In Italy
CISS means international cooperation activities, community development, awareness campaigns, training, and much more.
Development Education The Development Education includes all sensitization and training projects carried out in Italy on the issues of development cooperation. The objective of the DE projects (Development Education) is to inform the Italian public opinion about the reality of developing countries, breaking stereotypes and clichés >>> |
Activities with schools Awareness to issues of development cooperation is very important, since the school term. Since its founding, CISS has recognized a special importance to all the training and educational activities that might lead to the creation of a new consciousness of solidarity. For about twenty years we are present in schools and universities, with interventions for >>> |
Migrants We fight to defend the rights of migrants and for the construction of a multi-ethnic society integrated and respectful of differences. Migration flows are not "simple" movements of individuals or groups, but the consequence of unequal economic development, the gap between areas of health and areas of poverty, wars. >>> |
Responsible Tourism The CISS is engaged in the promotion of a tourism fair in the distribution of profits, respectful of local communities and with low environmental impact. According to the definition adopted by AITR (Italian Association for Responsible Tourism): Responsible tourism is tourism carried out according to principles of social and economic justice and in full respect for the environment and cultures. Responsible tourism >>> |
Youth program The objective is to create a consciousness of solidarity. For the period 2007-2013 CISS promotes the program "Youth in Action. " The CISS, as non-governmental organization, recognizes a special importance to all educational and training activities that can contribute to the creation of a new consciousness of solidarity and can develop in young people skills in the context of non-formal education. >>> |
Documentation center The large collection of books, magazines, articles, videos and exhibitions of the Documentation Centre (CEDOC) constitutes a unique heritage. In 25 years of activity, the CISS has collected about 3,000 texts, divisible into the following categories: >>> |
