Città d’Acqua
The International Centre Cities on Water is a non-profit association founded in Venice in 1989 with the aim of promoting research, initiatives and developing scientific and cultural exchanges between urban settlements which are in close relationship with water.
The Centre is concerned with documentation, information, study and research into the problems and experiences of cities on water throughout the world, and to establish Venice as a reference point for all those who are involved in restoring a positive relationship between water and the urban context. The comparison and the exchange of experiences is the base of the working methods of the Centre which in more than 10 years has consolidated a complex network of relationships at an international level. The vast system of contacts is articulated in specific sectors, corresponding to the different work sectors of the Centre: the waterfront and the historical-industrial heritage linked to water; city-port relationships and urban waterborne transport.
Activities
Related to its main fields of enquiry the Centre promotes:
International Meetings and Seminars
The Centre organises meetings at an international level and promotes cooperation with several public bodies, organizations and institutions, on national and international levels.
Cooperation with other cities and other organizations
The Centre develops thematic networks between different urban settlements (or different cultural bodies) with the specific aim of exchanging experiences, knowledge and know-how in order to create a table of discussion on problems of common interests (i.e. see Rete 2001 www.rete2001.org). A special web-site, WIN - Waterfront International Network, has been set up to collect and provide updated information on waterfront projects at an international level (www.waterfront-net.org).
European Projects
The Centre has helped publicize several European projects such as CATRIV (1998-2000), SWITC (1998-2000), WATERS (1998-2000), RAPHAEL PROGRAM (1999-2001).
Publications
The Centre has produced several publications concerning the relationship between city and water as on the revitalisation of urban Waterfronts and the recovery of the Historical-Industrial Heritage linked to water; different aspects of the City-Port Relationship and the re-launch of Waterborne Transport.
It also publishes, for RETE 2001, a six-monthly review PORTUS which focuses on the Mediterranean and Latin American city-port relationship and a monthly digital newsletter - Città d'Acqua News - available also on the website.
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Role in Euromed Heritage
In more than 15 years of activity, opportunities for information and debate has been organized by Cities on Water, leading to concrete project proposals and involving experts and scholars, administrators and representatives of organizations from all over the world.
Due to this experience, Cities on Water will be an active partner for what concerns:
- The identification of Short Term Experts contribution to with the support of ICCD, the Institut Français d'Architecture (French Architecture Institute, Paris) and the Insitut Europeu de la Mediterrània (European Institute of the Mediterranean, Barcelona)
- The dissemination and communication activities. Conference organization, technical secretariat and logistical aspects, production of dissemination and communication materials, website.
Contact person:
Maria Giulia da Sacco mgdasacco@euromedheritage.net
Mara Vittori mvittori@euromedheritage.net
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Location
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