Italy

The most important educational tool produced by Dignità del Lavoro is a table game called "Cittadini. La sfida quotidiana della legalità", a game aimed to educate to the culture of legalità among youth and adults. This game is now selled in several city in Italy. About the events organization, the most important project is the "MeYouMe - Mediterranean Youth Meeting", created by the cooperative "Delfino Lavoro" in 2008 and now under the responsibility of Dignità del Lavoro.

Cultural project between Pitigliano and Jerusalem, with institutional relations between the Diocese and the State of Israel (Embassy of Israel in Rome), between the Diocese and "La Piccola Gerusalemme" Association of Pitigliano ("The little Jerusalem"). Twinning between the Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Support for the Bethlehem University through a scholarship and joint projects. Official agreement with the Faculty of Architecture of Florence, aimed at the realization of joint research projects and enhancement of cultural heritage (6th-4th centuries BC - 19th century AD) in Italy and Israel / Palestine and other States.

The Department identify and catalogu contemporary artistic and architectural heritage, and establish an “Historical Archive” of the most important Sicilian architects’ works.
to identify contemporary artistic works in Sicily in several fields (painting, sculpture, design, photography, cinematography, visual arts, artistic handicraft, music, dance, theater) in order to promote their integration and development;
to set an annual calendar of exhibitions, conferences, seminars, congresses, awards, scholarships and grants to be realized in cooperation with the main national and international museums and universities;
to organize touristic and cultural routes on Sicilian contemporary art, by linking local museums, galleries, buildings and exhibitions of acknowledged artistic quality, in order to promote them and to increase Sicilian cultural supply;
to promote cultural changes among art schools, internships and seminars through an international cooperation program;
to promote coordination in participation in national and international events like exhibitions, competitions, awards and so on.

Il Dipartimento è impegnato in cinque ambiti
di ricerca che ricoprono settori di ricerca di rilievo strategico:
- ambito delle scienze sociali
- ambito politologico - giuridico
- ambito delle scienze della comunicazione
- ambito linguistico-letterario e di storia dell’arte
- ambito dello spettacolo
I collegamenti con gli Enti pubblici e privati del territorio sono molteplici, con particolare riferimento al tessuto socio-economico, al no-profit, all'area dei servizi, ai processi migratori,
alle relazioni interetniche ed interculturali,
ai rapporti con i Paesi del bacino Mediterraneo.

Le Département se compose de spécialistes de plusieurs disciplines : des philosophes, des sociologues, des économistes et des linguistes. Les philosophes travaillent principalement à la définition de la notion de droit dans le cadre de nouveaux mondes possibles, sur l'éthique et la responsabilité d'entreprise.
La branche sociologique focalise son attention sur l'analyse et la gouvernance du développement local avec une attention toute particulière à l’égard des ressources immaterielles de la communauté.
Les économistes travaillent à des modèles de prévision des marchés. La branche linguistique fédère les autres disciplines à travers une approche sociolinguistique et une série d’actions d’envergure: des colloques internationaux annuels sur les droits linguistiques ; des Festivals sur les littératures minoritaires d’Europe et de la Méditerranée avec réalisation d’une Expositon itinérante sur les mêmes sujets. En partenariat avec l’Association LEM-Italia, création et direction d’un cycle de colloques en ligne (« Colloques virtuels »).

The Department “performs activities of research and consultancy services as part of contracts and agreements stipulated with external public and private bodies”.
These contracts have led to consultancy services related to research pursued by the DIPSA, representing the skills that the Department is able to offer.
The consultancy services are related to architectural design, urban mobility, documentation of architectural heritage as well as lighting and acoustic design.

M.A.I.S.’s projects in the global South aim at:

Contrasting sexual and work exploitation of the children and supporting their education
Contrasting women’s sexual exploitation and supporting their education
Supporting the production and trade of small farmers’ products and claiming the importance of family farming
Developing community organisation and primary services (water, schools, natural medicine)
Supporting small producers and trade in the urban settings
Promoting and supporting the unions’ and labours’ claims in the global South
Supporting distance adoption and promoting school twinning between Italian and foreign countries’ schools

Contrasting sexual and work exploitation of the children and supporting their education
Contrasting women’s sexual exploitation and supporting their education
Supporting the production and trade of small farmers’ products and claiming the importance of family farming
Developing community organisation and primary services (water, schools, natural medicine)
Supporting small producers and trade in the urban settings
Promoting and supporting the unions’ and labours’ claims in the global South
Supporting distance adoption and promoting school twinning between Italian and foreign countries’ schools

Teaching activities for PH degree and for masters and specializations courses in Resoration of cultural heritage. Mare Nostrum: Euromed project; Bilateral projects on cultural heritage; National project on cultural heritage.

Main Projects / Activities:
"Onde Mediterranee" - cultural music festival, held at most throughout the north of the Mediterranean Sea.
"In the Sounds of Places" - international festival of music - concert for International Peace.
"Stra-de" - project of cooperation for the management of waste water at the turn of the border between Serbia and Bosnia;