Posts Tagged ‘italy’

Managing the cultural heritage

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

I think that everybody heard about what happened in Pompei- just the last of a long series of cultural heritage losses due to mismanagement.

As I wrote before, I think that the Italian cultural heritage is a shared heritage- and Italy lacks the resources to manage everything: what you find inside the UNESCO list (45 sites) is just the tip of the iceberg.

But I read over the last few days too many articles talking about principles, not practicalities.

Therefore, I would like to share some considerations derived from data (on the actual costs involved in protecting cultural heritage) and experience (on project/programme and service management).

Italian and Balkan news

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Why this title? Because recent Italian news intertwined with the past, present, and future of the Balkans.

At the end, a short story to summarize the article.

Mickey Mouse rights :)

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

How far would you go in protecting your IPR (intellectual property rights)?

It is a fine balance between control and visibility.

An old lesson from an unusual source- Disney in Italy :)

Leaving the “Italy” network

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

as you know, I spend quite a sizeable amount of my free time defending my country- and it is quite unusual, for somebody from the Left of the political spectrum, in my country.
Few years ago, I wanted to bring back what I learned abroad, and helped to create few startups and improve the operations of [...]

Yet another election in Italy :D

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Elections in Italy- almost a year-on, year-off tradition