Pesaro. Ricci and Perugini: “A challenge to be more competitive in quality of life and hospitality”.

The Scavolini Auditorium welcomes you the third edition of the event with professionals, associations, artists from all over Italy to work together on inclusion; Paola Severini Melograni, journalist and creator of the RAI program “O Anche No”, hosted the day

It starts from Pesaro 2024 «A model that the Italian capitals of culture to come will have to adopt by creating, every year, moments of in-depth study, analysis and dedicated planning, to narrate and spread a new culture of inclusion as much as possible» thus the mayor Matteo Ricci and the president of the municipal council with delegation to PEBA Marco Perugini, at the opening of the works of the General States of Pesaro accessibility, underway at the Scavolini Auditorium.

A third edition full of new features – the new location, the afternoon shows, the national and international good practices, the hosting of Paola Severini Melograni, journalist, essayist, Italian radio presenter and creator of “O Anche No” RAI program on social inclusion, disability and fundamental rights – which opened with Mayor Ricci, who underlined: «Thanks to Paola Severini, who accepted the invitation and organized this event within Pesaro 2024. Through culture we are questioning ourselves about the great issues of this time. Climate change first and foremost, peace and among the social issues that of accessibility is central. The goal for the future is to become the Capital of Accessibility, because it will also mean being more competitive from the point of view of quality of life and hospitality. There is a lot of work to do, but the path is the right one».

Taking inspiration from the approval of PEBA, the Plan for the elimination of architectural barriers of the Municipality of Pesaro (which the City Council approved unanimously last month), Perugini added: «It is a path of which I am very proud, which saw us all as protagonists and which began with the first edition of the General States of Accessibility, a moment of sharing, proposals, which involved associations, professionals, businesses, institutions and citizens who, now with fixed frequency, meets once a year to discuss an urgent and transversal topic: inclusion. There are many initiatives underway, and together we are trying above all to build awareness. Awareness of the fact that there are many things to do - the PEBA indicates 60 million euros of public works necessary to break down the barriers in our territory - and that everyone will have to do their part, starting from everyday life». Perugini then underlined the focus of the 2024 edition of the States, who are "Thanks to the contribution of authoritative speakers and successful experiences, we will try to delve deeper into the problems related to accessibility in the culture sector. We do it today, in this extraordinary year of the Italian capital, a recognition that we hope will be a starting point and moment of reflection also for the cities that will follow us».

Among the protagonists of the morning, the Guarantor for the rights of people with disabilities Maruska Palazzi: "The conclusion of my term is marked by a great achievement, the approval of the city's PEBA; it was the most stringent request that had been addressed to me as Guarantor. Together with Perugini we managed to present the Plan, which is a fundamental starting point for activating inclusive policies and projects that will require years of work and many resources, as well as the awareness of a shared responsibility on the topic». Palazzi added that the PEBA editorial team, «It has put into circulation in the city a very important reflection on affordances, which are the motor ones - which we all encounter sooner or later in life - the sensorial ones, the communicative-relational ones. And this is the best result we could have achieved." Then there is the current affairs linked to the year of Pesaro 2024, «The work carried out during the last edition of the States General, together with the citizens present at the dedicated table, made it possible to create the Accessibility Charter of Pesaro 2024, a guide practice to guarantee it in the projects being developed this year and all the Municipalities of the province, involved through the '50×50 Capitals squared' initiative. A good practice 'spread' across the territory that will enrich it forever, and of which we are proud».

The day continues with the afternoon shows which will alternate from 16.30pm to 18pm with musical performances by Federico Santangelo (29-year-old musician from Abruzzo, suffering from a rare genetic disease, has found his way in music; with the electronic keyboard he excites entire audiences) and the Carriage Thieves (Roman rock band, born in 1989, made up of young people with disabilities). Theater and various art will be proposed by the Il Giullare company of Trani, by Aispod - Associazione Social Inclusione Equal Opportunità Disabilità of Fano and by the Cadiai company of Bologna. Also present (with a video message) was the Manos Blancas del Friuli Choir founded in honor of Claudio Abbado.

At the General States of Pesaro accessibility, there were also guests arriving from all over the country, professionals, artists and ambassadors of an inclusive vision of administrative action, art, sport, music, mobility and architecture. Virtuous testimonies of inclusion and accessibility, in particular, of Italian places of culture. «They will help us work towards an increasingly daily, easy, intuitive and shared culture of accessibility». Among the guests: the architect Enzo Calabrese, who will talk about the “Borgo Più” project, developed for the Municipality of Alanno following the inputs of the Vittoria Città dei Ragazzi Odv Association; Mark De Laurentiis, director of the Protection of Passenger Rights department of ENAC who will speak on the topic of inclusion and accessibility in airports and on vehicles; Marina Giacometti, founding member of the Ottavo Giorno association and DanceAbility teacher. Also present at the General States of Accessibility in Pesaro 2024 were Roberto Natale, Rai director for Sustainability and Edith Gabrielli, director of VIVE – Istituto Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia.

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