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The Italian Co-ordination of Local Authorities for Peace and Human Rights is an association, which unites around 700 Municipalities, Provinces and Regions working in promoting peace, human rights, solidarity and international cooperation.
Its aims are:
1. to promote a permanent work of Local Authorities and of Regions for peace, solidarity and international cooperation;
2. to promote the national co-ordination, the development of common initiatives, the exchange of information and experiences among its members;
3. to assure a connection with the main European and international associations of Local Authorities, and to favour the participation of Italian Local Authorities in international conferences;
4. to favour the collaboration between Local Authorities, Regions and civil society’s associations that are working on the promotion of peace, development and human rights;
5. to promote among the people -and in particular among youth - the development of culture and attitudes of peace and solidarity.
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.