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The Fondazione Mediterraneo participated as an associate partner in the launch event of the European territorial cooperation project "MD.NET - MEDITERRANEAN DIET: WHEN BRAND MEET PEOPLE”.
Scope of the project is to consolidate an international network aimed at exploiting the Mediterranean Diet cultural identity to promote local actions of social cohesion and sustainable development. The transnational cooperation in the production chain ofthe MD will mainly serve to create new businesses and stimulate creativity and innovation in traditional crafts and productions, while providing contributions and good practices in maintaining ecological balance.
The partnership will implement sharing economy initiatives by integrating local working groups of young entrepreneurs, public bodies, associations with actors in scientific research and international partnerships.
The meeting provided the opportunity to bring together international partners with associated partners and actors from Campania, presenting the objectives, the state of the art and the work to be done in Cilento for the next four years of the project.
The president Michele Capasso coordinated the "Workshop 1 - The story of the Mediterranean diet".

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Coordinator: Michele Capasso – Fondazione Mediterraneo
Animator: Fabrizio Mangoni – Federico II University – Architect, urbanist, expert in MD.
The Mediterranean Diet is example of "living" cultural heritage and driver of social cohesion.
To appreciate the Mediterranean Diet tale as life style a lot of creative work and research is still required to make the relationship between words and things, between stories of people and products of the earth, between saying and doing, between taste and emotions. The Mediterranean Diet food has methods of processing, preservation and maturing practiced in certain territories in a homogeneous manner, according to traditional rules and protracted over time. We speak about limited yield, entrusted to the tenacity of some operators, direct farmers and entrepreneurs.
The tradition factor confers, among other things, to the productions different useful characteristics:

  • historicity (origins of local communities and their close relationship with environment and territory)
  • familiarity (memory and vocations of one's historical roots)
  • rediscovery (search for quality, taste, details)
  • excellences (peculiar organoleptic characteristics).

The narration of the MD - using all available tools and technologies –can be an indispensable tool for companies to disseminate information on food safety, production techniques, control and guarantee systems, implementation of tourism linked to the emotional paths of food.
It is also desirable to reach a "universal philosophy" of the Mediterranean Diet able to support km "0" agro-products.
An appropriate narration can enhance the role of soil in the circular economy, especially referring to the main products of the Mediterranean Diet and the diffusion of EFH (Environment, Food and Healt) methodologies that aims to promoteaging in health and the fight against obesity.
Members of the Anna Lindh Italia Federation participated.

Esperti: Rossella Galletti – Università Suor Orsola Benincasa; Roula Papadopoulou – Region of Crete; Donatella Tramontano – Università Federico II e Gens ONG; Ferdinando Gandolfi – Region Campania; Marco Dianti, Ombretta Sciandra – Province of Trento; Elena Tsangaridi (Communication Officer of Troodos Dev.Company – Unesco Global Geopark).

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The president Michele Capasso has visited the most evocative places of the Cilento: from Rutino - where Molinari's Totem of Peace is placed- to Palinuro, from Vatolla to Acciaroli, from Licosa to Agropoli.
Particularly touching the visit to Acciaroli and the son of Angelo Vassallo Antonio: to the "mayor-fisherman" the Foundation awarded in 2010 the "MEDITERRANEAN AWARD" which, unfortunately, was assigned to the memory after the barbaric assassination of September 5, 2010.

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The "We citizens for Naples" Association of Angelo Colella and the Fondazione Mediterraneo organized a meeting with Alessandro Barbano and presented his book "Too many rights. Italy betrayed by freedom "(Mondadori Editori).
The works were introduced by President Michele Capasso and moderated by prof. Massimo Lo Cicero.
Among the present the proff. Massimo Pica Ciamarra, Maurizio Iaccarino, Nello Polese; journalists Santa Di Salvo Giorgio Gradogna, Said Margoul; entrepreneurs Fulvio Merlino, Ettore Cucari, Bibi Giurazza; the politicians Luciano Schifone and Massimo Adinolfi.
The author, Alessandro Barbano, underlined the need to re-weave the frayed threads of our consciences with the power of culture and the urgency of balancing the relationship between rights and duties.
Members of the Anna Lindh Italia Federation participated.

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Special day at the Museum of Peace - MAMT on 5th September 2018.
On this day is celebrated Saint Teresa of Calcutta, the anniversary of the birth of judge Antonino Caponnetto (September 5, 1920) and the eighth anniversary of the killing of Angelo Vassallo, the mayor-fisher of Acciaroli.
After the Holy Mass and the visit to the Chapel dedicated to Saint Teresa of Calcutta, 3 emotional videos were projected on the protagonists of this day.
Great appreciation of visitors for the MUSEUM OF EMOTIONS.

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