Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics, memorandum of understanding signed between the City of Treviso and the City of Cortina d’Ampezzo

The Municipality of Treviso and the Municipality of Cortina d’Ampezzo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at defining an institutional collaboration in view of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, scheduled for February 2026. The document aims to make the alliance between the territories even more solid through the involvement of Civil Defense and Local Police but also in sharing territorial promotion strategies.

The City of Treviso, given its geographical location and the important air, rail and road connections in the area, will be one of the logistical references and crucial hub for athletes, spectators and operators during the event. A cultural and tourist hub that will also see, by virtue of the collaboration in support of Cortina d’Ampezzo, the deployment of Local Police forces and Civil Defense Volunteers during the moments of greatest influx and international visibility.

The collaboration involves a commitment between the two municipalities on several fronts: a collaboration in the administrative and operational spheres to the organization of cultural events, from the mutual promotion of artistic and museum heritage to the enhancement of tourist and territorial offers to cooperation in civil defense and Local Police services. One of the main focuses is also on integrated communication tools through both traditional and digital tools by creating an inter-territorial tourism promotion network also in a post-Olympic perspective. Finally, the protocol provides that other public bodies and stakeholders can be involved through subsequent agreements making the agreement open and inclusive to multiply its impact.

A first proposal in this shared path is the initiative scheduled for Wednesday, August 6, at 6 p.m. at Alexander Girardi Hall in Cortina d’Ampezzo. During the “Una Montagna di Libri” festival, curator Marco Goldin’s lecture-meeting entitled “From Picasso to Van Gogh. Stories of painting from abstraction to impressionism.”

Mayors’ statements

“This agreement marks the beginning of a genuine synergy between two communities that share a desire to work together around a common project,” the words of Treviso Mayor Mario Conte. “Treviso is making itself available as a reference on a logistical level, but also as a cultural and organizational engine, providing its Local Police and Civil Defense personnel. We are proud to contribute to making the 2026 Olympics an important showcase for our entire territory, with positive economic, tourism and identity spin-offs.”

Thus the mayor of Cortina, Gianluca Lorenzi: “I would like to thank Mayor Conte and the City of Treviso, which made itself available from the beginning for this institutional collaboration. The Municipality of Cortina has 7 traffic policemen on its staff but has to comply with IOC requirements. The hope is that this protocol will be followed by others with Venetian municipalities, so as to create a positive model of collaboration in the area in view of a planetary event such as the one we will experience in February.”