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GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT
EXTRACT FROM THE STATUTE
The head office of the Association is in Via Guido d'Arezzo, 2 – 00198 ROME
The Association does not have aims of monetary gain and its
objectives are those of social usefulness and solidarity.
Its intention is to promote collaboration between and with the most
representative foundations and associations of Italian
residents abroad and their descendants, for the realization of initiatives
of solidarity and cultural or social-economic interest intended to encourage creativity,
know-how, inventiveness and the typically Italian capacities of intuition and innovation.
This should bring benefits both to Italy, their country of origin
and to the communities of Italian origin operating in
the various countries of their residence.
The single operative, autonomous and coordinated projects, through which
the initiatives will be realized, spring from the free circulation of
ideas between the participants in the virtual network and
they will be developed with the spontaneous coming together
of the single participants on issues of common interest.
The probability of good results deriving from the initiatives
are ensured by the level of internationalization of the network
involved which, since it represents an autonomous area
of trans-national reference, could prove to be an original
and ethical answer to the competitiveness of the processes of globalization
of the markets and the field of information circulation.
The Association has the objective of soliciting the network to individuate
and generate, also on the basis of the interest shown in the projects,
interventions of a mutual and non-profit nature in favour of local
communities, wherever they may be.
The Association operates mainly by means of the instruments
of Information and Communication Technology, in order to utilize
the possibilities offered by virtual networks in terms of rapidity,
facility of use and breadth of contacts, with the activation of on-line
channels of communication (involving circulation of information, contacts, references,
requests, expectations, encounters and debates), the presentation of
initiatives and of their results, as well as the management of plans and projects.
For reaching these objectives the Association undertakes to take
all possible actions, in national and international contexts, aiming towards:
- the safeguarding and development, also by means of
cultural and social promotion, of disadvantaged individuals
present in communities of Italian origin, with particular
attention to abandoned minors and adolescents at risk of neglect;
- to organize inter-connected activities
intended to enrich the cultural life of local communities,
in particular that of young people, emphasising the value of the
various traditions and customs present in our country, also by
means of the realization and the management of specific
courses and workshops;
- to promote and support local schools
that have the objective of encouraging Italian language
and culture in their syllabuses and favouring
the exchange of juvenile experiences;
- to set up, also with the active presence of
women in positions of professional and political responsibility,
a context of social reference aiming to empower the individual and
enhance the role of public ethics and support for
disadvantaged individuals and categories;
- to favour the development of the cultural synergy
that can contribute towards dealing with problematic issues connected
with the family, the equal treatment of women and the
relationship between the family and the new generations,
in accordance with themes such as integration, multi-ethnicity
and the various different religious visions typical of the adaptation
to communities other than those of one's origin;
- to promote and stimulate a constant reciprocal
participation of Italians and people of Italian origin in the
Association's interventions aiming to develop sectors and
fields operating in Italy or the countries of residence;
- to stimulate the involvement of Italians resident
abroad and their descendants in initiatives of appraisal and safeguarding
of the historical and cultural resources and heritage of the country and,
in particular, their particular areas of origin;
- to systematize the collaboration between
our institutional representatives and local communities with the
activation of associative instruments suitable for ensuring the
continuity of cultural and socio-economic relationships with
Italy and the emigrant's specific regional town of origin;
- to promote, also by means of participation
in publicity activities connected with the mass-media, the affirmation and
the diffusion of the statutory aims of the Association;
- to broaden the participation and the level of
agreement regarding the purposes of the Association by means of
activities directed towards developing communications and
establishing relationships, favouring, among other things,
the creation of cultural associations;
- to promote, with the most economically viable
and effective modalities, the presence of the Association in the
communities of Italian origin firmly established abroad;
- to deal with the updating of political and
cultural proposals that might contribute towards developing
discussion on the main founding topics of the Association, as well as
to promote proposals in harmony with a socio-political organisation
allowing for further development and evolution.
In the development of its activities the Association deals with, in particular:
- the writing and publication of studies,
research, books, journals and/or periodicals (not including daily newspapers)
as well as other means and instruments of information and communication,
including audiovisuals and multi-media formats;
- the conception, organization and management of projects,
events, exhibitions, workshops for training, modernization and updating,
conferences, round tables, internships, as well as cultural exchanges,
in the most varied forms possible;
- the direct organization of discussion seminars
relative to issues of cultural interest and of socio-political updating,
with the presence and the participation of personalities from the
fields of culture, research, politics, economics and various important institutions;
- the creation of study grants, scholarships,
competitions, and awards acknowledging achievement in
the areas of culture and social solidarity;
- the distribution and diffusion of the results of
the activities carried out, by means of publications, the internet,
the publication, in various formats, of materials for study and
professional divulgation and also a special periodical of the Association;
- interventions for charity and beneficence.
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