The team
Charles Bonaparte, Founder and Honorary Chairman
Charles Bonaparte founded the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities in 2004 and was its president until 2022.
After a doctorate in economics, Charles Bonaparte had a career in the senior civil service, investment banking and real estate. Elected in Ajaccio (Corsica), he created in 2004 the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities to develop cultural and tourist development projects with the cities crossed by the history of his ancestor.
In 2015, the Federation was certified as a European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe under the name "Destination Napoleon". It is now present in 13 European countries, from Portugal to the Russian Federation, while illustrating its vocation to participate in the construction of a Europe of peace through culture and history.
Vincent Chauvet, President
Eleonora Berti, Director
Eleonora Berti joined the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities in March 2020 as deputy director, and took up her management position in January 2021.
Between 2009 and 2019, Eleonora has been working at the European Institute of Cultural Routes as Senior Project Officer. Among other tasks, she was responsible for coordinating the certification and evaluation process of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe, for facilitating synergies with significant European and International organisations and networks, and for creating and coordinating a specific Network of Universities, in Europe and beyond. Graduated in 2006 in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of Florence (Italy), Eleonora has obtained in 2010 a PhD degree in Landscape Architecture and Planning, studying the connections between the Council of Europe Cultural Routes programme and the European Landscape Convention. In 2019-2020, she was Adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna, Department of Economics. Eleonora is Individual expert in the European Cultural Forum, created by the European Commission, DG EAC.
She is editor and author of the book “Cultural Routes management: from theory to practice”, edited in English and French by the Council of Europe in 2015 and translated into Romanian and Georgian, and of a number of chapters and articles on Cultural Routes, cultural heritage management, and sustainable development and tourism.
Marjolaine Forrer, Coordinator
Marjolaine Forrer joined the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities as a trainee on 27 May 2024. After a three-month internship, she took up the post of Network Coordinator in September 2024.
In 2012, she obtained her BTSA diploma in Nature Management and Protection, specialising in Nature Animation. After 13 years travelling the length and breadth of France to promote our natural heritage, she is now back studying for a third year of a professional degree in Heritage, Tourism and the Environment, to expand her knowledge of how to show the full range of a place's rich heritage, both human and environmental.
Passionate about history and nature, she specialises in understanding different types of audience (people with disabilities, the elderly, schoolchildren, adults in training, etc.), always keen to adapt the cultural activities she creates and offers as closely as possible.
Marta Caiazzo, Trainee
Marjolaine Forrer joined the Fédération Européenne des Cités Napoléoniennes as an intern on 27 May 2024.
In 2012, she obtained her BTSA diploma in Nature Management and Protection, specialising in Nature Animation. After 13 years travelling the length and breadth of France to promote our natural heritage, she is now back studying for a third year of a professional degree in Heritage, Tourism and the Environment, to expand her knowledge of how to show the full range of a place's rich heritage, both human and environmental.
Passionate about history and nature, she specialises in understanding different types of audience (people with disabilities, the elderly, schoolchildren, adults in training, etc.), always keen to adapt the cultural activities she creates and offers as closely as possible.
