Euro-Mediterranean Cultural Heritage Agency

National Network
Italy
Address

Via Libertini, 15/A
73100 LECCE
Italy

Telephone
+39 0832 301 484
Fax
+39 0832 253 904
E-Mail
info@agenziaeuromed.it
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Environment/Sustainable development
  4. Heritage
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Research
General Information
President and Legal Representative: Mrs. M.P. Adriana POLI BORTONE, Mayor of Lecce Administrative Director. Mr. MARTINA Mauro Secretariat staff: Mrs. PALAMA’ Maria Mr. MICCOLIS Giuseppe Mrs. CONTE Paola Partners: Founder Partners: City of Lecce, Italy; Lecce University, Italy; Foggia University, Italy; UNIMED, Rome-Italy. Honorary members: The Università Telematica “Guglielmo Marconi” (Rome, Italy); Patras University, Greece; CUM; Lecce School of Fine Arts, Italy. 2. The budgetary resources of the “Agency”, available in 2007, are equal to € 151.000,00. 3. For ordinary activity the agency has received Extraordinary Contributions for the years 2004-2005-2006s. For planning activities has received community, national and regional funds.
Mission and Objectives

To promote actions aiming at the protection, restoration, preservation, valorisation and promotion of the Euro-Mediterranean cultural heritage;
To Analyse, study and promote interactions between different cultural, legal and socio-economic systems, the methods of development and promotion of policies relative to the promotion, development and preservation of the cultural heritage;
To Interact and integrate the scientific and professional know-how in the broad field of the protection and promotion of the cultural heritage;
To detect an updated and advanced scientific policy in every characteristic phase of the management and promotion of works of historical and cultural value;
To supply techno-operative supports consistent with the goals already mentioned;
To collect, select and classify as samples extremely meaningful interventions in the field of cultural heritage and to distribute on computerized networks/ computer system those samples;
To test new methods aimed at establishing knowledge, documenting, restoring, managing and promoting the cultural heritage.

Main Projects / Activities

Projects in progress:
1. INTERREG III – ARCHIMED
2. INTERREG III ITALY – ALBANIA MEASURE 4.3
3. INTERREG IIIB CADSES
4. CARIPLO funds
5. Communitarian Programme Culture 2000

Contact (1) Full Name
Mrs. Maria Palamà
Head of the organisation
Mrs. Prof. M.P. Adriana Poli Bortone
Contact (2) Full Name
Mr. Giuseppe Miccolis