Italy

We work through projects co-financed by public entity and private donors. Our projects aim to promote intercultural, interreligious, and inter-social dialogue and social participation on several levels.

At national level we are dealing with reception and social assistance of asylum seekers and the most vulnerable population groups, in order to promote social-occupational inclusion.

We foresee Inter-cultural Mediation actions between various actors of civil society (educational institutions, public and private entities, etc.) with particular attention to migrants.

Also, we act in Cooperation for development in Ecuador (city of Esmeraldas), Egypt and Albania, supporting actions and local projects aim to promote processes of self-empowerment, working in close cooperation with the various local partners.

Finally, the organization is dedicated to Erasmus Plus project (mobility and exchange of good practice between European organization).

1. Organisation and hosting of the 1-st EuroMediterranean Meeting in Cosenza (13, 14 May 2005), with the participation of Representatives of the Embassies of Morocco, Egypt, Tunisie, Algerie, Libia, Albany, Jordan, Siria and of the Universities of Marrakesh and Tirana and several Representatives of National Institutions, wich debated on:
a. Knowledge system and role of the Universities in the scientific and technological co-operation with the Mediterranean Countries
b. Productive systems and Euromediterranean relations
c. The role of the system of the Local Autonomies in the co-operation.
2. Organisation and hosting of 6 meetings in the areas of twinnings, cooperation, migration, cultural heritage and science.
3. Preparation of 4 project proposals, including the building of 4 international consortia.

Our main and most renowned activity is the multi-disciplinary festival taking place every May in the former railway station Stazione Leopolda. It brings together European activities in a dense programme of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, architecture, video, new media. For this reason, we have obtained in 2006 the support from the European Union as an organisation promoting European culture.
Fabbrica Europa’s other activities are interdisciplinary artistic projects;
The last project co-financed by the European Commission – Culture 2000 has been “The Gesture in the cultural heritage of Europe” (2004/05), aimed at developing the theme of gesture through different cultural and artistic approaches, for a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary vision involving new technologies and multimedia. The project has been coordinated by Fabbrica Europa (project leader) in collaboration with Artefactory 41.14 (Procida), Muzeum Institut for Arts and Publishing (Ljubljana), Oxymoron (Athens), Chapter Arts Centre (Cardiff), Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona), Artimage (Graz).

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The FCSVM promotes new teaching and learning methodologies adapted to the learners’ needs and expectations. The educational environment can be physical - as a place where the educational activities are carried out - and also “virtual” and social - made up by the system of social exchanges learners activate in their specific contexts. In such a perspective education has to be inclusive and cooperative, being inspired by a constructivist idea of knowledge.
Departments and Activities:
Pedagogy and Didactic Innovation- creates research and experimentation activities in the field of education at all levels.
European Cooperation- promotes educational and cultural research and experimentation in European countries involving a wide range of municipalities, schools and stakeholders.
Teacher Training- organises training courses for teachers with new teaching approaches and methodologies.
FCSVM has been coordinating various initiatives (European co-funded projects or local initiatives co-funded by the EU Social Fund) having as main focus the application of the new digital knowledge in the learning and training systems, addressing in particular schools students and teachers from different levels. Some that can be mentioned are:
‘EUCLIDES - Enhancing the Use of Cooperative Learning to Increase Development of Science studies’. It experimented an innovative teaching and training methodology, based on the Constructivism approach and on the Problem-Based Learning (PBL), through the use of ICT instruments. This methodology was thought and developed for the study of scientific subjects and experimented in some European secondary schools, involving in the project: teachers, trainers, students, facilitators and tutors.
‘Bridging INSULA EUROPAE - Enhancing Pupils’ Motivation by Developing European Dimension of Learning and the Use of ICT’. An e-learning platform was developed as a supporting tool to education, and applied by teachers with their students in different EU Countries to help them understand how ICTs could become relevant instruments integrated with usual education paths.
‘EiYoU! Educational Innovation facing Youth Unemployment’: Motivate students to learning and prevent the drop-out. Create connections with the work world and create motivation despite the economical crisis and the risk to drop-out from learning due to the lack of opportunities in the work sectors.
‘LETHE-Learning Through Emotions’: provides teachers and student new tools and instruments to teach and learn emotional intelligence in the curricula

