Istituto Venezia is officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education. It is a member of:
- Asils, Association of Schools of Italian as a Second Language.
- Tandem International, International Network of Quality Language Institutes.
For many years, Istituto Venezia has been promoting and supporting the teaching of Italian language:
- it coordinates Venice International University courses of Italian for foreigners (V.I.U. is Università Ca' Foscari, Istituto Universitario di Architettura, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität-Munich, Tel Aviv University, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Waseda University Tokyo and Duke University Durham).
- it runs internships and work placements for the Postgraduate Teaching programme of Italian for Foreigners of Ca' Foscari University, Laboratorio Itals.
- it hosts Italian classes for the international association "Intercultura".
- it organizes study abroad programmes of several American universities.