Comune di Pontedera (City Council of Pontedera)

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Address

Corso Matteotti, 37
56025 Pontedera – Pisa
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Telephone
3.91E+11
Telephone (other)
3.91E+11
Fax
39058753292
E-Mail
m.gronchi@comune.pontedera.pi.it
E-Mail (2)
r.ferrucci@comune.pontedera.pi.it
Mobile Phone
3.93E+11
Organisation Type
Local/Regional Authority
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. Gender
  5. Heritage
  6. International/Cultural relations
  7. Media
  8. Others
  9. Youth and education
General Information
1-Pontedera is a city of about 26.000 inhabitants situated in Tuscany. The City Council has totally 280 employees and of these 10 belong to the Sector of the Culture Projects. 2-The total budget of the cultural sector is of about 600.000 euros. 3-The sources of funding are those tipical of a local government. 4-Realization of projects, art exhibitions, theatrical representations, projects of cooperation with european and non european countries, scholarships,etc.. 5-Association and cities of the European Festival Sete Sois Sete Luas, Festival ”Musica Strada”, Piaggio Museum, Tuscany Region, ecc..
Mission and Objectives

The mission of Pontedera in this field is to mantain an active role in the promotion of art (expecially modern art), cultural dialogue and exchange of best practices and experiences.
Furthermore we are interested to continue in our partecipation in those projects which focus on the themes of the Mediterranean identity and of the common European cultural identity with exchanges of artists, art works and so on.
Objectives:
1- to promote projects with the aims descripted above;
2- to create permanent relationships with other European and non European subjects, both public and private.
3- interested in the issues.

Main Projects / Activities

1- Exchange of artists and artistic manufacts on the cultural themes of Meditterranean identity with the other cities of the Sete Sois Sete Luas network which covers Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Greece and, in the future, Israel;
2- Cooperation projects in Serbia, Nicaragua;
3- Development cooperation project in Senegal in the field of agriculture;
4- Partecipation at the Round Table of the Peace of the Region of Tuscany;
5- Activity of the Pontedera Theatre Fundation of which the City Council is part;
6- Activity of the Council of Strangers constituted in Pontedera.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dr. Riccardo Ferrucci
Head of the organisation
Avv. Simone Millozzi