Among the stakeholders active in the promotion of Italian language and culture collaborating with the Education Office, a decisive role is played by Enti gestori, local non -profit organizations that, after having been included, on request, in a special register (Albo consolare degli Enti gestori) receive contributions from the MAECI to organize Italian language courses in public and private schools.
In the area covered by the Italian General Consulate in New York two Enti Gestori are registered:
- IACE (Italian American Committee on Education), that for over forty years has been working in the promotion and dissemination of our language.
IACE, 686 Park Avenue LL
New York NY 10065
Tel. 2127728755
sito: https://www.iacelanguage.org/
e-mail: info@iacelanguage.org
- In Italiano – Bilinguismo a New York, a non – profit association more specialized in bilingualism and teachers’ training.
In Italiano, inc. 121 West 132 Street, Suite 4
New York, NY 10027
sito: https://www.dlitaliano.org/
e-mail Bilinguismoany@gmail.com
- WorldLangAmerica, a nonprofit association, born during the pandemic crisis, which deals with the development of forms of cultural and linguistic cooperation, between Italy ad USA, planning on line cultural and linguistic meetings between Italian and American students.
WORLDLANGAMERICA
1227 E 46th Street
Chicago, IL 60653
Tel: +1 (315) 745-8922
Sito: www.worldlangamerica.org
Email: info@worldlangamerica.org
- GEF (Global Edulanguage Foundation) who, since two decades, works for the promotion of the Italian language and culture and manages a strong network of contacts with school principals, educators, parents’ and teachers’ associations.
GEF (Global Edulanguage Foundation), 23-11 21 Avenue, Suite 1 D,
Astoria, NY 11105
Tel. +1 (347).613-9414
Sito: www.globaledulanguage.org
E mail: globaledulanguage@gmail.com
- FIEIT (The Foundation for Innovation and Excellence in Italian Teaching) founded in 2025 at the Department of Italian of Rutgers University with the commitment to advance Italian language and culture education in bilingual or multilingual contexts, through innovation, collaboration and inclusivity. Its main goals are: professional development; Curriculum design and assessment; program expansion; certification of language competency; creation of multimedia research and resource center for teachers o Italian
FIEIT
(The Foundation for Innovation and Excellence in Italian Teaching)
Rutgers University
15 Seminary Place, #5110
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Sito: https://sites.rutgers.edu/fieit/
E mail: carmela.scala@rutgers.edu
Albo consolare degli Enti gestori / Consular Register of Enti gestori / promotori
Update of the Albo consolare degli Enti gestori / promotori
The “Albo degli Enti gestori” is open and, upon request, any “body” can ask to be enrolled or cancelled at any time.
Interested bodies can apply to be included in the” Albo”, as stated by Circolare n. 4, if they possess the following rules:
- be managing entities, as referred in article 11 of Decreto legislativo 64/2017, non for profit according to local law, with legal personality, and promoters of Italian language and culture dissemination initiatives, as stated in article 10 of the same Decreto;
- be provided with Status in accordance with local law describing characteristics, tasks, aims, financial means and field of intervention, and comprising among its purposes, the promotion of Italian language and culture.
In the Albo consolare cannot be entered bodies who:
- have within them other bodies with similar characteristic and aims;
- in which there are people holding statutory or managerial posts; even if it is an honor, representatives of diplomatic/consular posts, the Italian Cultural Institutes, the Education office and the Com.It.Es;
- whose statute is not in accordance with local law.
To register in the Albo the following documentation must be submitted:
- Application form
- Personal data of the institution
- A copy of the identity document of its legal representative;
- Copy of the Statute of the insitutution.
The application with all its attachments can be sent:
- To the following e-mail address: con.newyork.ufficioscuola@cert.esteri.it;
- Or by registered mail at the following address: Ufficio Scolastico, c/o Consolato Generale d’Italia a New York, 690, Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065;
- Or by hand delivery in a sealed envelope at the Consulate with the wisdom to direct it to the Education / School Office indicating:” Application to enroll in the Albo consolare degli Enti gestori e promotori di iniziative a favore della lingua e della cultura italiana”.
After monitoring and evaluation of applications by the Consular Office, an updated Albo consolare will be published in the section “Cultural diplomacy” of the consulate web side.
The Albo will last 4 years and, on a yearly base, there will be a revision of the maintenance of the requirements.