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The studio maintains a three-year study program for actors, preparatory courses in acting studies, and the general public.. As part of the training to become professional actors, the acting students are committed to lead 16 drama groups with in the community such as: youth at-risk, immigrant's children in distress, children with special needs and emotional problems, blinds and partly blinds, elderly and many more. Furthermore, we have subscription project for the residents of our neighborhood, who can attend the shows which are produced in our theatre hall. For most of the people in the community it is the first time in their lives to see theatre.

• Amichai is attentive to families – the organization was established by families, and they greatly influence what is being done and on the services being provided.
• Amichai sets a high standard of services – the organization works continuously to enhance the services it provides in the physical aspect, in the quality of the staff and in its treatment quality.
• Amichai works for the promotion of integration of individuals with developmental disabilities within the community – the organization holds workshops and lectures for children, adolescents and adults with the aim of raising awareness to the subject. Moreover, the organization runs many group classes that integrate, in practice, the organization’s service recipients with public school children and adolescents.

Ricerca e Sviluppo Finalità Favorire la competitività, la ricerca e lo sviluppo sostenibile dei sistemi produttivi. Modernizzare l'economia per garantire la sopravvivenza del nostro modello sociale e raggiungere obiettivi di crescita e occupazione. In particolare le azioni dell'European Research Institute in questo ambito si concentreranno: • sugli scambi di Know How per favorire lo sviluppo della conoscenza e dell'innovazione dei sistemi produttivi; • sulla crescita sostenibile dei sistemi produttivi, secondo la strategia di Göteborg e la direttiva Europa 20 20 20; • nell'individuazione di possibili sinergie tra i territori per favorire, innovare e valorizzare le eccellenze locali; • nell'aumento della sostenibilità dei sistemi turistici attraverso progetti comuni per la diversificazione e l'organizzazione trasversale dell'offerta. Protezione e Gestione del Territorio Finalità La gestione dei rischi concorre al raggiungimento degli obiettivi della strategia di Copenhagen, relativi alla lotta ai cambiamenti climatici e alla gestione delle risorse naturali in maniera responsabile. In un contesto di mutata sensibilità nei confronti del patrimonio naturale e del paesaggio, i punti che compongono la nostra mission sono: • proseguire nel recupero e nella gestione della biodiversità, del patrimonio naturale, degli spazi naturali, urbani, periurbani e rurali seguendo un percorso graduale che va dall'approfondimento delle conoscenze già acquisite, alla messa in rete, alla programmazione e alla realizzazione di azioni innovative • coordinare e migliorare l'efficacia dei dispositivi di prevenzione dei rischi naturali e tecnologici e degli interventi di emergenza, approfondendo e divulgando le conoscenze, rafforzando l'informazione alle popolazioni e consolidando i rapporti tra le strutture operative; • rivitalizzazione economica e alla gestione del territorio con realizzazione di filiere forestali multifunzionali in un'ottica di sviluppo di sistemi economici e sociali sostenibili. Qualità della vita Finalità Il benessere sociale e individuale dei cittadini che vivono e lavorano nelle comunità. Lavoriamo per attuare le Strategie per lo sviluppo sostenibile dell'Unione Europea che prevedono di raggiungere “coesione e equità sociale attraverso la promozione di una società democratica, sana, giusta, coesa; nel rispetto dei diritti fondamentali e della diversità culturale, che crea pari opportunità e combatte la discriminazione in ogni sua forma, nel rispetto della tutela dell'ambiente”. Nel concreto puntiamo a: • migliorare l'offerta e l'accesso ai servizi socio-sanitari, con particolare riguardo alle fasce della popolazione più deboli (donne, anziani, disabili, residenti in aree marginali); • proporre soluzioni che rispondano alle esigenze di mobilità sostenibile in un'ottica di area vasta, con attenzione alla programmazione, alla logistica, alle ricadute sociali, economiche, turistiche e ambientali; • incrementare e diversificare l'offerta culturale per rafforzare l'identità comune, anche attraverso l'informazione e la comunicazione; • favorire l'integrazione tra cittadini attraverso la mobilità e gli scambi in ambito educativo, sportivo, formativo e lavorativo.

"Women and families neo-EU migration: health, maternity and culture" The project, co-funded by the Province of Rome in accordance with Law 328/00 in 2010, aims to improve the living conditions of women and families and neo-Community immigrants through education, prevention, training, dissemination and 'activation of social and health development interventions. Cognitive Enhancement - Using methods Instrumental Enrichment Program (Feuerstein) One of the sections of which has recently been enriched CReA is a working group that uses the methods of the Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment Program The Instrumental Enrichment Program (PAS) is a program of cognitive education. The PAS systematically strengthens the cognitive functions that enable learners to: 1. define problems; 2. make connections 3. catch relationships 4. self-motivation

