bertoni - NGY (2023)
-Direzione Regionale Musei Piemonte (DRM) L.77 (2021-2023)
-Focus on Future - Musei Reali Torino (MRT) (2022-2023)
-Infini.TO - NGY (2023)
-New Management Plan for the UNESCO Monviso Transboundary Biosphere Reserve. - NGY (2022-2023)
-Parco Paleontologico - NGY (2023)
-Monitoring plan - Musei Reali Torino (MRT) Next (2022-2023)
-Strategic Plan Legambiente PVDA - NEXT (2023)
-Strategic Plan for sustainable tourism in the Eolian Islands (2023)
-Damask Rose Project - Musei Reali Torino (MRT) (2022-2023)
-Sapegno Consulting and design support aimed at tapping new resources - NGY (2023)
-Relationship marketing and fundraising service for the Archaeological Park of Pompeii (2023-2024)
-Support for the identification of a format for the dissemination of the "Reading Park" in Morgex, Aosta Valley (2023)
-Circolo dei Lettori - NGY (2023)
-Film Commission - NGY (2023)
-MAUTO - NGY (2023)
-Museo Montagna - NGY (2023)
-Cultural tourism valorization plan of the municipality of Terruggia(2022-2023)
-Progetto TOCC Infini.to (2023)

TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS:
-Academy on UNESCO Designations and Sustainable Development (2023)
-International Master in Cultural Property Protection in Crisis Response (2023)
-International Master in World heritage and cultural projects for development (2023)
-Editorial collaboration for collection of writings Walter Santagata (2023)
-DRM Exhibition Art and Diplomacy (2023)
-DTC Course United Arab Emirates (2023)
-Forum Decarbonising Culture and Society - NGY (2023)
-Heritage Beyond Walls (2021-2023)
-Urbino's historic downtown community engagement program (2023)
-Rethinking Culture and Creativity (2023)
-Summer School on Post-Conflict Recovery - I Edition (2023)
-WTE - World Tourism Event (Junior Academy) (2023)
-International capacity building Sicilia - Turismo (2023)
-Workshop INTACH: Restoring Syrian Cultural Heritage. Palmyra, from protection to recovery (2023)
-Young Professionals Forum – Emerging skills for heritage conservation (2023)

Contact (1) Full Name
Giulia Avanza
Job Title
Programme Manager of International Projects
Head of the organisation
Paola Borrione