Below, the principal ongoing activities:
• NanoDialogue – Enhancing Dialogue on Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences in Society at the European Level, FP6-NMP project coordinated by Fondazione IDIS.
• CIPAST - Citizens participation in science and society, FP6-S&S
• ECD-European citizens Deliberation on Brain Science, FP6-S&S
• DECIDE-Deliberative Citizens’ Debate in science centres and museums, FP6-S&S
• PENCIL- Permanent European Resource Centre for Informal Learning, FP6-S&S
• Evolution, Tracing the odyssey of life, FP6-S&S
• Bio e-learning, new labs and teachers activities on Life sciences.
• Euro-Mediterranean and Black Sea Observatory, creating a network of International cooperation among institutional, political, cultural and scientific organisations.

-“Barbiana e Mugello, una scuola per l’integrazione” Project.
-Final Meeting of the “Barbiana e Mugello, una scuola per l’integrazione” Project from 24th to 25th of October 2008.
-“Giovani-Giovani” Project.
-Final Meeting of the “Giovani-Giovani” Project on 8th of November 2008.
-“Audiovisual workshops for young and adults: an educational tool” Project. This is an European project that has 3 Italian Associated partners: Mediateca Regionale Toscana, S.G.M. Soft Gang Mugello, Scuola di Cinema “Anna Magnani” - Cinema Terminale; and 4 foreign Associated partners:
-Ubutv. Cultural Audiovisual and New tecnology Association – Barcelona (SPAIN)
-PLEIADA TV-Deveopment Programe Centre for Children and Young People. Non-governmental organisation ("NGO") – Nicosia (CYPRUS)
-SYNDESMOS EKPAIDEUSHS ENHLIKWN. Non-governmental organisation ("NGO") Peania (GREECE)
-KEDAINIAI ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE - Adult education provider. – Kedainiai (LITHUANIA)

A. RESEARCHES
1. The perception of China on the Italian teen agers;
2. the perception of "otherness" among secondary school students in Italy;
3. the role of teachers in promoting intercultural exchanges;
4. long term effects of an intercultural experience abroad
B. SEMINAR AND CONFERENCES
1. Defining and measuring intercultural competence;
2. Italian identity between globalisation and European Union
3. A day of intercultural dialogue (26th September 2008)
C. PILOT PROJECTS
1. COMENIUS Individual Pupil Mobility with EFIL and the European Commission

The Documentation Centre is a library that furnishes advice services for planning training and cultural actions and projects. The Statistic area documents and analyses the characteristics of national and international migrations. The School Training area organizes seminars for teachers, parents and socio-cultural operators; public initiatives, national and international conferences on interculture. The Health section investigates the relation between immigration and health through an interdisciplinary approach. The Legislation department studies the discipline on immigration. The Labour area promotes and publishes inquiries and studies on immigrants' economic integration.
The International Sector is between the promoting partners of the Metropolis International Project (http://international.metropolis.net)

La Fondazione ITS BACT risulta essere l’unico ente nell'Italia Sud Peninsulare, riconosciuto e autorizzato dal MIUR e dalla Regione Campania, ad operare nel settore della formazione tecnica superiore nell’ambito delle Tecnologie Innovative per il Turismo, i Beni e le Attività Culturali.
L'ITS BACT  promuove un programma di azioni di progettualità partecipata per lo sviluppo sostenibile ed integrato del territorio.
L'ITS BACT organizza corsi della durata di 4 semestri per 1800 ore complessive che comprendono Formazione tecnologica, attività on the job,  laboratori, tirocini obbligatori per almeno il 30% del monte orario complessivo con il 50% dei docenti  provenienti dal mondo del lavoro e delle professioni. Al termine di tali corsi viene rilasciato il Diploma di Tecnico Superiore (diploma ministeriale corrispondente al V livello EQF) con l'indicazione dell'area tecnologica e della figura nazionale di riferimento.
Le figure professionali che forma l'ITS BACT acquisiscono molteplici ed elevate competenze: dal turismo tradizionale al turismo digitale, dalla comunicazione e il marketing alle innovazioni tecnologiche applicate al turismo, dalle attività di ricezione turistica alla ristorazione, dall'accoglienza turistica alla gestione e promozione di servizi turistici ed enogastronomici