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Call for Participation CALL FOR PARTICIPATION TENTATIVE TITLE “Florence in the World” International Festival World’s Cultural Expressions INTRODUCTION Born from the almost thirty years of activity of the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation in Florence, the Life Beyond Tourism Travel to Dialogue Movement aims at promoting a human- centred approach to heritage enhancement and travel experience based on mutual understanding, solidarity and intercultural dialogue. The Festival calls the Institutional Members of the Life Beyond Tourism Movement (such as universities, libraries, cultural institutions) to commit in a “cultural story-telling” of their area that provides (in time of pandemic) an interpretation, presentation and enhancement of the local typical “cultural expressions” (according to the Unesco Glossary “those expressions that result from the creativity of individuals, groups and societies, and that have cultural content”), in order to recover their status of actors of the local development in respect of the place identity. Local stakeholders - with particular reference to the younger generations - will gain a new sense of belonging and visibility and will have the chance to contribute to a cohesive territorial development and - in the light of the post-pandemic recovery of the social, cultural and economic activities - to recreate an inclusive visitors’ attractiveness. Therefore, the festival is aimed at: ● engender a sense of cultural belonging and awareness in young participants, ● engage the local communities in the production of the local cultural storytelling, ● foster cohesive territorial visibility at international level and boost the image of your region as cozy and attractive for a new model of tourism, ● provide visitors with the right tools to interpret and understand your cultural identity, ● contribute to the income-generating capacity of the local cultural expressions and to the local development sustainable and resilient. “Novelty is not invented, it turns out!” FOR WHOM ● Universities, academies, higher education institutes, with their master students ● Libraries, with their young readers ● Local cultural institutions, local associations and agencies with their young members ● Local administrations are invited to create a small working group to take part in the Festival. WHERE AND WHEN: Florence, November 25-26, 2021 (to be confirmed) HOW The following outputs are required (click here to download the guidelines): 1. a “cultural storytelling” of a heritage site: text, pictures, videos (and others) must be sent in separated files 2. three vertical posters (containing three horizontal pictures each) sized 60 x 90 cm, high resolution PDF; click here to download the poster template Both the outputs must be sent via Wetransfer to: [email protected]. All institutions are invited to prepare a Power Point / PDF presentation to present their territories and their local identities. Presentations will be given during the festival in Florence. Participants will have 10 minutes to present their own territory during the live conference. In addition and optional, working groups can also send video presentations and/or media files like podcasts. Videos and podcasts must be no longer than 5 minutes each. A full-hd video resolution (1920x1080) is required and, for copyright reasons, it must be published by the authors directly on Youtube, on the page of the participant institution. The Secretariat should receive the link to find the video / media files. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: 1. The festival is open to working groups from institutions as described in the section WHO 2. The payment of a participation fee is required. In particular: - LBT-TTD Infopoint institutions : € 200,00 (VAT included) - LBT-TTD affiliated institutions (and not Infopoint) : € 350,00 (VAT included) - non LBT-TTD affiliated institution: € 650,00 (VAT included) PLEASE NOTE: for Public Institutions and companies fees please write to [email protected] The fee includes: - the printing of the three panels with NFC technology for the exhibition, - creation and publication of the special webpage with the contents about your territory, cultural expressions, place identities and curiosities from your territory - 10-minutes presentation of your territory during the Symposium (in Florence or online), - presence in Florence of an institutional representative, - online catalogue of the exhibition, - certificate of participation, - media kit. 3. Individual Fee. In the case of participation of a delegation, each one is required to pay an individual fee that will be published on September 1st, 2021. It includes: - participation in the event (both access to the exhibition and to the conference on territories) - certificate of participation - online catalogue of the exhibition 4. Upon request, we can manage the organization of meetings and lectures by experts in the field of urban sustainability and circularity, heritage, tourism, Intercultural dialogue, costume and fashion. For information and quotation please write to [email protected]. ONLINE CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION All participants in the exhibition “The World in Florence” are required to send the following materials to be put in the online catalogue of the event: - list of the working group persons with complete names and surnames - name and logo of the belonging institution - an abstract of 350 words that explain the work - short biography of the speaker who will have 10 minutes speech (with his/her complete name and surname, affiliation, profile picture) DEADLINES: - August 31st, 2021: delivering of the material required for the online catalogue - September 30, 2021 (to be confirmed): The “cultural storytelling” and the posters must be delivered . PRIZES and CERTIFICATES: A Commission made by the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation and the Life Beyond Tourism Movement experts will award the “cultural storytelling” that meets following criterias: #heritage #places #travel #awareness #dialogue #marketing #economy. Prizes are: ● B&B? ● medaglia FRDB ? Certificates of participation issued by the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation and the Life Beyond Tourism Travel to Dialogue Movement will be issued for all participants. .
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