PERUGIA – “The lack of staff in the cultural heritage sector is assuming increasingly alarming proportions”. This is what emerges from the situation of the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape of Umbria (Sabap), where yesterday a well-attended assembly of workers in the cultural heritage sector in Umbria took place, organized by the Fp Cgil. “In 2016, Sabap could count on a total staff of 120 units – explains Cgil -, today we are down to 48, exactly half of the staff foreseen in the establishment plan (96). There is a lack of assistants in the technical and supervisory areas, as well as architects, engineers, computer scientists and art historians. The situation is so critical that it has forced the Superintendent to take over the architectural and landscape protection functions of over half of the municipalities in the region (56 out of 92)”. “We have asked Minister Sangiuliano to reopen hiring and give free access to all those who have been found suitable in the competitive procedures – said Valeria Giunta, national coordinator of Cultural Heritage for the Fp Cgil who participated in the assembly – We have asked to reintegrate, starting from territories like this, the professionals who are missing: archivists, librarians, archaeologists, art historians, etc. Unfortunately, the minister has decided to focus on different resources”. “We are therefore turning to the institutions and politics of our region, concludes Desiree Marchetti, general secretary of the Fp Cgil of Umbria.
