Lunaria

National Network
Italie
Address

Via Buonarroti 39
00185 Roma
Italie

Telephone
+39-06-88 41 880 - Lunaria office
Telephone (other)
+39-06-44 36 11 90 – Lunaria office
Fax
+39-06-88 41 859 – Lunaria office
E-Mail
andreis@lunaria.org
E-Mail (2)
lunaria@lunaria.org
E-Mail (3)
naletto@lunaria.org
E-Mail (4)
mariuzzo@lunaria.org
Mobile Phone
+39-335-82 88 637 – Sergio ANDREIS
Website
http://www.lunaria.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1992
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Environment/Sustainable development
  3. Gender
  4. Human rights
  5. International/Cultural relations
  6. Media
  7. Others
  8. Research
  9. Youth and education
General Information
1. Rome office: 13 staff plus 3 trainees and 5 national civil service volunteers - Venice office: 7 plus 1 trainee. Around 500 voluntary members. 2. An average of 600 to 700 thousand euro. 3. Membership and activity participation fees – contributions from Italian local and national authorities, EU grants. 4. Short and long-term volunteering – group youth exchanges – seminars and training – research and publications on third sector, active citizenship, social movements 5. Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations: http://www.alliance.volunt.net - Association of Voluntary Service Organisations: http://www.avso.org/ - Sbilanciamoci! NGOs: www.sbilanciamoci.org 6. please see below.
Mission and Objectives

Lunaria is a non-profit, non-confessional and independent association. It carries out research, training, and communication activities on fair economy and third sector, migrations and globalization. It promotes international volunteering and youth policies initiatives. Through its activities it experiments new forms of active participation and social transformation inspired by the principles of justice and social solidarity, democratic participation to community life, respect of civil, social and human rights.

Main Projects / Activities

1. Over 400 young Italians a year to international voluntary work camps and 400 foreign volunteers to work-camps in Italy; mid and long-term volunteers with Euromed and EU partners.
2. Senior and inter-generational volunteering pilot projects.
3. Co-ordination of the Venice Informagiovani (Youth Information Centres) network and management of the Mestre Informagiovani for youth information as tool for the promotion of participation and active citizenship.
4. Research, information and documentation on the themes of social economy, ethical finance, and third sector. Consulting service for NGOs, training courses for young graduates, professionals, social and community workers on the third sector and forms of alternative economics.
5. The Sbilanciamoci! campaign: in co-operation with over 40 major Italian NGOs and universities, conferences, seminars and yearly reports on peace/war, international relations, third sector, welfare, environment and labor, with alternatives to publi

Contact (1) Full Name
(Mr) Sergio ANDREIS – International relations
Head of the organisation
Grazia Naletto - President
Contact (2) Full Name
Marcello Mariuzzo - Governing Board