The road leading to Rifreddo, which reaches a height of 1,174 metres at the pass, is a path towards meditation. Imagine a place of wonder, surrounded by silence, almost completely isolated. Imagine 31 Project Leaders who represent almost the whole artistic, cultural, musical and production sectors of Basilicata. Imagine that the conductors are Ariane Bieou,the Foundation's cultural manager, Agostino Riitano, expert in cultural policies, and Ida Leone, head of the Build Up programme. Close the doors, the windows and any possible escape route for four days! Mix everything together with authorized external incursions of experts, facilitators and energizers, and the result is the Camp for Project Leaders.

Four days of co-creation, four days to move from project ideas to real executive projects. Four days to realize that there is so much more in a project beyond the initial idea.
You need reliable partners and networks. You need to know who your recipientsand your audience are.You need to identify the location, how and when your event will take place and in the end, only in the end, you need the money. Paolo Verriis in charge of opening the Camp and he immediately overturnsour perspective.
Paolo Verri stresses that Matera 2019 does not mean funding. Matera 2019 is not a Public Body issuingcalls. Should there beany expectations, these must NOT be economic.
Matera 2019 is a large, lively, challenging, serious path for collective cultural growth. Co-creation is actually much more than a simple accelerator for project planning. It is a method to be learned, to be repeated, a strength that goes beyond the projects. We must not only focus on the single project, but plan the organization of a lifespan that moves towards 2019 and that must continue after this date.
Matera 2019 is the dream we are all called to contribute to in order to make it come true. This dream is the world as we would like it to be: supportive, cohesive and open.