PRESS ACCREDITATION NOTE
States-General on the Italian Language in the World – Towards a Global Italian-speaking Community
(MAXXI Auditorium, 16 April 2025)
On Wednesday, 16 April 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the States-General on the Italian Language in the World will take place at the Auditorium of the National Museum of 21st century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome. This is the main event dedicated to the promotion of the Italian language globally.
The proceedings will open with the reading of a message from the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, followed by the inauguration of the event by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani. Further contributions will follow from the Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, and the President of the Dante Alighieri Society, Andrea Riccardi.
The event will also feature testimonies from renowned authors: Edith Bruck, a Hungarian-born Italian writer, poet, and Holocaust survivor, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an American author who, out of love and dedication to the Italian language, has chosen to write her literary works in Italian. Contributions will also come from representatives of academia, business, civil society, and from students of the United World College of the Adriatic (Duino), who will reflect on the Italian language as a tool for peace and dialogue among peoples.
The event will conclude at 11:30 a.m. with the closing remarks by the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, who will formally announce the adoption of the Final Declaration of the 2025 States-General on the Italian Language in the World.
The event, organised on the initiative of Minister Antonio Tajani, will represent a key moment of dialogue between institutions and civil society, with the goal of establishing a “Community of Italian-speaking Nations” ahead of the International Conference on Italian Language and Culture to be held in autumn.
Journalists, photographers and cameramen interested in attending the event can apply for accreditation by sending a request by 12:00 p.m. on 15 April via e-mail to accreditamentostampa@esteri.it (tel. 06/3691 8210, 3432, 3078 or 8573), as follows:
For representatives of the Italian press organisations:
- a copy of an identity document,
- a letter of assignment from the newspaper of affiliation or – in the absence of the latter, a copy of professional identity card.
For representatives of foreign press organisations not accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- copy of an identity document;
- letter from the newspaper of affiliation;
- Verbal note of the Embassy in Rome of the country of the press organisation represented.
For representatives of foreign press already accredited at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the request must be sent with a copy of an identity document attached.
Badges must be collected in person at the MAXXI Museum, Via Guido Reni – Entrance 4A, between 8:00 a.m. and approximately 8:45 a.m.
Submitting the above-mentioned personal data means authorising the use thereof in accordance with Italian Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003 and the GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) by the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the data controller, for strictly professional purposes and/or purposes related to the performance of the event in question.
