INTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE

INTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT • SINCE 1997, ONE OF THE MAIN TARGETS OF THE WORLDS SEPHARDI CONGRESS FOUNDATION WAS THE CREATION OF A “CENTER FOR THE SEPHARDIC STUDIES”, WHICH PRESENTLY HAS EVOLUATED AND BEGIN TO HAVE A REALISTIC FORM. • A NEW CONCEPT, MORE AMBITIOUS, IF POSSIBLE WAS BORN LAST YEAR AT THE FIRST WORLD SEPHARDI CONGRESS IN BARCELONA. THIS NEW PROJECT AIM TO HAVE ITS PROPER LEGAL PERSONALITY AND ITS OWN SEAT WITH A SUFFICIENT SPACE TO BE CONSIDER THE EPICENTER OF THE SEPHARDIC UNIVERS. “CASA SEFARAD”

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT • MEETING POINT REFERENCE AND A SYMBOL OF THE UNITY OF SEPHARDIC DIASPORA • SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL, POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL CENTER OF THE SEPHARDIC UNIVERS. • OPEN INSTITUTION TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE, WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SEPHARDIC UNIVERS AND ITS ACTIVITIES, INDEPENDENTLY OF THEIR RELIGIOUS TENDENCIES.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE • SOCIAL-CULTURAL OBJECTIVES • ECONOMICAL OBJECTIVES • INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL OBJECTIVES. OBJECTIVES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE:

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE SOCIO-CULTURAL OBJECTIVES • TO RE-ENFORCE THE LINKS AMONG SEPHARAD AND THE SEPHARDIS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND TO RE-ENFORCE ALSO ITS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION • TO INVESTIGATE, PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND FOMENT SEPHARDIC CULTURE, HISTORY AND LANGUAGE. • TO EXCHANGE THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND LINKS WITH OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS AND CENTERS WORLDWIDE

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE ECONOMICAL OBJECTIVES: • TO FOMENT A TRADE AND COMERCIAL RELATIONS OF ALL KIND AMONG AND WITH AN INTERNATIONAL SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY AS A NEW CHANEL OF A COMERCIAL CONTACTS • TO FACILITATE A NECESSARY CONTACTS AMONG PERSONS, INSTITUTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL SEPHARDIC COMPANIES WITH SPAIN AND THEIR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL OBJECTIVES: • TO REPRESENT A SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY AND TO DEFEND ITS LEGACY, ITS TRADITIONS AND ITS RE-VINDICATIONS • TO CANALIZE SEPHARDIC INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS WITH A POLITICAL POWERS • TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A REPRESENTATIVE AND RESPECTED ENTY, SPOKESMAN WITH HIGH POLITICAL INSTANCES

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE • DESCRIBED OBJECTIVES REQUIRES A REALIZATION OF A GREAT NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THEM: • SOCIAL-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES • COMERCIAL ACTIVITIES • POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ACTIVITIES OF THE SEPHARDI HOUSE

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE SOCIAL-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES: • PERMANENT EXPOSITION - MUSEUM DEDICATED TO: “SEPHARDI DIASPORA IN THE WORLD”. • TEMPORARY EXPOSITIONS, LONG-DURATION OR ITINERARY DEDICATED TO THE SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. • PREPARATION, COORDINATION AND REALIZATION OF CONGRESES, SEMINARIES FORUMS AND OTHER EVENTS. • REGULAR PUBLICATIONS OF NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES. • TURISTICAL PROMOTIONS AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH SPANISH JUDAICA CITIES. • LAGUAGE, MUZIC, ART AND SEPHARDI COOKING PROMOTIONS. • SEFARDIC LIBRARY • FOMENT OF THE HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS. • OFFICE DE LA FEDERACIÓN SEFARDÍ MUNDIAL.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE COMERCIAL ASCTIVITIES: • PERIODICAL COMERCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC FORUMS . • SPECIFIC COMERCIAL PRESENTATIONS BEING OF A SPECIAL INTEREST FOR SPAIN, OR/AND INTERNATIONAL SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY. • TO FACILITATE COMERCIAL CONTACTS WITH PERSONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SEPHARDIC COMPANIES OF INTERNATIONAL CARACTER. • PERSONAL ATTENTION AND COMERCIAL CONSULTING. • CANALIZATION OF A COMERCIAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE REGULAR INSTITUTIONAL PUBLICATIONS.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES • INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATION OF THE SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY IN FRONT OF INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND ENTIES. • FOMENTING INTERNATIONALY SEPHARDIC PRESENCE AND REALITY. • FOMENTING ACTUAL SPANISH REALITY AMONG THE INTERNATIONAL SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY. • FOMENTING AND FACILITATE CONTACTS AMONG SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY AND SPANISH ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS. • PROVIDING A GUIDE LINES TO THE POTENTIAL INVESTORS REGARDING POLITICALY IDEAL DILLIGENCES, CHANELS, SOURCES OF A SPECIFIC INFORMATION, LEGAL ADVISES, ETC.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE” STRUCTURE OF "CASA SEFARAD"

