Fondazione Fitzcarraldo
Since 1999 has been working for the public interest to promote sustainability and innovation in cultural and creative policies, practices, and processes
Fondazione Fitzcarraldo
Since 1999 has been working for the public interest to promote sustainability and innovation in cultural and creative policies, practices, and processes
Highlights
Nasce la Regional Skills Partnership Sud Italia
Unโalleanza strategica tra istituzioni, cluster creativi e organizzazioni della formazione per rafforzare le competenze nel…
13 May 2026
Campsirago laboratorio di futuro: governance condivisa per la rigenerazione del borgo
Prende avvio il percorso promosso dal Comune di Colle Brianza nellโambito del PNRR Borghi per…
14 May 2026
F.i.Re โ Formazione in Rete: un’alleanza per la formazione culturale
La rete tra organizzazioni di Piemonte, Liguria e Valle dโAosta
23 April 2026
TrasFORMAZIONE: competenze e strumenti per lo sviluppo locale a base culturale
A Genoni un programma di formazione dedicato a professionisti e organizzazioni dei settori cultura e…
27 March 2026
AI, cultura e creativitร al centro del confronto ad ArtLab Bologna
Le sfide etiche, formative e di governance dellโIA nei processi culturali e creativi
3 March 2026
What we do
Design research, consulting, training and advocacy activities at national and international levels

Research and evaluation
We investigate the culture and its impacts on communities.
Come Lavoriamo
Our Process
Research activity is the beating heart of the Foundation: we adopt multidisciplinary approaches to understand, anticipate, and articulate phenomena surrounding culture.
Con Chi Collaboriamo
To whom we address
- Public Administration
- Private Clients
- Professional and sector associations
- International organisations, networks, and circuits

Training and Coaching
Working with organisations to nurture skills
Come Lavoriamo
Our Process
For over twenty years, we have been designing and delivering training courses and capacity-building programmes, engaging with thousands of cultural professionals throughout Italy to actively contribute to their professional growth.
Con Chi Collaboriamo
To whom we address
- Individual cultural sector professionals
- Heads of cultural institutions and enterprises
- Cultural enterprises and start-ups
- Public and private stakeholders and policy makers
- Students

Place-based development
A Wealth of Social and Cultural Innovation
Come Lavoriamo
Our Process
We lead complex processes of culture-based improvement and development of localities, starting from the tangible and intangible cultural resources of specific territories and involving the communities who live there.
Con Chi Collaboriamo
To whom we address
- Public Administration
- Foundations
- Cultural institutions
- Private clients

International Cooperation
Research and Development, Support, and Advocacy in Europe and Beyond
Come Lavoriamo
Our Process
Through diversified methodological approaches, we collaborate with cultural organizations, universities, networks, and public entities on participation, well-being, evaluation, data, digitalization, organizational change, cross-sectoral issues, and policies.
Con Chi Collaboriamo
To whom we address
- Cultural Organizations
- Universities, Observatories and Research Institutes
- International Networks

Advocacy
Placing culture at the centre of public policies
Come Lavoriamo
Our Process
We believe that culture should play a more decisive role in the policies of every country. Yet it often does not receive the attention and support it deserves.
Con Chi Collaboriamo
To whom we address
- Cultural sector professionals
- Organizations and institutions
- Cultural businesses and startups
- Associations and representative groups
- National and international networks
Our projects
EIT Culture & Creativity. Creativity without borders, Innovation without limits
EIT Culture & Creativity is the ninth Innovation Community of the European Institute…
Adeste+
Adeste + is a European project on cultural participation, structured around pathways of…
Dance Well
Fitzcarraldo Foundation is managing the action research activity for the duration of the…
Be SpectACTive!
Be SpectACTive! was a set of two pan-European projects co-funded by the Creative…