SHORT DESCRIPTION OF AICCRE 

AICCRE Veneto is a non profit Association of Local Authorities, aimed at their promotion development and increase their role at European Level.

AICCRE Veneto is the regional Federation of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR, CCRE in Italian), the first and most important European association of Local Authorities, with more than 100.000 associates all over Europe (three thousands in Italy), including countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

CEMR promotes in Europe the building of a Federal Europe based on local autonomies and on subsidiary principle, through an improvement of the role of Local Authorities in the process of European integration. In Italy, this scope is pursued by AICCRE in many ways.

From the institutional point of view, AICCRE coordinates the secretariat of the Italian delegation at the Committee of the Regions (CoR) of the European Union and at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (CLRA) of Council of Europe.

Services to the members:

• INFORMATION - regularly informs the associates on European Union initiatives, with a special focus on EU programmes which can interest Local Authorities;PROMOTION - promotes and assists Local Authorities in building twinning projects with other EU Countries, with technical assistance in searches for partners or funding;TRAINING- organises, also together with Local Authorities, meetings and seminars on topics related to European Integration (Euro, Agenda 2000 and structural funding, politics on immigration, exchange, project management, etc.);PARTICIPATION - actively joins EU funded projects which are relevant for Local Authorities, with the role of partner or coordinator-leader;ANALYSIS - promotes and support political debate on European issues, also through the publication of a journal Comuni d’Europa.

AICCRE Veneto has its seat in the Island of S. Servolo, Venice. AICCRE National seat is in Rome, Trevi Square.The Island of San Servolo

The island of San Servolo is located in the Venetian lagoon, between Venice city centre and the island of Lido, 10 minutes by boat from Piazza San Marco. The island was originally the home of the Venetian Calbana family who, beginning in 810, hosted the seat of a Benedictine Monastery. The buildings of the island have been developed and changed over the ages along with the people who inhabited it. San Servolo remained a monastery until the mid-eighteenth century when it was transformed into a Hospital. The island overlooks the tranquil waters of the lagoon, and covers an area of over sixteen-thousand square meters that were once used for vineyards and gardens. Today the Island is owed by the Venice Provincial Authority, and is the seat of many institutions (Venice International University, Venice European Centre for the Trades and Professions of the Conservation of Architectural Heritage, AICCRE Veneto).

Renovation

The restoration work of the monumental complex on the Island of San Servolo have been finished this year and maintains the architectural qualities and natural landscape of the setting.

Area

The total surface of the island is 48,260 sq. m (about 12 acres). One fifth of the area is covered by buildings (for a total of about 10.000 sq. m and a usable building area of more than 18,000 sq. m - 200,000 sq. ft) surrounded by an extensive park.

The City of VeniceIt’s impossibile to describe all the beauties of Venice. For more information on Events, buildings, accommodation, itineraries, gastronomy please refer to the Official Tourist Board of Venice (http://www.turismovenezia.it/eng/dynalay.asp?PAGINA=407).