There are nine villages in the province of Foggia – 11 in Puglia – which this year compete for the ‘Piccolo comune amici’ award, created to promote the valorisation of small Italian municipalities with less than 5 thousand inhabitants, raise awareness of local excellence and encourage the tourism.
This is a project created by Codacons in collaboration with Coldiretti and supported by Aci, Anci, Enac, Intesa Sanpaolo, Fit, Poste Italiane, Touring Club Italiano, Autostrade per l’Italia, Symbola, Uncem.
The initiative, now in its fourth edition, rewards Italian excellence in the agri-food, craftsmanship, social innovation and culture, art and history categories.
In the running for the prize are Accadia, Castelluccio Valmaggiore, Celle di San Vito, Deliceto, Orsara di Puglia, Rocchetta Sant’Antonio, Roseto Valfortore, Serracapriola and Monteleone di Puglia.
In addition to the traditional categories – Agri-food; Crafts; Social innovation; Culture, art, history – the municipalities participate in various special prizes: ‘Air, water, earth’, on the naturalistic beauty of the territory; ‘Municipalities against high energy costs’, dedicated to municipalities that have distinguished themselves for their policies to combat high energy bills through the establishment of energy communities or other instruments; ‘Municipalities for disability’, dedicated to Municipalities that have been characterized by particularly effective inclusion policies; ‘Municipalities for beekeeping’, which rewards municipalities that have implemented initiatives to enhance and protect beekeeping.
Citizens can vote for their favorite municipality no later than June 15th, according to one of the methods indicated on the page https://codacons.it/pca-2024-vota/.
The awards ceremony is scheduled for July 10th in Rome, at Palazzo Rospigliosi.
