Hub - Officine Giovanili

Hub is a Youth-led NGO composed by youth activists and young leaders involved in Civil Society at local and international/global level, mainly based in Catania (Sicily). The organization is structured in order to create a link between global goals and local actions for addressing youth-driven positive change. It works through 3 main channels: project managment, advocacy and capacity building activities among the members of the organization.  The organization works through projects, intiatives and campaigns to be implemented alternatively and respectively at various level (local, national, interantional) and in various areas (Active participation, Peace and Education, Culture and Sport), according to the objectives of each project.   Its main areas of activity are: democracy and participation in public life, youth empowerment, peace-building. It is regularly registered at the Italian “Agenzia delle Entrate” as an association, it has its own structure and decision-making body, it is composed by 20 full members and several affiliates. Examples of projects, initiatives and campaigns undertaken:  International Level: Sponsor NGO of several European Tranining Courses which took place in Poland, Spain and Hungary in the framework of European Commission and Council of Europe Funds. Main themes: youth and peacebuilding, Peace Education, Human Rights and cultural dialogue. In 2014, a civic initiative called Catania 2.0 was selected by the Council of Europe as one of the top 25 best practices in Europe about "Youth and Democracy" and presented at the 2014 World Forum for Democracy.  Local and National Level: Hub organizes several local initiatives and campaigns, from conferences to charity actions to support beneficiary entitities. Furthermore, Hub implements local project to foster the active participation of youth in society in several fields (community development, environment, sport, democracy) .  Hub - Officine Giovanili's financial resources derive from: 1) Periodical Self-Financing of Members 2) Project-based Local, National and International Grants (e.g. Erasmus + )  3) Donations and fundraising.  Hub is part of an international network of NGO's called "Youth Peace Ambassadors Network" with which it exchanges practices and realizes join projects. Hub has cooperate also with local institusions such as City Councils and Public Administrations.