International Theatre Institute Italy (Italy) is the Italian Centre of UNESCO International Theatre Institute (ITI). Its President is member of the Executive Council of the UNESCO ITIand coordinator of the ITI Centres of Europe. He chairs the ITI International Committee “Theatre in Conflict Zones”.
Founded in 1948 by UNESCO in Paris, the International TheatreInstitute (ITI) is the largest and most important world organisation for the performing arts,created with the aim of promoting intercultural dialogue thanks to its presence in over 100 countries.
Established in 2012 in Lecce, ITI Italy cooperative society sees among its memberstheatres from many part of Italy together with sociologists, philosophers, management and communication experts cultural. ITI Italia’s main mission is to promote, nationally andinternationally, the theatre in its multicultural vocation. It supports activities with artistic, educational, humanitarian scope in conflict zones and in developing regions to foster peaceand reciprocity knowledge, considering the performing arts as a means for social inclusion, dialogue, interculturality and peace. It represents a reference centre for many theatres andoperators in Italy. ITI Italia builds international partnerships for educational, research, exchange and co-production, with work strongly oriented towards the exchange of knowledgeand good practices with the National Centres of ITI worldwide network.
