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Florence, 31st January 2025. Registration is open for training events at Didacta Italia 2025, to be held as usual in Florence, at the Fortezza da Basso, from 12th to 14th March 2025. The 11th edition of this event – the most important fair on educational training and innovation – will be dedicated to the 100th anniversary of INDIRE, one of the most ancient research institutes of the Italian Ministry of Education, committed to promoting innovation processes within the school world. This institution studies and develops new educational models, experimenting the use of new technologies within training paths, and redefining the relationship between learning and teaching spaces and times. It is also the Italian Agency of the Erasmus+ programme in the School, University, and Adult Education areas.
Created by INDIRE and co-ordinated by Prof. Giovanni Biondi, the scientific programme presents a wide choice of activities ranging from 0-6 education to post-graduate courses, for a total of 470 training events, including 200 workshops and 270 seminars aimed at teachers, school managers, and school staff. Participants will be able to choose to attend various training events concerning innovative teaching methods, artificial intelligence, flipped classrooms, learning units, digital alphabetisation and cybersecurity, soft skills and personal development, sustainability, internationalization, and multilingual skills. And last but not least, there will also be workshops concerning educational robotics, STEM &amp; STEAM, technological transition, inclusion, and social needs.
During the three days of the Fair, 18 classrooms will be set up and divided according to themes, including: debates, hotel sector, innovation towards future, innovation for nursery, kindergarten, and primary school, languages and methods, learning by doing &#8211; learning with laboratories, theatre, music, and dance.
As for the past editions, Didacta Italia will see the participation of the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit, offering a rich choice of proposals within the scientific programme, along with a wide Arena hosting other training events, in which teachers and school managers will be able to receive information on projects and events from the Ministry.
Following the success of the first edition (2024), the section of Didacta University and Higher Education will be featured again. An area entirely devoted to Italian universities where there will be a lively and stimulating debate between professors and young researchers on good practices and teaching innovation at university. Taking place at the Arsenale Pavilion, it will see the participation of the Italian Ministry of University and Research and of the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities. The full programme of events which you can register for will be available shortly on the Fair website.
Furthermore, it will be possible to visit a rich exhibiting section thanks to the presence of the most important companies of the school sector at international level in various fields – stationery, publishing, school architecture, museum education, food education, green and environmental education, physical education and sports, language training and educational games, music, arts, and theatre, up to the most advanced information technology.
To participate in training events, please browse the scientific programme (<a href="https://fieradidacta.indire.it/en/programme/">https://fieradidacta.indire.it/en/programme/</a>) and select those you are interested in, completing the procedure by buying the ticket directly on the portal, using also the Teacher’s Card.
Tickets cost 16, 25 and 30 euros, according to the number of days (from 1 to 3). You can book a maximum of two training events per day, choosing from: 2 seminars and 2 workshops, 1 seminar and 1 workshop, in addition to unlimited participation in the scheduled events organised by companies and institutions.
Didacta Italia is organised by Firenze Fiera with the scientific partnership of INDIRE, and in co-operation with Didacta International. The Fair offers a top-class programme, relying on an Organising Committee formed by: the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the Conference of Rectors of Italian Universities (CRUI), the Region of Tuscany, the Florence Municipality, Unioncamere, the Florence Chamber of Commerce, ITKAM, and Destination Florence Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau. 
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Registration is open for training events at Didacta Italia 2025

