
Workshop sponsored by the World Bank Office of the Executive Director, EDS21 and the Urban Development and Local Government Unit Thursday, November 3, 2011 9:00am - 12:00pm This workshop was video recorded and can be viewed in two segments: Video Part 1 | Video Part 2 World Bank country offices can receive a DVD of the workshop by contacting Urban_CHST. 
The objective of this event was to share good practices in historic city management from Italy. The event enhanced the understanding of opportunities and challenges of developing cultural tourism as a means of job creation and poverty reduction. Program | | 9:00 - 9:30 | Light breakfast | | Video recording, Part 1 | | 9:30 - 9:45 | Chair Piero Cipollone, Executive Director, EDS21, World Bank | | 9:45 - 10:00 | Opening Remarks Zoubida Allaoua, Director, Finance, Economics and Urban Development Department, World Bank | | Presentations | | 10:00 - 10:30 | Umberto Vattani, President of Venice International University | | 10:30 - 11:00 | Mario Resca, Director General, Italian Ministry of Heritage (presentation) (pdf) | | Video recording, Part 2 | | 11:00 - 11:30 | Piero Baglioni, University of Florence (presentation) (pdf) | 11:30 - 11:45 | Franco Corsico, Marco Valle, SiTI (presentation) (pdf) | | 11:45 - 12:00 | Questions and Answers |
 Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unity and Brotherhood  |