Fondazione Santagata for the Economics of Culture was founded in 2018, on initiative of the Silvia Santagata Research Centre (CSS-EBLA). The Foundation gathers all the know-how and experiences of CSS-EBLA and aims to continue the studies carried out by Walter Santagata, pioneering scholar of Culture Economics. The Foundation’s main working areas are four: the models for the management of cultural heritage, with a specific reference to the economic dimension of development and to UNESCO related programme; the production of culture and cultural innovation, with attention to the new markets and professions; tourism connected with tangible and intangible heritage, creative industries and productive areas; sustainable development, focusing on UNESCO’s programmes and on the relationship between cultural/natural heritage and sustainability. Furthermore, the Foundation’s mission is to enable cooperative networking among culture and other sectors operators, to support the internationalisation of Piedmontese and Italian economic and cultural operators, in order to generate positive socio-economic impacts. Foundation in official relations with UNESCO