Fostering Italy - Africa Relations
Enhancing Business and Cultural Exchange
Rome, 11 April 2024 - The international conference "Fostering Italy-Africa relations: enhancing business and cultural exchange," organized by the Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali and ICCROM, is dedicated to cultural relations between Italy and African countries and will be held on 15 April at the Auditorium of the Central National Library of Rome.
The initiative promotes meetings between national and international institutions, diplomatic representations, universities, businesses and cultural operators to foster and strengthen connections and collaborations in training for cultural heritage management and cultural and creative entrepreneurship.
The conference will begin with speeches by the Foundation and ICCROM, the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the Embassy of South Africa. This will be followed by a keynote speech with a focus on the importance of promoting balanced and inclusive cultural relations between Italy and Africa, which will lead to reflections in following panel discussions. The first panel will cover opportunities and challenges in internationalization processes between Italy and Africa; the second is dedicated to collaborative strategies for enhancing the rich cultural heritage of Italy and African countries.
This international conference marks the beginning of the final phase of the Undertaking Business in Culture programme, an international training and mentoring initiative for youth entrepreneurship in the field of culture and cultural heritage, on the African continent and in Italy, promoted by Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali and ICCROM. The programme has included 12 weeks of training for 20 young entrepreneurs from Ghana, Italy, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. After a workshop in Mozambique, 13 young Italian and African entrepreneurs will take a study tour in Italy from 15-24 April, with site visits, networking sessions and workshops in Rome, Bologna and Milan.
View the full conference agenda at the following link
Fostering Italy-Africa relations: enhancing business and cultural exchange - International Conference
15 April 2024, 9 a.m. - Auditorium of the Central National Library of Rome - Viale Castro Pretorio, 105
The conference is held in Italian and English with simultaneous translation.
How to participate:
Free entrance upon registration or, attend virtually by registering at fad.fondazionescuolapatrimonio.it