Actually we are planning a big festival in Milan to promote international and direct cooperation; we are creating a new thing in Italy, a way to share projects and needs, a new social space to talk with people out of internet and immaterial forums. With the incoming gain we won't help association but direct projects.

In collaboration with various local partners, CISP develops projects of humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation, development and applied research in over 30 countries in Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Asia and Europe. In the European Union countries, CISP carries out projects of information, training, education for development and inter-culture, fight against racism and social exclusion as well as the promotion of international solidarity. In collaboration with the University of Pavia, Pavia Supreme School of IUSS and two other NGOs, CISP established the Cooperation and Development School of Pavia, which operates two international Masters in Pavia and resulted in the development of two other international Masters in Cartagena des Indias in Colombia and Bethlehem in Palestine.

o Sanitation, with preference for primary health care (country centers and reference hospitals) and for integrated projects (health, water and waste disposal), privileging mother and child care, training to local staff and sanitary education;
o Agriculture and zoo technology, reforestation; recovery of traditional technologies and introduction of suitable technologies; preservation and development of traditional cultures;
o Vocational training, especially for intermediate technical sector;
o Rehabilitation and habitat, reclamation of service structures, training to maintenance, constructing with adequate materials, recovery to traditional systems;
o Income generating programs, mainly supporting women’s micro-entrepreneurship and craftsmanship; support to traditional saving forms and country banks.

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- Progetto "Agenda 21",
- Progetto "Il Bilancio Sociale ed Ambientale del Comune di Melilli",
- Progetto di Gemellaggio con la Città di Middletown (U.S.A.),
- Progetti inerenti i fondi strutturali dell'U.E.
- Progetto P.O.R. Sicilia 2000/2006 "RICOSIRN".

As member of the network REVES aisbl (Réseau des Villes & Regions de l’Economie Sociale) has developped many projects within partnership with other european towns. The main experiences concerning the management of european fundings have been developped through the following projects:
o Ecos Ouverture 97/99: Project “Women Managing social self help”.
o Pic Equal : Project “F.La.Vi.A.”
o Programmes and actions in the social end employment sector: Exchange for inclusion: 1) Project “EXCI -Exchange for inclusion: a strategy based on rights” e 2) Project “ECSA: Enhancing a Common Strategic Approach”
o MIUR (Ministero Istruzione Università Ricerca) : Project “Cr.I.S. Creazione di impresa sociale (Making a social enterprise)”
o Decentalized cooperation: Project “SMIR: Centro per l’educazione ambientale e lo sviluppo nel Municipio di Tétouan Marocco (Center for the environmental education and the development of the Municipality of Tétouan Marocco)”
o Human resources: Project “Donne per l’Europa (Women for Europe)”

We realized some European Projects especially in educational and employment areas. We’d like to collaborate with other Countries to exchange good practices and gain proficiency especially in youth, arts, town twinning, and many others.

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Les projets les plus significatifs sont : création d’un réseau parmi les arsenaux historique de la méditerranée, la promotion de la recherche en archéologie navale, la création d’un réseau pour l’échange d’expérience et de bonnes pratiques pour la gestion du patrimoine culturel, la promotion de produits multimédia pour diffuser l’information et la connaissance du patrimoine culturel vers les différents publics (grand public, écoles, experts…)

1- Exchange of artists and artistic manufacts on the cultural themes of Meditterranean identity with the other cities of the Sete Sois Sete Luas network which covers Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Greece and, in the future, Israel;
2- Cooperation projects in Serbia, Nicaragua;
3- Development cooperation project in Senegal in the field of agriculture;
4- Partecipation at the Round Table of the Peace of the Region of Tuscany;
5- Activity of the Pontedera Theatre Fundation of which the City Council is part;
6- Activity of the Council of Strangers constituted in Pontedera.