Regione Veneto
Office of International relations, Cooperation and UNESCO
The Office of International relations, Cooperation and UNESCO has two main focus areas:
1) supporting international activities and events;
2) coordinating the management of the UNESCO site “Venice and its Lagoon.”
The Office of International relations, Cooperation and UNESCO has following functions under City Council Resolution 243 dated 12/18/2024):
- To define and manage Collaborationand Twinning Agreements.
- To implement activities related to International policies, with the purpose of meeting the Mayor's mandate guidelines.
- To programme and organize international events and meetings.
- To handle relations with thematic networks that facilitate international exchanges, a process to be accomplished also in collaboration with the Areas/Directorates engaged in specific relevant topics;
- To coordinate the Management Plan’s drafting, monitoring, and updating, as well its Action Plans and Projects, for the UNESCO Site "Venice and its Lagoon".
- To coordinate the Site’s Steering Committee.
- To monitor the Site's state of conservation and to periodically draft the corresponding reports, in concert with the bodies of the Steering Committee and the MiC.
- To participate in UNESCO Site networks at the regional, national and international level.
- To collaborate with other Areas/Directorates to define and realize transversal projects for the protection, enhancement, promotion, communication, as well as knowledge and and education, of the UNESCO Site.
- To sustain calls for tender applications at the national, EU, and international level in the field of territorial enhancement, planning, and sustainable management.
- To support and manage the establishment of new UNESCO applications and nominations.
- To maintain its ties with UNESCO while handling relations with connected international bodies, both nationally and internationally.
- To be responsible for access to credit procedures and individual financing projects.
- To manage ministerial funds earmarked for the implementation of interventions and actions in accordance with the Management Plan and related Action Plans.
- To communicate and disseminate the work accomplished and to exchange practices by participating in national and international conferences and workshops.