VITALE ONLUS
Environmental protection as a primary objective
The non-profit cultural association Cinzia Vitale was founded in 2012 in memory of prematurely-departed Cinzia Vitale. The President Roberto Vitale wanted to commemorate his sister giving “life” to some dreams… to be the voice for those who have none. Vitale Onlus intends to pursue only non-profit social solidarity and this through events connected with the promotion of culture and art, as well as a more complete human and social development for the enhancement of the linguistic heritage and the environmental protection.
The honor and scientific committees of Vitale Onlus involve, among others, the Nobel Prize winner Filippo Giorgi, Lawrence Banks, general director of the International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, the Sudanese Mohamed H.A. Hassan, president of The World Academy of Sciences, the honorary president of the Court of Cassation Marcello Vitale, Cristina Ravaglia, president of the United World College of the Adriatic, the former UN spokesperson in crisis areas Andrea Angeli, the Vietnamese Trang Le, president of the Council of Asean Fashion Designers, Marco Di Liddo, director of the Center for International Studies, the Ghanaian Hawa Malechi, gynecologist at the Tamale Hospital and Admiral Vincenzo Vitale, of the General Command of the Port Authorities – Coast Guard, while among the meritorious ones include the journalist Paolo Rumiz, the writer Claudio Magris, the ambassadors Staffan de Mistura and Giampiero Massolo, the scientist Mauro Giacca, Monsignor Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, the late astrophysicist Margherita Hack. Archbishop Guido Pozzo, almoner of His Holiness Benedict in Auschwitz.
CINZIA VITALE PRIZE
In addition to the parchment, the Cinzia Vitale Prize consists of a silver coin of 500 lire minted in 1964, the year in which Cinzia Vitale was born. The Italian Republic, to date, has issued only two silver coins intended for circulation, namely the 1,000 lire Roma Capitale and the 500 lire. This last coin of 1964, chosen by the Vitale family as a symbol of the prize, weighs 11 grams and is called “Caravelle” due to the design of the obverse in which three caravels appear with the bow facing to the right and the tips of the flags towards the nose of the boats. The coinage of this side was engraved by Guido Veroi who chose the three caravels to symbolize the economic rebirth of Italy in those years. On the reverse, however, you can admire a bust of a woman surrounded by the coats of arms of nineteen regions or regional capitals, and among these the city of Trieste where Cinzia Vitale was born.
The winners of the annual Cinzia Vitale Award are the Belgian Laura Donnay, scientist (2023), the Syrian Asmae Dachan, ambassador of Peace (2022), Giorgio Marrapodi, Italian ambassador to Turkey (2021), Federica Gasbarro, green activist ( 2020), Silvia Marchesan, scientist (2019), the ICGEB Tumoral Virology Laboratory (2018), the Sudanese Mohamed H.A. Hassan, executive director of The World Academy of Sciences (2017), Giacomo Guerrera, president of Unicef Italia (2016), Boris Pahor, writer nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature (2015), Princess Elettra Marconi (2014) and the British David B Sutcliffe, Rector UWC Adriatic (2013).
Presidente
The president and artistic director of the Motumundi festival is Roberto Vitale. Born in Trieste in 1968, columinist for the newspaper Il Gazzettino he attended the faculty of Letters and Philosophy and graduated with a thesis on Psychology of Communicatio”. He was spokesman of the Italian UN contingent in Lebanon and of UNIFIL Sector West (Italy, France, Ghana, South Korea, Slovenia, Brunei and Malaysia), deployed in compliance with the UN Security Council resolution 1701, and Senior Expert of Communication in the programme Instrument for Stability of the European Commission.
