Piazza Maggiore, 6
Bologna
إيطاليا
- Environment/Sustainable development
The International Relations Area provides a specialised advisory service for the Mayor and the Councillors mainly regarding the organisation of international bilateral and multilateral relations. Links with organisations and institutions are made and maintained and assistance is offered to directors and other employees embarking on foreign trips. Another of the services offered by this area is events organisation, and also representation of the Municipality at international city networks and association meetings. The Municipality is member of several EU networks of cities, among which: Eurocities, Telecities, Global Cities Dialogue, ASCE (Association of Significant Cemeteries in Europe, Co-ordinator), ICLEI, European Coalition of Cities Against Racism and Xenofobia.
The International Projects Area offers specialised support to all the departments of the Municipality dealing in particular with funding applications as well as the planning and management of European projects and international cooperation projects. It is composed of experienced project and accounting managers. At the moment, the office is coordinating many EU projects in several fields: IST, culture, environment, e-government, sustainable and vocational tourism, urban development, education, immigration, unaccompanied minors, social integration etc. In 2005, the office has been involved into 30 projects, supporting different Departments of the Municipality (Social Services, Environment, Information Systems, Culture, etc.). Among these, four are co-ordinated, at EU level, by the Municipality.
Main Projects and Activities
Activities focus on European projects (social inclusion, citizenship, socio-labour integration of asylum seekers, socio-labour inclusion of unaccompanied minor migrants, sensibilization on the themes of social exclusion)