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COSPE
(Co-operation for the Development of Emerging Countries)
WHAT IS COSPE?
COSPE stands for "Co-operation for the Development of Emerging Countries".
COSPE is a non-profit organisation and is a registered NGO.
COSPE was formally established in 1983.Since then the main funding Agencies of the projects have been the European Union and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
COSPE provides financial support for projects with funds raised from non-institutional donors and local councils.
Other donors for specific activities are: UNHCR, UNICEF, FAO.The main activities of COSPE are:
· Project feasibility and evaluation, project logistics and management,
· Skills, vocational and management training,
· Rural development, agricultural support,
· Environmental education and protection,
· Development of appropriate technologies,
· Development of small-scale enterprises and income-generating activities, · Credit and saving programmes,
· Gender issues.COSPE staff (agricultural experts, economists, sociologists, experts in training, craftsmen) monitors the development of projects, collaborates with partners in Developing Countries, devises new programmes and promotes their financial support.
COSPE head office in Florence (Italy) manages and co-ordinates all the activities, recruits personnel and provides funds for the purchase and shipment of materials to all projects. In specific sectors COSPE relies on volunteers to support their work.
Every year the General Assembly elects a Steering Committee, with a President and a General Secretary, that is responsible for administration and all the institutional aspects.
INFORMATION ABOUT COSPE
Name: COSPE - Cooperazione per lo sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti (Co-operation for the Development of Emerging Countries)
Head Office: Via Slataper, 10
50134 FIRENZE (ITALY)
Ph: (0039-055) 473556
Fax: (0039-055) 472806
E-mail: mc8008@ mclink.itLocal Office: Viale Vicini, 16
40122 BOLOGNA (ITALY)
Ph: (0039-051) 64.91.636
Fax: (0039-051) 64.91.122
E-mail: cospe@posta.alinet.itStaff:
Overseas Volunteers:
· from 1984 to 1998: 51
· at present (1999): 1
Overseas Experts:
· from 1985 to 1998: 56 · at present (1999): 16Staff members and consultants in Italy:
· 6 full time and 8 part-time co-ordinators of activities and projects in Italy (information and development education, support to immigrants )
· 7 full-time co-ordinators and 5 part-time programme officers on projects overseas
· 4 administrative and management personnel.Name and position of the main responsible:
President: Severino Saccardi
General Secretary: Giancarlo Malavolti
Secretary: Udo Enwereuzor
Steering Committee members: Fabio Laurenzi, Anna Meli, Maria Omodeo, Pietro Pinto, Marina Pirazzi, Mauro Sbordoni.Number of members: n. 123 (January 1999)
Date of constitution and registration decree:
COSPE was founded as an Association on April 19th, 1983. It is a non-profit, private organisation, recognised by the Italian Government (Law n. 38/79, Decree n.128/2416) as a Development NGO in July 1984.COSPE IS RUNNING \ HAS RUN PROJECTS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES \ REGIONS:
AFRICA:
· ANGOLA
· CAPE VERDE
· ERITHREA
· LESOTHO
· MALAWI
· NAMIBIA
· NIGER
· SENEGAL
· SOMALIA
· SOUTH AFRICA
· TANZANIA
· ZAMBIAASIA:
· INDIA
· CHINA
· THE PHILIPPINESCENTRAL and LATIN AMERICA:
· ARGENTINA
· BELIZE
· BRAZIL
· CHILE
· CUBA
· ECUADOR
· EL SALVADOR
· GUATEMALA
· HONDURAS
· NICARAGUA
· URUGUAYMEDITERRANEAN and MIDDLE EAST:
· ALBANIA
· ALGERIA
· BOSNIA ERZEGOVINA
· BULGARIA
· EGYPT
· KOSOVO
· LEBANON
· MACEDONIA
· MOROCCO
· PALESTINE
· ROMANIA
· SAHARAWI REPUBLIC
· TUNISIA
ACTIVITIES OF COSPE IN
ITALY
Initially, COSPE's activities in Italy were mainly related to
development projects carried out in the South of the world and consisted
of providing education on development issues in schools and organising
antiracist programmes. At the same time COSPE produced a series of
videos on development education and published a calendar annually,
illustrated with photos from the South of the world. However, by the end
of the 80's the ever-growing number of immigrants highlighted the
importance of awareness campaigns on racism and the rights of immigrant
citizens. The most important response to this in Italy was the training
of cultural and linguistic mediators.
COSPE is now working with and
for the immigrant communities on: vocational training, income
generation, anti-racist training and to support a policy of equal
opportunities for immigrants in Italy.
