About ENSI
Sport, culture and civilisation on the move
ENSI Social APS – Ente Nazionale Sportivo Italiano (Italian National Sports Body) is an Italian association for social promotion (APS), registered in the Italian national register of third-sector organisations (RUNTS) under number 138362. Its registered office is in Rome and it has an international office in Brussels.
ENSI promotes, designs and organises sport, cultural and social events of national and international relevance, also in partnership with other organisations. It uses sport and culture as languages of inclusion, education and dialogue between peoples. ENSI no longer accepts the affiliation of other associations: it now focuses on its own events and projects.
Mediterranean Biennale
The Biennale del Mediterraneo – Festival of Peoples, Arts and Sport is ENSI’s flagship project: a major international event dedicated to the encounter between the peoples of the Mediterranean shores, in the name of dialogue, beauty, cooperation and peace.
- A travelling festival held every two years, in June and July, in a different Mediterranean location each time.
- The first edition will start from Apulia (Puglia), a natural bridge between East and West.
- Sport competitions, artistic performances, exhibitions, film and video, concerts, cultural meetings, thematic forums, workshops, exchanges between delegations, awards and youth initiatives.
Dates, venues and programme of the first edition have not yet been announced.
Areas of activity
ENSI carries out activities of general interest under article 5 of the Italian Third Sector Code: amateur sport; cultural, artistic and recreational activities; protection of cultural heritage and landscape; education and training; social services and job integration; environmental protection and regeneration of unused public assets; human rights and equal opportunities; social, cultural and religious tourism.
Training and research
- UPES – Università Popolare dell’ENSI Sport is a “popular university”: an adult-education association offering seminars and courses on physical activity, sport management, coaching, sport and health. Its courses are not university degree programmes.
- Centro Studi ENSIS “Cultura è Sport” APS is a Rome-based association working on education, culture, environment and cultural heritage.
Contact
ENSI Social APS – Ente Nazionale Sportivo Italiano Registered office: Via Guido Banti 34, 00191 Rome, Italy · International office: Rue de la Colonne 1A, 1080 Brussels, Belgium Tax code and VAT number: 17549421000 · Email: info@ensi.it · Certified email (PEC): ensi@registerpec.it · Phone: +39 06 9165 04152