Aldo Patruno


Mr. Aldo Patruno is Director of Puglia Region – Department of Tourism, Economy of Culture and Valorization of Territory. After graduating in Law, he begins to work on strategic consultancy for local authorities.  Since 2007, he is manager of the State Property Agency, gaining important experiences concerning with redevelopment and valorization, on urban and territorial level, and structuring significant re-use and income-generating projects for the public heritage.

After a master degree in Public Administrations Managment at Bocconi University in Milan, he is currently at the head of the new Puglia Region’s Department which connects the activities in the tourism and cultural fields.

He works primarily on medium-long term strategic planning, implementing actions in Puglia 365, the Regional Strategic Plan for Tourism, and PiiiLculturainPuglia, the Regional Strategic Plan for Culture, in order to intervene in a more targeted way on Apulian regulatory system and to optimize investments of European funds and resources: SMART-inPuglia for the enhancement  and creation of Community Libraries, Fruition Laboratories, Theaters, Creativity Emporium; the three-year planning and financing of investments in Culture and Entertainment; the structuring of an integrated network of Tourist Infopoints; the supporting for low cost flights to increase incoming.

Also as AEVF vice President, Patruno is working on promoting and enhancing Slow Tourism by structuring an integrated network of historical, religious and thematic Cultural Routes.

All Sessions by Aldo Patruno

  • Day 2 June 9th, 2022


  • 11:45  - 12:45
    Mr. Fabio Tomasi, Head of International Project Department, Area Science Park
    Mr. Aldo Patruno, General Director Tourism and Culture, Puglia Region (online)
    Ms. Nika Razpotnik Visković, Researcher, Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
    Mr. Xavier Bernard-Sans, General Secretary, Euroregion Pyrenees Mediterranean
    Moderates: Ms. Paloma Zapata, CEO Sustainable Travel International

    The tourism ecosystem is facing several new challenges, from climate change, to the overdemand of tourism and health and safety crises. There is an urgent need to tackle specific issues related to reduce disposable materials and waste, reducing greenhouse emissions, improve water and energy efficiency, or implement new circular economy models. The uptake of already existing tools could be the best opportunity to encourage the tourism ecosystem to properly monitor its activities and improve its environmental performance, as well as to guarantee the development of successful, competitive and resilient destinations and tourism businesses in the future.

    This panel centres on specific tools that have been developed by several organisations participating in different European projects and programmes, and will evaluate how the destinations and different tourism stakeholders could adopt these tools that could support the transition towards a more sustainable tourism industry and tourism activities. By exploring how people’s lives have been positively impacted this panel will present the proven solutions that tackle the recurring sustainability problems faced by the Interreg Med destinations. The panellists will share key lessons learned and reflections when considering implementing and scaling the solutions in other destinations across the region.





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