• Promotion and implementation of projects aimed at promoting the rights of disabled people
• Activities aimed at the social integration of disabled people: organization of trips and periodical recreational events
• Planning and implementation of European project involving disabled people, aimed to realize social inclusion and to promote the European active citizenship
• Promotion and claim of social institutions’ commitment to help weak and disadvantaged people
• Positive actions in the field of local social and cultural promotion.
• Realization of events, raising awareness campaigns, videoclips in favour of disabled people’s integration
• Constant complain about the injustices towards disabled people. This activity is documented through photos, movies and newspaper articles

- The "Fabbrica del Canto" International Choral Festival, that in 2013 will celebrate its XXIII edition. This is a concert circuit involving a catchment area of about 2.500.000 citizens in 30 Townships and about 50 performances of invited choirs for a duration of about 10 days in June.
- School of Music, involving about 200 students from 3 to 60 years old for 8 months every year.
- Organ Concert Circuit, involving 10 Townships (in 2012 at its VII edition).
- Organization for other Townships/Organizations of spot concerts.

COM NUOVI TEMPI through Confronti magazine developed during the years project such as “Semi di Pace” (Seeds of Peace) and “Fiori di Pace” (Flowers of Peace”) for dialogue in Middle East, involving youth and adults from Israel and Palestinian territories in order to give to Italian public the opportunity to know the situation in Middle East from the voice of people that struggles for reconciliation and a just peace. Confronti organize many cultural events, seminars and congresses in order to offer a space for reflection, testimony and debate, an alternative to the typically offered by mainstream media about interfaith and intercultural issues. One of this congress was “Islam in Italy between fundamentalism and Islamophobia” on October 2011, in cooperation with the Italian press national federation (FNSI). Furthermore, during the last years, Confronti organized several itinerant seminars in Israel and Palestinian territories, Russia, Ethiopia, Iran, Bosnia Herzegovina, India, Lebanon, etc.

Working divisions of CIES are: International Cooperation, Intercultural Mediation, Education and training, Communication and Events.
In particular, abroad, CIES supports projects and initiatives in the following activities: promoting children rights, education, alphabetization, job training, micro-finance, communication and health care.
In Italy, CIES encourages initiatives focused on the intercultural and global citizenship education and directed to develop positive integration of immigrants, such as linguistic-cultural mediation activities, workshops, seminars, training courses especially for teachers and young people, interactive exhibitions and multimedia productions.
Within the youth-center called "MaTeMù" everyday adolescents and young people, both autochthonous and of foreign origin, can express their creativity, participating in theater and music free activities; they can also receive scholastic support, improve the knowledge of the Italian language and find qualified educators, counselors and artistic operators that pay attention to their needs and problems. Moreover, CIES administers an Intercultural Documentation Center provides documentary resources to the intercultural activities.

CEA works in the field of gender mainstreaming, monitoring of policies on gender based violence, women’s leadership, access to gender justice, tolerance building and quality of equality policies. • The center permanently conducts training seminars on gender equality policies, women’s leadership and empowerment for Lithuanian and international target groups. Recently CEA experts conducted training seminar for women leaders from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Ukraine in order to empower them in promoting gender equality policy objectives and strategies. Workshop for Kyrgyzstan local community leaders introduced the international good practices and lessons learned in the field of combating violence against women. Currently CEA experts have conducted cycle of seminars for Lithuanian public policy actors which provided enhanced knowledge on gender mainstreaming and transformative understanding of gender equality policies. • CEA has rich experience in organizing study tours for diverse international groups. Since 2006 CEA organized study tours for delegations from Ukraine, Uzbekistan and countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Among the participants of these delegations there were politicians and MPs from Ukraine, municipal administration, UNDP employees, civil servants from Ukraine, government representatives from Uzbekistan, NGO leaders, journalists and government members from Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Georgia etc. • Currently CEA is enrolled in the project to build the in-depth understanding and practical application of competences in implementation of reconciliation of family and work life. By conducting the seminars and trainings for employers and municipal administration the aim is to develop family friendly culture in working environment and the model of services and consultations needed for the families to reconcile family obligations and employment needs. • In the field of violence against women CEA implements the project to build self-confidence and empower victims of domestic violence through the collective activities to overcome traumatic experience. • CEA contributed to the Study on the case studies of Resisting and Challenging the Fundamentalisms under AWID initiative. The case study on Lithuania demonstrates concrete strategies and advocacy efforts to resist and challenge Catholic religious fundamentalism. It produces new and strategic knowledge on growing Catholic religious fundamentalism in public and political life in Lithuania and its deteriorating impact on women’s rights. The study presents strategies employed by women’s rights activists to resist and challenge them in order to contribute to supporting and strengthening responses to religious fundamentalism by women’s rights activists and advocates • CEA organizes public campaigns, petitions and other advocacy work to promote women’s rights, non-discrimination and democratic values. • CEA staff was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide expert’s knowledge on gender equality in preparation and during chairmanship at ESBO in 2011 and continues their cooperation in 2012.