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Med Net’U – Mediterranean Network of Universities – Project, funded by the European Commission in the framework of the EUMEDIS Programme for the creation of the Euro Mediterranean Distance University.
The Open Sky Europe Project, funded by the Delegation of the European Commission in Jordan in the framework of the Euromed Regional Communication targeted for Youth Programme for the implementation of a Master in European Studies for students of Euro Mediterranean Area.
Project: "e-Learning innovative applications for the knowledge and economical valorisation of the cultural and territorial patrimony of the Mediterranean Sea” funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research in the framework of the FIRB funding.

Activities:
- Study and research on geographic, political, legal, economic and social topics
- Organization of cultural events, conventions, seminaries, conferences in order to promote the scientific and cultural debate.
- Organization and realization of educational and training actions.
- Creation and management of tourist itineraries and educational paths on territorial development.
- Scientific advise for the elaboration, the coordination and monitoring of local, national and international projects.
- Realization of publications on topics dealing with the main aims of the structure

Community Outreach,Intercultural & Diversity Awareness, Conversation Partner Programs,Orientation Activity,Cultural Exchange Program ,Inter Cultural Festival

2 examples:CHAMPION IN OPPORTUNITIES and VICINI
The municipality of Monfalcone has so far taken action in promoting equal opportunities aimed to:
* make the work-time compatible with the life-time;
* harmonize professional life with family-life;
* share the care-taking work between genders and generations.
In the last few years the encouragement of the quantitative and qualitative presence of women in the labour market has been regarded as a prior issue. The focus has been on the promotion of equal opportunities policies by supporting actions aimed to develop gender culture.
The Northern Europe countries show how it is possible to have a high birth rate (to be considered especially high if compared to the Italian one) as well as a considerable female occupation rate. Such countries set an example of how the career can be compatible with having a family when all the different aspects (personal, social, psycological, organizational, etc.) are considered.
In accordance with such aims, a communication campaign called “Champion in opportunities” has been launched. At the end a prize will be given to the company that in the last few years has best tried to reconcile the work-time and the caring time of the female workers by adopting family friendly policies improving the quality of the professional and personal life of everybody (both men and women).
Consequently the Municipality of Monfalcone has issued an announcement to collect the best local experiences of good practice in order to identify companies that have so far adopted or are adopting personnel policies aimed to protect family without marginalizing women in their job: i.e. new work time solutions that can be alternative to the full time job (chosen part-time, new turnovers, flextime, multiperiodization, etc.) and spatial flexibility (i.e. telecommute, etc.) or any other form that can help women at home and at work.
V.I.C.I.N.I. It’s a project aimed to improve the relationship between no profit associations, education and institutions.How: by developing project patnership capabilitity, local communities exchange, successful communication, team cooperation and negotiability between institutions and associations.
When: the V.i.c.i.n.i. project is able to give solutions in complex situations, when the managment of the undertaking is conflictual and stressing and the economical and human resources are insufficient.

Activities of the office in Rome cover different areas of intervention, such as technical co-operation, labour migration and social integration, migration and development, counter trafficking and assistance to victims, psychosocial training and support, return migration, reinsertion in the countries of origin, family reunification through DNA tests, information services on migrations related issues, and activities to promote the prevention of the spread of HIV/Aids and sexually transmitted infections. IOM works alongside UNHCR, the Italian Red Cross and Save the Children in the Reception Centres in Sicily and Apulia - providing information and legal counselling to irregular migrants who reach Italy by boat - and as of 2010 in Castel Volturno (Campania Region).

Within the frame of the international co-operation, the IRIS collaborated with the UNOPS - UNO - UNDP for the project “Città-Città” in Serbia, it realized , incollaboration with the UNDP , a joint mission in Macedonia near to the Skopje city , finally , it took part in the Gold-Maghreb Program in 2004-2005. Moreover, the IRIS promoted various projects within the frame of the Interreg programs , such as “Adriatic Parks Network”, of the VI Outline programmes SSA, “European Balkan” and of the regional international Co-operation “Dora Distria, Corrispondenze dal carcere”.