In Oristano the first attempt on the track for the European network of ring rides . The Greek island of Zakynthos won the tender, after the signing of the memorandum of understanding for a further step towards the definitive birth of the international partnership.
THE SIGNATURE - To sign it, last weekend at Palazzo degli Scolopi, the mayor of Oristano Massimiliano Sanna, the President of the Oristano Foundation Francesco Deriu, the president of the Alka di Sinj Stipe Jukić Knightly Society, those of the Giostra Cavalleresca di Sulmona Maurizio Antonini, of the Jousting Association of Zante Maura Kardari, the director of the Knightly Society of Barban Andrej Kancelar and the mayor of Osilo Giovanni Ligios.
UNION AND SHARING - "The signatories of the protocol - reads a note - have chosen the Oristano Foundation as the leader in the phase of setting up the network. The Network is intended as an instrument of union and basis for sharing and direction, and will a legal organization to better protect and promote the interests of members and allow access to contributions and other forms of support from public and private institutions ".
THE AIMS - "Organizers and organizers of races and ring rides want to consolidate relationships in order to increase knowledge and attractiveness towards their events and their respective assets, jointly promoting the common elements, in order to generate greater visibility of the demonstrations and the territories in which they take place - says the premise of the document -. The protection and enhancement of the intangible cultural heritage and, in the particular case, of that linked to the Giostre all'Anello, cannot ignore the contribution and effective coordination between the bodies operating in the territories. The subjects draw up the Protocol with the aim of creating a European Ring Rides Network ".
CULTURAL PROMOTION - "The Network, as the Protocol specifies, was created to qualify, disseminate and make known in Europe, as well as protect and enhance the phenomenon of the Races and Giostre all'Anello and their important historical, cultural and artistic heritage - specifies the Mayor Massimiliano Sanna -. For Oristano, which has an extraordinary tool for cultural and tourist promotion in Sartiglia, it is a very important starting point in perfect harmony with the purposes for which the Oristano Foundation was born and for which the municipal institution operates ".
