17, Via Liberiana
Rome
Italy
- International/Cultural relations
CGIM aims to underline the important role of migrants as bridges for intercultural dialogue and emphasizes the positive role of individuals with migrant backgrounds in plural societies. Our organization fosters and promotes the development of socio-cultural activities, the exchange and cooperation between Italy and Morocco to promote intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding. The association also aims to do research and make suggestions in order to improve the condition of the young generations. Our projects and activities are promoted through the use of social networks sites (such as facebook and twitter) and our website in order to reach as much people as possible. Cgim is also actively engaged to change the current Italian citizenship law, in order to give children of immigrants, born on Italy soil, access to Italian citizenship. Our organization has received several awards for its engagement in the social domain.
The organization carries out several projects and activities aimed at enhancing integration, mutual understanding of different cultures and pluralism in our society. Our leading project is called “Mum, come to school with me”. It is a double language course, an Italian language course for north African women and an Arabic language course for their children. In this way the women learn the language of their host country in which they are not proficient, while their children , which are born and brought up in Italy, learn the language of their parents without losing their cultural roots. This project has already carried out in some public schools of Italy with the support of the local administrations. Another important initiative, launched by Cgim, is a fund-raising campaign in favour of the people affected by the earthquake that struck Emilia, a region of Italy, last year.
We believe that our contribution could be relevant to the network. We aim to improve cultural relations between different countries and promote the acceptance of pluralism in the society. So we will go on to spread this culture in our country, carrying out social projects and activities, in collaboration with other Italian organizations operating in the social domain.
Cgim agrees with the values promoted by Anna Lindh Foundation (ALF). Social cohesion and mutual respect between different cultures are important values in the building of a real multicultural society. Being part of your network would be for us a great opportunity to interact and work with other relevant organizations; we think that joining know-how and competences would help to achieve the desired outcome.