The project “Heritage4Cuba” comes from the longstanding collaboration established with the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, namely from the project “SMEs 4 Business Development CINA & CUBA”, aimed at favoring SMEs development through technical assistance and technology transfer.
Within this framework, UNIDO ITPO Italy organized an institutional and economic mission held in Havana in April 2018 with the aim of launching the cooperation program focused on the cultural heritage and creative industries, in synergy with Historian’s Office of Havana.
The project will foster institutional and entrepreneurial cooperation in restoration and urban-architecture development to take advantage of common opportunities arising from closer cooperation and integration between Italy and Cuba, including capacity building, exchange of experiences and dissemination of best practices to promote new employment opportunities and inclusive growth in Cuba.
Under the framework of the project's goals, UNIDO ITPO Italy is launching in cooperation with Historian’s Office of Havana City and the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia a call for Cuban architects, designers and civil engineers with the aim of rewarding the best architectural reuse projects of historic buildings of Havana.
The three grant winners will attend a four-week program held in the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia. The program will include a series of lectures, drawing workshops in collaboration with Universities and SMEs that are operating in the field of sustainable urban renewal sector.
With the intention of redesigning new areas for the cultural & creative industry, the ultimate goal is to raise awareness of the historical and architectural heritage of the City of Havana and to attract foreign investments for the urban redevelopment of the historic buildings of the island. The project aims to strengthen the process of conservation, enhancement and dissemination of the cultural heritage of Cuba through increasing the collaboration between public institutions, non-state actors and local communities.
The call intends to develop a virtuous circle of connections between the private, academic, financial, and institutional world of the Countries in the UNIDO ITPO Italy’s network. Furthermore, it offers the possibility to the selected applicants to present their own innovative ideas directly to public and private stakeholders.
The winners will benefit from the following services
Winners will be contacted within October 20th 2019 and invited to the Award Ceremony of the International Conference "Heritage4Cuba” held in Trieste, Italy on December 17th, 2019.