Florence, 8th November 2024. The new main entrance of Firenze Fiera, giving access to the Florence congress and exhibition centre in Piazza Adua, was inaugurated this morning.
This event saw the participation of Lorenzo Becattini, President of Firenze Fiera, joined by Sara Funaro, Mayor of Florence, Eugenio Giani, President of the Region of Tuscany, and Massimo Manetti, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence. The ceremony also saw the presence of numerous other personalities from the economic world and the local congress and exhibition sector.
Thanks to team work between the Municipality of Florence, the Region of Tuscany, the Superintendence for Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscapes of Florence, and Firenze Fiera, the construction project led to install a new large porch clad in steel in front of the access doors of Palazzo degli Affari, perfectly complementing the 20th-century architectural lines of the palace designed by architect Pierluigi Spadolini. The building was entirely renovated and reopened on 11th July 2022, and it is the spearhead of the Florence congress offer for associative and corporate events.
Used to protect accesses to the palace from the weather and as a resting place for visitors and congress attendees accessing the congress and exhibition centre, this new structure adds prestige and decor to the entrance of one of the most important congress and exhibition centres in Italy, redeveloping an area that was previously penalized by improper use during the day and the night, considering also its proximity to the Santa Maria Novella railway station. The structure was complemented by a sliding door for vehicular and pedestrian access, while a large pane of glass overlooking the garden was added towards via Valfonda. The latter can be used to further support promotional and communication spaces dedicated to events.
Designed and built by Architects Elio di Franco and Giuseppe Cacozza from Politecnica, the new Piazza Adua access is just the latest in a succession of projects carried out by Firenze Fiera in these last months, including the architectural concrete walkway to facilitate access to the three venues overlooking the garden (Palazzo degli Affari, Limonaia, and Palazzo dei Congressi), and to the new sanitary facilities in the Passi Perduti area, at Villa Vittoria.
“The new entrance in Piazza Adua combines prestige, decor, and safety within our congress and exhibition centre – said Lorenzo Becattini, President of Firenze Fiera – and it is only the latest step, in chronological order, in a long series of construction projects and investment carried out by the company in these last months and amounting to 650,000 Euros, to which we must add 1,150,000 Euros invested into renovations at the Fortezza in 2024, for a total amount of nearly 2 million Euros”. “I take this opportunity to thank our partners – Becattini concluded – as Firenze Fiera is about to close 2024 with a budget higher than in 2023 in terms of production value and final results. Thanks to this deep and close collaboration, we will continue to co-operate and discuss the company’s extraordinary items that need attention and constant support by its owners”.
“This new entrance &#8211; stated Sara Funaro, Mayor of Florence -is crucial to redevelop the main congress and exhibition centre of our city. This work was carried on by the Board of Directors, the President and all the whole technical department, and falls within all the redevelopment projects that we are carrying out inside the Fortezza. There is an agreement on schedule worth 68 million Euros, with important work already in progress. These projects will allow to enlarge spaces and to make this place increasingly central as an attractive congress and exhibition centre for important events&#8221;.
“I have always believed in Firenze Fiera – said Giani, President of the Region of Tuscany during his speech – as well as in the calling of Florence as a congress and exhibition destination. That is why, today I am delighted to participate in the opening of the new entrance in Piazza Adua. This project makes the congress and exhibition area even more beautiful, safer, and functional”. “In these last years, Firenze Fiera has essentially doubled its profits. After the Covid experience, during which some people even feared an inexorable decline, today we see a company closing its budget with a profit and making Florence the ideal showcase for any type of congresses and exhibitions. Some time ago, the Fortezza was only used to host Pitti and the Crafts Fair, while today we see an intense growth of new events, so much that the Region has prepared a recapitalization of 6 million Euros”.
“Battling decay and securing the safety of this “hotspot area” of the city is probably the best business card for the entrance to Firenze Fiera’s venues, and I think it is an important sign of what has been done and of how much the city cares for its congress and exhibition centre”, added Massimo Manetti, President of the Florence Chamber of Commerce.

Firenze Fiera Officially Opens Its New Entrance in Piazza Adua

Florence, 12th February 2023. Today, the 6th edition of Firenze Home Texstyle and the 17th edition of Immagine Italia &amp; Co. came to a close at the Fortezza da Basso. Taking place on the lower floor of the Spadolini Pavilion, the two events performed extremely well, seeing the presence of qualified buyers coming from the main international markets of these two manufacturing sectors.
The three days of the fairs were attended by a total of 7,324 operators (up by 13% compared with the 2023 edition), coming from 41 countries among which &#8211; next to Italy &#8211; Germany, Belgium, Spain, Russia, and Greece.
“Firenze Home Texstyle and Immagine Italia took place simultaneously, confirming the winning formula of a combination between two related and complementary sectors such as home textiles and lingerie &amp; underwear. This will represent an unconditional asset to program the future editions inside our congress and exhibition centre”, said Lorenzo Becattini, President of Firenze Fiera.
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