Xena, centro scambi e dinamiche interculturali

National Network
Italy
Address

Via Citolo da Perugia 35
35138 Padova
Italy

Telephone
0039 049 8752322
Fax
0039 049 8763786
E-Mail
evs@xena.it
E-Mail (2)
coord@xena.it
Website
http://www.xena.it
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1995
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
XENA is a non-profit, cultural association set up in 1995. Its staff is done by 7 person and 10 Italians and international volunteers per year,it has about 500 members each year and more than 50 partners all over Europe and in the World. Total budget is around 500.000 every years mainly from European programme grants. Xena work mainly within the frame of European Programmes – such as “Youth in action”, “Leonardo da Vinci”, "gruntvig" and others working in co-operation with other bodies (associations, municipalities, enterprises, schools, trade unions, informal groups, etc.) in Italy and abroad
Mission and Objectives

principal aims: promoting, through its initiatives, intercultural dynamics of learning; preventing and combating racism and prejudices; to offer young people the opportunity to join mobility programmes in the vocational and social-cultural sphere, and in schools to promote comparisons between different cultures and systems; to promote opportunities for meetings between different cultures and for greater knowledge of foreign languages in our local area.

Main Projects / Activities

Xena promotes projects mainly within the frame of European Programmes – such as “Youth in action”, “Leonardo da Vinci”, "Gruntvig" and others, is also local point Eurodesk, and realize activities at international level outside the European grant as for example "solidarity camps" in Latin America and Jordan, and "follow the Wonam - wonam for peace" as Italian partner.
At local level is working to promote intercultural learning and active participation amoung the youngster in the local comunity

Contact (1) Full Name
Emiliano Bon
Head of the organisation
Paola Pertegato
Contact (2) Full Name
Paola Pertegato