Italy

Over the last years, FNG has been supporting YFJ in the dialogue and cooperation with the Mediterranean and Arab region focusing on capacity building, volunteering and youth rights. From this work, developed in partnership with the Council of Europe (CoE), the League of Arab States (LAS), the World Bank – MENA Region and ICMYO organisations emerge the Euro-Arab Coordination Meetings of Youth Organisations (EACMYO) and the participation of European youth representatives in the Youth Forums of the League of Arab States and other inter-regional meetings. In 2010 FNG organised the 1st Euro-Arab Youth Conference Mare Nostrum – Youth, Migration and Development, in Ragusa - Sicily, Italy, in cooperation with the Youth Forum, CoE and LAS. In responding to the new political context in the Mediterranean and Arab region, FNG will focus on the recognition and promotion of the role of non formal education as a methodology to develop youth organizations in terms of active participation and key competences development, in order to create innovative and sustainable proposals, implement specific policies for active citizenship and social inclusion, enhance young people competences and employability through activities of capacity building and leadership empowerment in the Mediterranean and Arab region.

Med Youth Forum, a project on labour market to increase the possibilities that graduated university students (mainly from North Africa) meet business companies needs locally or abroad.

Si occupa da anni di campagne di sensibilizzazione antimafia nelle scuole.

Structural interventions for the requalification of an archaeological area funded by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Activities and Heritage

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? Promotion of a joint project encouraging exchanges between students of ‘Viareggiofucina’ training school and other similar European Institutes, in order to create a ‘window of dialogue’ on education, training and skills in maritime sector across Mediterranean Sea.
? Creation of a network of maritime museums across Europe.
? Organization of the IV edition of the International Artiglio Award which aims to promote study, research and other activities relative to the underwater world and recognise the merits of persons, associations, societies which have obtained important tangible and original results in activities of underwater nature at national and international level.
? Organization of events (workshops, conferences, seminar and round-tables) in order to promote the awareness of a common Mediterranean identity linked to the sea.

AVSI one-year statistics:
- 124 expatriates and 995 locally hired staff working in 39 countries in the world;
- 18.400.000 people are the indirect beneficiaries of implemented projects;
- 62 educational facilities either built or refurbished;
- 15.090 helped to start income generating activities;
- 1.015.952 people received health and surgical care;
- 37.623 mothers and pregnant women benefited from the PMTCT program;
- 111 wells recovered, 29 were drilled and 14 motorized;
- 1.642 scholarships granted to students;
- 300 local partners involved in activities

The Italian Section of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture offers Greek language courses at all levels. It is also authorised examination centre, where examinations are organised every year by the Centre for the Greek Language of the Ministry of Education, which awards a state-recognised Certificate of Attainment in Greek. The Italian Section also organises, in co-operation with public and private cultural institutions, the local government, as well as with economic institutions, major cultural and artistic events with the aim of promoting the Greek civilization (e.g. exhibitions, events about Greek music, cinematography and poetry).

In the cultural fιeld, the Hellenic Foundation for Culture (HFC) Italy has developed a significant activity covering the entire greek classical and modern cultural range in different cities of Italy. It organizes events in Italy and Slovenia– exhibitions, concerts, theatrical performances, film screenings, lectures, discussions in collaboration with important Italian cultural institutions.
It takes initiatives to disseminate a greek book, through presenting authors, supporting translations, participating in international book fairs and in European programmes to promote literature and translation.

In the field of education, the HFC Italy organizes modern greek courses at its headquarters at all levels.
The courses are taught by native speakers who have experience in teaching the greek language as a foreign language and second language. The objective of the lessons is the exercise of all language skills (oral and written production and comprehension). Modern teaching methods are applied, whereby learning is seen as a complex process of interaction with the social environment. For this reason teaching is carried out not only with the traditional textbook, but also with the support of audiovisual material, language games, conversations and various activities (learning songs, competitions, musical and theatrical performances, guided tours to exhibitions, etc.). These choices are intended to bring the students closer to the greek lifestyle and culture of the country. The detailed course programme has been developed taking into account the criteria set out by the Greek Language Centre.
The greek courses are taking place in Trieste and in Udine in collaboration with the high school Jacopo Stellini. The HFC organizes greek classes online as well and the partecipants are from all over Italy and Europe.

Moreover the HFC Italy is the official examination center for the Certification of Competence in Greek Language recognized by the Greek Ministry of Education. Each year the Foundation organizes the official exam for the attainment of the Certification of Competence in Greek Language, in collaboration with the Greek Language Centre.