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31 July 2019

The Institute for Social Enterprises of Rotterdam is an Italian-Dutch foundation which deals with legal and administrative consultancy on social issues.We are currently working in collaboration with two Dutch Municipalities (Rotterdam and Leeuwarden) to develop a new model of organization and management of the services traditionally provided by the municipalities: we are talking about a very wide range of services, from the most basic (care of public green, management of buildings and common areas etc) to the social services, up to the organization of events and so on.The goal of the project is to involve citizens and their communities (neighborhoods) more in the provision of these services, with a view to encouraging participation, a sense of community, civic engagement.Our final idea therefore is to bring the communities of citizens to self-organize, establishing themselves in the form of a "Social Enterprise", directly receiving the funds allocated by the Municipalities and providing part of these services, without the need for intermediaries, so as to raise the quality of the services themselves and adapt them to the real needs of the citizens.This is the core of our project. At the same time, the University of Rotterdam gave its availability to join us.In a second phase, we would like to "export" this model to other European countries or, at least, to create a debate on this issue in other EU countries.Hence, the idea of participating in the "Europe for the citizens" call.At this moment we need urgently to find collaborations, partnerships with European municipalities and/or no profit organizations involved in the social sector, provided that they have a legal personality and based in a EU country.If you are interested, please contact us!Matteo Satomail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.: (0031) 0687847120

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24 July 2019

Leader partner: Municipality of Lodi (LO), Lombardy, ItalyPartner 1: UCAM_Universidad catolica de Murcia- SpainOther partners to look for in other municipalitiesBeneficiaries:N° 800 citizens (total for 4 countries)N°12 political directors of local authorities (total for 4 countries)N° 216 technical managers of local authorities and managers of activities in the Third Sector (total for 4 countries)General objective: The project aims to promote the concept of solidarity as a multiplier of resources: The civic and democratic participation of citizens at the level of the European Union will be encouraged and the debate on the dichotomy between solidarity and responsibility will be stimulated. In line with priority 2“Promoting solidarity in times of crisis”of the measure Network of Municipalities of Axis 2 -Democratic engagement and civic participation of the Europe for Citizens programme; with Article 3 TEU, the TFEU, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, international conventions, the Europe 2020 strategy and the European pillars of social rights.  Specific objective 1: Awareness raising of citizens, including policy-makers, technicians and stakeholders in the Partner sectors, on the relationship between solidarity and responsibility to overcome the national perception of the crisis and recognize the potential of solidarity practices and active participation in EU policies.Specific objective 2: Identification and comparison among citizens of good solidarity practices in crisis situations in the territorial experiences of the four countries.Specific objective 3: Building a cross-national network to identify mechanisms for and develop channels of solidarity.
23 July 2019

BEYOND DUBLIN The political and social phenomenon of sovereignty is the expression of electoral appetites but has found and finds support in the 1990 Dublin agreement. Agreement underestimated in the consequences at the time of the signature by the detractors today of the agreement and object of dispute between governments, all convinced, however, that a review of the agreement should be put on the agenda and in this sense Von Der Leyen, head of the new Commission, expressed herself. The project intends to directly involve 300 citizens per participating Country, in various ways interested in the topic, others 500 indirectly through social media, to study and discuss in interviews/workshops, accompanied by technical facilitators and with the final result sought: the formulation of 10 Recommendations for policy makers and administrators of the new EC, to be delivered in agreed form by representatives of the project partners to the European Parliament. The 10 final Recommendations will be those agreed between the partners in a meeting in Italy, starting from the Recommendations formulated by the different participants/Country.  
18 July 2019

Overall, the project pursues three core objectives: - To detect national perceptions and misconceptions on migration/migrants and how they fuel Euroscepticism - To implement activities that will provide young people with the methodological and critical instruments necessary to tackle disinformation and stereotyped narratives regarding migrants (typical example: “asylum seekers are terrorists in disguise”) - To raise awareness and disseminate information about the critical role of intercultural dialogue in building a dynamic European identity.In order to achieve them, the project will combine different research, knowledge dissemination and training activities. They will include: - The realization of an online opinion poll in order to detect the attitude of a sample of the public opinion of partner countries towards migrations and the role of the EU in managing migration flows. The survey will allow to compare different national perspectives on a common European issue. - A cycle of training activities aimed at youth and representatives of civil society organizations of partner countries. The training activities will be divided into two strands. The first strand will consist of a set of seminars aimed at examining and debating the political and social characteristics of migrations, their root causes, and the role of the EU in addressing them. The expected outcomes of the first strand are: to provide young participants with factual information about migrations and the functioning mechanisms of the EU’s asylum policy; empowering youngsters in searching and analyzing information on issues critical to European democracy by increasing their media literacy. The second strand will entail a working group exercise, which will require the direct engagement of young participants. Firstly, they will be asked to identify the current challenges that the spread of disinformation poses to European democratic resilience. Secondly, they will be asked to draft and implement a campaign to counter fake news concerning migration flows and asylum seekers. Therefore, the core of the educational approach of the second strand will be a peer-to-peer learning method. The expected outcomes of the second strand are: to strengthen young peoples’ resilience against fake news by prompting them to identify and select the most effective tools to counter disinformation on migrants; to develop and disseminate best practices to counter anti-migration, racist, contents. - Recipients of the training course will also participate in focus groups which will be held at the beginning and at the end of the training course. The focus groups will allow to detect if and how exhaustive information and debates between peers affect the opinion on the migration phenomenon and its challenges. The focus groups will also work as an instrument to monitor the progress of the training process itself - In order to implement an adequate monitoring of the project, intermediate seminars will be held periodically. During the seminars, representatives of the partner organizations will offer different perspectives on the topics discussed. Activities, for the most part, will be held in Italy and will be oversee by IRIAD itself.
16 July 2019

THE ART OF INTERCUTURAL DIALOGUE Europe, with the richness of its culture and history, is the ideal cradle for a culture of minorities. The stereotypes, the prejudices, which a self-referential policy imposes in a winning way on the population in many countries of the Union, often criminalize the immigrant, effectively questioning any integration process, forcing everyone to a relationship armed with certainties. The project intends to design practicable counter narration paths, with a series of activities, in search of results capable of bringing about a reduction of the growing unease, often configured as a real fear.The channel is that of ART. The target groups: associations and youth operators engaged in promoting intercultural dialogue and active citizenship of young people and women.The expected result is therefore the strengthening of the associations, through the exchange and definition of good practices.3 campus, one per countryThe purpose: to facilitate dialogue between young people. In conjunction with the campus in Italy, a Festival dedicated to intercultural dialogue will be organized. Typical music, dances from distant countries, films, reading of poems by immigrants will involve young people participating in the initiative and not. The festival will promote the knowledge and richness of cultural diversity as a value to be shared, as well as respect for a common cultural heritage.Finally the good practices collected by the associations, the experiences of the young people involved and the artistic products will find their place in a publication. All the phases and activities of the project will be resumed and everything will become a documentary of the experience realized, a documentary that, obviously, will be realized by the young people themselves in an intercultural way on the theme of intercultural.
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