Corecom Calabria rewards linguistic minorities

The Corecom-Calabriain collaboration with the Presidential Office of the Regional Council, announces with great satisfaction the establishment of “Quality Award” for audiovisual films dedicated to linguistic minorities. This initiative, the first in Italy, far from being a mere
celebratory exercise, aims to promote communication and information attentive to the protection and valorization of linguistic minorities present in the Calabria Region.

These languages, in fact, not only represent local identities, but constitute the pillars of a cultural heritage that transcends the contingencies of time. Minority languages ​​play a fundamental role in the social and historical context of the region, bearing witness to centuries of traditions, histories and cultural exchanges.

However, they are often threatened by decline, thanks to social changes, cultural homologation and the pervasive influence of globalization. “The first edition of the ‘Award of Excellence for the Best Communicative and Informational Contributions, reserved for the valorisation of linguistic minorities, represents a significant step towards the objective of safeguarding them’Scarpino, Mazza and Petrolo jointly state.

“The recognition and enhancement of the quality of communication e
of information on the different Calabrian languages ​​not only encourage the production of content high level, but raise public awareness of the importance of these languages ​​and the need compelling to keep them. This commitment helps to protect and enhance the precious ones traditions of the whole of Calabria, ensuring that they remain an essential element of our cultural identity and our common heritage”.

In the opinion of the president Filippo Mancuso: “the initiative is valuable and appreciable. Calabria has three linguistic minorities (Greek, Arbëresh and Occitan) that we bear witness to a past of coexistence between different peoples and cultures. A linguistic and cultural archipelago within the regional territory which to this day confirms the vitality of these communities, becoming a powerful one tourist attractor for the cultural richness, material and immaterial, of our wonderful region. Recently the Regional Council supported a handbook on the Arbëresh community
published in the series le Guide di Repubblica published by the Gedi group”.

The resolution of “Regional Communications Committee” – formed by the President Fulvio Scarpinoby the Vice President Mario Mazza and the Secretary Pasquale Petrolo – establishing the Award (n. 17 of 12 June 2024, available on the Corecom website) allocates 13,500 euros for the three best films, which must be delivered by the 45th day of publication on the Corecom Calabria website.

• The recipients of the expression of interest are:
  Providers of local audiovisual and radio media services, regularly registered in the Register of
• Communication Operators (ROC), with registered or operational headquarters in Calabria and which offer services significantly in Calabria.