ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP: HOW THINGS WORK IN YOUR COUNTRY

Napoli | 04 December 2012
Parent Category: Attività (EN) - Category: Youths

The culture exchange programme "Active Citizenship: how things work in your country" continued thanks to the involvement of organizers and participants. Foreign delegations and youths representing different European and Mediterranean countries were able to come closer together to get to know how young Italians live, focusing in particular on the relationship between youths and institutions.

From  its Headquarters in Via Depretis, 130  Naples, for twenty years now the Fondazione Mediterraneo has been holding meetings in which  young people can discuss the need for change and  robust social commitment from young people especially in a period in which the crisis of values and customs continues to evolve at an alarming pace.

The following participants spoke at the event:
Michele Capasso – President of the Fondazione Mediterraneo
Luca Palescandolo – President of  Agenzia per la Promozione dei Giovani
Pia Molinari – Director of the “Youth” sector at the Fondazione Mediterraneo
Wassyla Tamzali – writer, lawyer and member of the Fondazione Mediterraneo, and an expert on youth issues and the “Arab Spring”.
Enrico Elefante – Representative from the Campania Regional Forum

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6TH WORLD URBAN FORUM – WORLD URBAN YOUTH ASSEMBLY

Napoli | 02 September 2012
Parent Category: Attività (EN) - Category: Youths

The 6th World Urban Forum organised in Naples by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) also aimed at promoting the role of youths as actors in the development of cities. To this end, on 2 September 2012, the World Urban Youth Assembly dedicated a day to the theme of promoting gender equality. During the session, President Michele Capasso reported on  “Youth Employment, Entrepreneurship and Social responsibility: The development of initiatives for Urban Youth”; at the end were awarded of the titles of "Standard Bearers of the United States of the World" to a delegation of young people from 147 countries.

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THE BOOK “NOSTRO MARE NOSTRO” FOR YOUNG VOLUNTEERS

Pescasseroli | 14 August 2012
Parent Category: Attività (EN) - Category: Youths

At a meeting involving youth volunteers from different movements, President  Capasso made a gift of his book “Nostro Mare Nostro” to the young people.

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TOWARDS THE WORLD URBAN FORUM: YOUNG PEOPLE MEET

Napoli | 17 July 2012
Parent Category: Attività (EN) - Category: Youths

The Fondazione Mediterraneo participates and collaborates in the World Urban Forum and, especially, in the day dedicated to young people and women. In this context, a meeting was held at the Faculty of Political Science in Naples during which President Capasso illustrated the centennial activities dedicated to young people and future prospects, hoping for the involvement of the Universities to assign young people a leading role in processes of history.

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