Procida beat nine other candidates for the accolade.
These were: Ancona, Bari, Cerveteri , L Aquila , Pieve di Soligo
near Treviso, Taranto , Trapani , Verbania, Lake Maggiore and
Volterra.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, who attended the jury
selection, said today s nomination of the Italian cultural
capital for 2022 is a signal for the future for the (post COVID)
recovery.
He said that in 2022, we will have returned to normality and
culture and tourism will be once more important and very strong
as they were before the pandemic .
He said the selection every year starts a virtuous and
attractive process, like for he Oscar candidates .
9th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook meeting
2020-12-15
9
th Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook, co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,
Luigi Di Maio, and the Minister of Economic Development,
Stefano Patuanelli, took place in virtual format.
The
Steering Committee for Italy’s International Outlook is an initiative for outlining the resources and guidelines and providing strategic direction for the promotion abroad and the internationalisation of Italy’s economy. In short, it is the direct expression of the commitment of the central and local government institutions and the representatives of the business world to effectively coordinate the policies and strategies for the internationalisation of the Country’s economy, pooling the initiatives by the various stakeholders and concentrating the use of financial resources towards specific and shared objectives.