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As member of the network REVES aisbl (Réseau des Villes & Regions de l’Economie Sociale) has developped many projects within partnership with other european towns. The main experiences concerning the management of european fundings have been developped through the following projects:
o Ecos Ouverture 97/99: Project “Women Managing social self help”.
o Pic Equal : Project “F.La.Vi.A.”
o Programmes and actions in the social end employment sector: Exchange for inclusion: 1) Project “EXCI -Exchange for inclusion: a strategy based on rights” e 2) Project “ECSA: Enhancing a Common Strategic Approach”
o MIUR (Ministero Istruzione Università Ricerca) : Project “Cr.I.S. Creazione di impresa sociale (Making a social enterprise)”
o Decentalized cooperation: Project “SMIR: Centro per l’educazione ambientale e lo sviluppo nel Municipio di Tétouan Marocco (Center for the environmental education and the development of the Municipality of Tétouan Marocco)”
o Human resources: Project “Donne per l’Europa (Women for Europe)”

We realized some European Projects especially in educational and employment areas. We’d like to collaborate with other Countries to exchange good practices and gain proficiency especially in youth, arts, town twinning, and many others.

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The applicant organization is a Municipality: it is responsible for administration of the population and the territory, for cultural and social services and for economic growth.

Les projets les plus significatifs sont : création d’un réseau parmi les arsenaux historique de la méditerranée, la promotion de la recherche en archéologie navale, la création d’un réseau pour l’échange d’expérience et de bonnes pratiques pour la gestion du patrimoine culturel, la promotion de produits multimédia pour diffuser l’information et la connaissance du patrimoine culturel vers les différents publics (grand public, écoles, experts…)

The Municipality of Polpenazze is very experienced in youth work as far as environmental and nutrition activities are concerned as we are are carrying out a KA1 project about the importance of healthy nutrition and diet, Better Food for Better Life.  Therefore AgriLab is the the follow up of Better Food for Better Life, to widen the path and create a bigger community for a larger dissemination and involvement of stakeholders on different levels. The Municipality is also very much involved in the issue of sustainable agriculture. Every year, during the last weekend of July, Polpenazze celebrates the BIOFESTA, an event to celebrate and disseminate bio-agricolture and and bio-food as well as sustainable agriculture.  Also, every year in mid-August Polpenazze celebrates youth with the youth day.
Further on, Polpenazze has been engaged for a long time in actions to promote the protection of women against violence, by raising awareness of citizens, in particularly young people.
On the occasion of November 25th, International Day for the fight of Violence Against Women, every year the city administration of Polpenazze promotes and disseminates initiatives of reflection directed to combat gender violence, in collaboration with the local women's associations and the Province of Brescia.
Last year, in the occasion of the International Day against Violence against women, the municipality of Polpenazze del Garda in collaboration with the Union of Municipalities of Valtennesi and the Office of the Provincial Councilor for Equality invited citizens and schools to the showing of the video documentary "Talk to him," the Director Elizabeth France, which was held on November 25th, 2014 at 20.30 at the Multipurpose Hall (c / or schools).
The initiative received excellent feedback which saw the participation of schools and citizens during those moments of reflection.
The town of Polpenazze joined the National Campaign "Busy place" launched at regional level by the Councilor for Equality and during the evening, a chair was symbolically reserved the image of "Busy place" in memory of the women victims of gender violence.
In the management of this area of intervention the municipality of Polpenazze works through the synergy and integration of most professions, most operators and employees; this integrates with performance and education, health and psychological, as well as activities of the areas for training policies and work. The service works with various public and private institutions and organizations of the third sector in the context of subsidiarity. This network of expertise will be made available for the project AgriLab in order to ensure the best possible results.  The municipality of Polpenazze is also involved as affiliated partner  (no budget) in two previous projects 4WOMEN and 4WOMEN2 which developed a trans-national network for the fight of VAW more on a policy level, business training for women victims of violence to help them re-integrate in the society and training for social workers specifically working with women victims of violence.
To promote greater opportunities for young people in the area (both the young residents in the municipality of Polpenazze and young people throughout the Valtennesi) the City of Polpenazze joined in January 2015 the National Eurodesk network, hosting an internal service of Antenna Territorial Eurodesks (ATE).

1- Exchange of artists and artistic manufacts on the cultural themes of Meditterranean identity with the other cities of the Sete Sois Sete Luas network which covers Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Greece and, in the future, Israel;
2- Cooperation projects in Serbia, Nicaragua;
3- Development cooperation project in Senegal in the field of agriculture;
4- Partecipation at the Round Table of the Peace of the Region of Tuscany;
5- Activity of the Pontedera Theatre Fundation of which the City Council is part;
6- Activity of the Council of Strangers constituted in Pontedera.

Main fields of action of the Dept.: day care, disability, microcredit, migrants,intercultural dialogue, gender-based violence, child custody, educational services to 0-19 aged people, environment.

Intercultural education and services, social support to families and individuals with economic and psychological difficulties, psychological support to victims of gender-based violence, social housing, support to disabled people.

* educational work with children (Schools of Peace)
* solidarity with the old people
* friendship for people with disabilities (handicap)
* centres and language schools for immigrants
* social and cultural activities for the Gypsies (services of care to minors, health care and legal assistance)
* care for the homeless (soup-kitchens, “roaming dinner", distribution of clothes)
* humanize the conditions of the detention places in thew world (regular contacts with inmates, psychological support, legal and administrative counsel and rehabilitation programs)
* facilitating dialogue, peace and reconciliation
* solidarity and humanitarian aid to the civilian populations who suffer most from war.
* ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. Since 1987 Sant'Egidio has been committed both at the grass-roots and the international level to arrange annual meetings, conferences and prayer gatherings, in the "Spirit of Assisi".