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9.2 Key organisations and portals

Institutions and public cultural agencies

Ministry for the Heritage and Cultural Activities
http://www.beniculturali.it/

DG for Cultural Heritage and Museums
http://www.arti.beniculturali.it/

DG for Contemporary Arts and Architecture
http://www.darc.beniculturali.it/

DG for Archaeology
http://www.archeologia.beniculturali.it/

DG for Archives
http://www.archivi.beniculturali.it/

DG for Libraries, Book Publishing and Cultural Institutes
http://www.librari.beniculturali.it/

DG for Cinema
http://www.cinema.beniculturali.it/cinema.html

DG for the Performing Arts
http://www.spettacolo.beniculturali.it/

Central Institute for Restoration
http://www.icr.arti.beniculturali.it/

Central Institute for Catalogue and Documentation
http://www.iccd.beniculturali.it/

Prime Minister's Office - Department of Information and Publishing
http://www.governo.it/Presidenza/DIE/index.html

Ministry for Communications
http://www.comunicazioni.it/

Ministry for Education, University and Research
http://www.istruzione.it/

DG for Higher Training in the Arts and Music
http://www.miur.it/Formazione.asp

Ministry for Foreign Affairs - Department of Cultural Promotion and Cooperation
http://www.esteri.it/eng/2_10_126.asp

Italian Parliament
http://www.parlamento.it/

Chamber of Deputies
http://www.camera.it/

Senate
http://www.senato.it/

High Authority for Communication
http://www.agcom.it/

RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana - National broadcasting company
http://www.rai.it/

Cinecittá Holding
http://www.cinecitta.it/

Conference of the Presidents of Regional Authorities - Cultural Heritage Committee
http://www.regionibeniculturali.it/

UPI - Union of Italian Provinces
http://www.upinet.it/

ANCI - National Association of Italian Municipalities
http://www.anci.it/

Professional associations

AGIS - General Italian Association for the Performing Arts
http://www.agisweb.it/

CIDIM - Italian National Committee for Music
http://www.cidim.it/

SIAE - Italian Society of Authors and Publishers
http://www.siae.it/

ACRI - Association of Italian Savings Banks
http://www.acri.it/

Federculture
http://www.federculture.it/

Cultural research and statistics

ISTAT - National Statistical Institute
http://www.istat.it/

Aedon - Online law review on the arts
http://www.aedon.mulino.it/

ANMS - National Association of Science Museums
http://www.anms.it/

"ARCI Cultura"
http://www.arci.it/index.php?area=2

Associazione Civita
http://www.civita.it/

Associazione Mecenate 90
http://www.mecenate90.it/

Associazione per l'Economia della Cultura - Association for Cultural Economics
http://www.economiadellacultura.it/

Cinetel
http://www.cinetel.it

ECCOM - European Organisation for Cultural Organisation and Management
http://www.eccom.it

FAI - "Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano"
http://www.fondoambiente.it/

Fondazione Fitzcarraldo
http://www.fitzcarraldo.it/

Fondazione ISMU - Iniziative e Studi sulla Multietnicità (Initiatives and Studies on Multiethnicity)
http://www.ismu.org

Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli - Documentation Centre on Foundations
http://www.fondazioni.it/

Istituto per i Beni Artistici, Culturali e Naturali, Regione Emilia Romagna
http://www.ibc.regione.emilia-romagna.it/

"Italia Nostra"
http://www.italianostra.org/

"Osservatorio Culturale del Piemonte"
http://www.ires.piemonte.it/OCP

Osservatorio Culturale, Regione Lombardia
http://www.cultura.regione.lombardia.it/osservatorio

Culture / arts portals

"Antenna Culturale Europea" - information desk on EU programmes for culture
http://www.arpnet.it/iuse/antenna.htm

Economia della cultura
http://www.economiadellacultura.it

"El Ghibli", on-line journal of migrant literature in Italian language
http://www.el-ghibli.provincia.bologna.it/index.php

Italian Museums
http://www.museionline.it/

Il Giornale dell'Arte
http://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/

"Museiscuola"
http://www.comune.torino.it/museiscuola

Notiziario dei beni culturali Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita' Culturali
http://www.beniculturali.it/

"Nuova Museologia" - Official journal of ICOM Italia and ANMLI - National Association of Local Authority Museums
http://www.nuovamuseologia.org/

"Patrimonio e Intercultura"
http://www.ismu.org/patrimonioeintercultura

"Roma Multietnica" on-line guide
http://www.romamultietnica.it

SBN - National Library Service
http://www.sbn.it/