TUESDAY 16th DECEMBER 2014SALONE DE’ DUGENTOPALAZZO VECCHIO, FLORENCE

The Italian contribution for the preservationand valorisation of the Iraqi cultural heritagewith a focus on the autonomous Kurdish region

8:30 / 9:00 REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS

9:00 / 9:30 Welcome and OpeningDario Nardella mayor of florenceGiampaolo Cantini director general for italian development cooperation 9:30 / 10:20 The role of culture in the current Iraqi context, in particular in Kurdistan Regional GovernmentManahel Ahmed Ali Al-Nawas cultural attaché iraqi embassy in italyRazan Kader high representative of krg of iraq to italyMawlawi Jabar Wahab director and chairman of the general board of turism of krgAbubaker Othman Zendin general director of antiquities and heritage of krg

10:20 / 11:45 Initiatives of the Italian cooperation supporting preservation and valorisation of cultural heritageTeresa Vieri municipality of florence, italyGianfilippo Terribili university la sapienza, rome, italyDaniele Morandi Bonacossi university of udine, italyAlessandro Bianchi italian ministry of cultural heritage and tourism (mibact)

11:45 / 13:00 Experiences and Challenges: preserve and protect Iraq’s cultural heritageAmmar Aqeel Al-Ubaidy iraqi national library and archives of baghdadMaria Letizia Sebastiani director of national central library of florenceNader Babakr director of antiquities in erbilGuido Vannini full professor of medieval archeologyuniversity of florenceDomenico Chirico director ngo un ponte perKhalid A. Zainalabideen Albrifkani director of museum in duhokHashim Hama Abdullah director of slemani museum closing remarks Nicoletta Mantovani councillor of the mayor of florence for international relations and cooperation 13:00 / 13:30 Press Conference / Break

15:00 / 17:30 Afternoon SessionThematic panels on activities promoted in the framework of the Italian cooperation