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE FINANCING OF “CASA SEFARAD” • ALL KIND OF SUBSIDIES AND GRANTS • DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS • FEES • EVENTS (Seminaries, Congresses, etc) • EXPOSITIONS • PUBLICATIONS (Subscriptions)

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE DEPENDENCES: • OFFICES: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 M2. • DIRECTORSHIP AND MEETING ROOM: . . . . 75 M2. • CONFERENCE AND PROJECTIONS HALL: . . 250 M2. • PERMANENT MUSEUM: . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 M2. • EXPOSITIONS HALL: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 M2. • LIBRERY:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 M2. • RESTAURANT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 M2. • RECEPTION: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 M2. • “CLUB SEFARAD”: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 M2. • COMMON AREA:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 M2. TOTAL IDEAL SURFACE : 2.000 M2.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE THE SEAT OF “CASA SEFARAD” • ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE WORLD SEPHARDI CONGRESS FOUNDATION IS TO OBTAIN FROM THE SPANISH INSTITUTIONS, PARTICULARY FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF BARCELONA AN EMBLEMATIC BUILDING TO BE THE SEAT OF “CASA SEFARAD”, THE BUILDING, SUFFICIENTLY SIGNIFICANT TO PERMIT ITS FAST PUBLICITY AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTION.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE THE SEAT OF “CASA SEFARAD” THE IDEAL PLACE FOR “CASA SEFARAD” WOULD BE AN OLD PALACE OR OTHER EMBLEMATIC HOUSE, WHICH YOU CAN STILL FIND IN THE HISTORICAL PART OF BARCELONA.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE STAFF OF “CASA SEFARAD” • 1 DIRECTOR GENERAL • 1 ADMINISTRATION MANAGER • 1 INTERNACIONALES RELATIONS MANAGER • 1 CULTURAL ACTIVITIES MANAGER • 1 COMERCIAL MANAGER • 1 SECRETARY OF THE GENERAL DIRECTOR AN PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER. • 1 COMERCIAL CO-ORDINATOR • 1 CLERK • 1 RECEPTIONIST • 3 SECURITY AND SURVEY

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE NECESSARY RESOURCES: EQUIPMENTS AND FURNITURE: • BUDGET: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120.000 €. PUBLICITY AND PRESS IMPLEMENTATION • BUDGET. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.000 €. INAUGURATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: • BUDGET: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.000 €. SALARIES AND START-UP OF THE 1ST YEAR • BUDGET: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.000 €. TOTAL INITIAL RESOURCES: 700.000 €.

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE THE SUPPORTS RECEIVED UP TO DATE: • CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN • AUTHONOMY GOVERNMENT OF CATALUNYA: GENERALITAT • MUNICIPALITY OF BARCELONA

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE SUPPORTS RECEIVED UP TO DATE:

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE SIGNED COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS: • FEDERACIÓN SEFARDÍ MUNDIAL

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE SIGNED COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS:

PROJECT OFINTERNATIONAL SEPHARDI HOUSE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF A JEWISH “CALL” OF BARCELONA

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