The Fitzcarraldo Foundation continues the training activities launched by Artlab and Fitzcarraldo srl in 1989. Seminars and courses are held on a wide range of subjects, including cultural management, project development, strategic planning, marketing and fundraising, cultural cooperation and networking, local development strategies...
The training offer ranges from lifelong training to post graduate courses and initial training. The offer is addressed to the regional, national and international market and includes initiatives that the Fitzcarraldo carries out on its own or in partnership with universities in Italy. Europe and in the USA. We train the professionals and the public officials concerned with Museums, heritage and performing arts.
Fitzcarraldo is responsible since 2000 on behalf of the Regional authority for the lifelong training of the personnel of museums, performing arts organisations and of the libraries of Piedmont.
Since 1996 it carries out CRPC: Advanced Training Course for Cultural Project Managers,the leading Italian course in cultural management and is addressed to cultural operators and graduates from all over Italy. 40% of lectures is held by non Italian lecturers.
Since 2006 it organizes the national conference ArtLab. Dialogues around Cultural Management. The conference is the point of reference for the Italian cultural professionals: a place where they can discuss the critical points and the opportunities of the cultural environment, of the policies, of the management of the organisations: a two day meeting with artists, operators, trainers and the main stakeholders of the arts&culture field.
The Foundation has also helped to plan and to carry out training activities in Italy, Albania, Austria, Estonia, United Kingdom and Finland in collaboration with the Council of Europe and other public and private partners.
Fitzcarraldo cooperates since 2002 with the University of Bologna in GIOCA - Graduate degree in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts, a two-year second level international degree in arts and cultural management of the University of Bologna.
Fitzcarraldo also works since 2004 with the Polytechnic of Torino regarding the Master in Management, Marketing e Multimedia of Cultural Sites and Activities.
It is an active member of the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCATC).
Participants in the range of training courses offered by the Foundation include: recent graduates, mainly graduates in Dams, Arts and Philosophy, Cultural Heritage, Communications Science; private professional operators (cultural associations, theatres, orchestras, drama groups, cultural centres, museums, festivals, cultural enterprises, artistic agencies, consultancy firms, corporate communications structures, freelance professionals); directors and managers from Cultural departments in central and local government.