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Since its foundation CISS has implemented 45 actions of 2 years length or more and over 220 interventions of shorter duration, co-financed by the EU, the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, some UN Agencies and local or regional Italian administrations. Countries where projects are actually running are: Albania, Bolivia, Brazil, Rep. of Congo (Brazzaville), Dem. Rep. of Congo (Kinshasa), Ivory Coast, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, FYROM Macedonia, Mauritania, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia and Venezuela.
Moreover, 10 projects of 2 years length or more and over 150 small actions aiming awareness are implemented till now by CISS.

COSPE operates in Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe in projects that promote economic, environmental and social development. It supports the promotion of farming, craft and service industries through training, technical support and the creation of credit funds, with special regard for women's associations and networks in view of their fundamental importance to local development. It is involved in food security, rural development, afforestation, irrigation and environmental protection projects.
COSPE works In Italy and Europe on educational programmes dealing with antiracism, development, interculturalism and the defence of basic rights. It organises intercultural activities in schools: refresher courses for teachers, study programmes for students and bilingual workshops for foreign pupils. It promotes activities to ensure that citizens from ethnic minorities enjoy equal opportunities in education and employment and access to services and information. It is also involved in protecting the interests of refugees and those seeking political asylum.

Since its foundation, the Italian Coordination of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights has tried to achieve its goals through continuous proposals and projects of peace. Among its principal activities there are: the promotion of permanent education to peace and human rights in schools, the development of international solidarity and of decentralized cooperation against poverty and war in Africa and for the achievement of the MDGs, the promotion of the cities’ diplomacy, the organization of the Perugia-Assisi Peace March and of the Assemblies of Peoples’ UN, the engagement for peace in Middle East and Mediterranean, the construction of a Europe as a tool of peace and justice in the world, the promotion of information and communication of peace.
The Coordination promotes and sustains the Italian Peace Roundtable, that represents a precious permanent centre of dialogue and collaboration among civil society organizations and local institutions engaged in promoting peace.

Humanitarian initiatives carried out in these years of activity can be summarized as: - 19 temporary reception of children orphaned by war and refugees from the Balkans hosted by Sicilian families - 15 humanitarian convoys totaling 120 vehicles filled with basic necessities, medicines, medical equipment, clothing, etc ... volunteers distributed directly by the association in war zones and refugee camps - Dozens of events and cultural exchanges in Sicily and in the former Yugoslavia - Donation of a modern oven with olive mill community of Mostar - Donation of two dairy communities Visegrad and Rudo - Sponsoring the five orphanages in the Bosnia and Herzegovina - Donation of two dental practice

Humanitarian initiatives carried out in these ten years of work can be summarized as:
• 31 Temporary admission of orphans and war refugees from the Balkans hosted Sicilian families (a total of 10,400 children), the cost for each host ranges from 170,000.00 Euro to 205,000.000 • 15 humanitarian convoys totaling 120 trucks full of basic. Dozens of events and cultural exchanges in Sicily and throughout the former Yugoslavia;
• Donation of a modern oven with olive mill to the Community of Mostar, cost 95,000.00 euros
• Donation of two dairies to the Community and the Visegrad Rud, cost 45,000.00 euros for dairy;
• Sponsoring of five orphanages in the Bosnia and Herzegovina, cost 20,000.00 euros for orphanage;
• Donations of two dental practice, cost 13,000.00 euros for the study;
• Opening a center for Children "The Smile" in Visegrad, cost 50,000.00 euros
• Completion and opening of a cheese factory in Visegrad, cost 49,500,00 Euro.
• Course No boot 3 projects funded by the Sicilian Region - Development Cooperation, to be carried out in the cities of Zenica, Ilijas, Srebrenica, a total of € 240,000.00.

Cooss Marche main activities are :
1) Services - In particular COOSS Marche delivers services as:
- Home care and protection;
- Education;
- Management of residential facilities, residential and semi-diurnal;
- Health.
2) Research and Development. Since 1993, was created within Cooss Marche the Research and Training Department that is responsible to design and implement local, national and European initiatives , with the objective to develop and test innovative interventions to address emerging social needs.
The areas of intervention of the Department include:
- Vocational training
- Design and Management of local, national and European initiatives.

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4 COPPEM Commissions, composed of COPPEM members who are assisted by the experts of the Secretariat, carry out the preliminary works for planning activities to be approved by the ordinary Plenary Assembly. Each Commission is assigned with the following areas of competence:
I Commission “Political and Institutional
II Commission “For cooperation between cities and regions”
III Commission “For economic and financial cooperation”
IV Commission “For the culture, technologies, tourism and environment”
.For 2004-2005, the following themes were decided:
-Experiences of participation of Euro-Mediterranean local powers and Regions
-Immigration and emigration, actions and tools of the co-operation among Euro-Mediterranean Towns and Regions
-The Euro-Mediterranean local development
- Culture and tourism: promotion and management of cultural areas.

Workshops, seminars and conferences. Diffusion of informations related to gender.
Production of a film/documentary called "Per la mia strada" (see attachment)