COSPE carries out awareness
fund-raising and educational activities addressed to the Italian public,
to foster a culture based on the values of participation, co-operation
and solidarity.
In the last years COSPE has promoted many
inter-cultural activities such as linguistic workshops for children of
immigrants, refresher courses for social and health workers dealing with
immigrants and anti-racism training. COSPE, in collaboration with other
Italian and internationals NGOs, promotes campaigns on global issues,
such as the foreign debt of the South of the world, the use of
pesticides in developing countries that have been banned in Europe and
the continued use of landmines.
COSPE collaborates with several
associations and solidarity groups in Italy in organising activities
which support projects in Developing Countries. COSPE co-ordinates its
activities with Italian local authorities such as Regional and Town
Councils, in order to increase support to development projects. The
twinning between Italian local administrations and municipalities in the
South is becoming an important occasion to establish the bases for
decentralised co-operation.
ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS
Due
to the increasing number of families immigrating to Italy and the
growing number of foreign children in Italian schools, COSPE, financed
by the EEC, launched a three year project working in schools and public
health centres. The project dealt with two fundamental aspects: the
organisation of bilingual workshops for foreign students, especially
Chinese and Arabs, aiming to maintain the mother tongue whilst teaching
Italian, and the development of a programme to encourage an
inter-cultural approach in the classroom, based on the ethnic
composition and age groups present. To date COSPE has worked with 550
foreign students and many classes and has provided training for 180
teachers in the adoption of a multicultural approach in schools.
In
1996 the MEET (Multicultural European Educational Transfer) project
began as a part of the international project Socrates, and is funded by
the EU and Region Toscana. This project, in collaboration with several
European partners (Holland, France, Belgium and Britain), aims at the
production of multi-medial didactic material, with a multicultural
approach through language. COSPE is at present participating in local
programmes dealing with:
· Education towards development
·
Antiracism
· Bilingual workshops
· Intercultural
workshops
LOCAL ACTIVITIES
Very soon it became
evident that it was necessary to work not only with schools, pupils and
teachers, but with the families themselves of the immigrant students and
the whole structure of society. On the 1st of June 1996 the "From Square
to Square" project began, consisting of a mobile information service for
the Chinese community, funded by the province of Florence. The great
success of this initiative led to another project jointly funded by
Regione Toscana and the EU, which aimed to create a telephone
information service (Telefonomondo). In one year, Telefonomondo provided
more than a thousand consultations both with immigrants and the local
social services.
In 1998, Telefonomondo became Parlamondo to
stress that it was a service both for information and telephone
interpreting. Within the European project Horizon, the province of
Florence funded a training programme for immigrants towards
self-representation and information, in order to realise self-managed
information services.
Related to this "Mondo Babele", a series of
radio programmes transmitted by 8 regional radio stations, was funded by
Regione Toscana. The programmes were broadcast in several languages,
attempting to increase public awareness of initiatives working for
developing countries, and promoting a policy for the equal rights of
immigrant citizens. The objective was to create the conditions whereby
it was possible to encounter different cultures for mutual progress and
growth.
The project "I cieli" (The Skies), funded by the Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, consists of the publication of monthly
bilingual magazines and literature by foreign writers. These allow the
spread of different cultures and enable immigrants to keep up to date
with the cultural productions of their home countries.
EDUCATION ON DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
In
1997 the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-funded an important
campaign on development education. This focused on food products and
their consumption and was directed to a wide public on a national level.
COSPE, with its growing commitment, crosses over project boundaries in
its work in education, antiracism campaigns and intercultural training.
COSPE's commitment to the promotion of human rights can be seen in its
campaign against the use of landmines and its support for democracy in
Albania. COSPE has produced a series of videos called "Intermedia" which
have proved to be a useful tool for education workers. It has also
produced documents on the relationship between the north and the south
of the world, and the use of pesticides. These are examples of the wide
ranging areas in which COSPE has worked and is working at present.
ANTIRACISM CAMPAIGNS
The ideal which
permeates the different sectors of intervention in anti-racism campaigns
is the fight for equal opportunities and human rights for minority
groups. COSPE is increasingly involved in the national Anti-racism net
and collaborates with various other associations as part of these
activities. COSPE participated in the talks that led to the new law on
immigration by presenting data collected at the information service
points. This information highlighted to local and national
administrators the problems and difficulties experienced by immigrants.
One anti-racism project was "Tutti nella stessa barca" (Everyone's in
the same boat). This took place from 1996 to 1998 in Bologna and was
funded by the EU. Another campaign was carried out in collaboration with
the Ministry of Internal Affairs and provided training for the police
force on anti-racism issues.
GENDER ISSUES
Particular attention has been
given to the needs of foreign women and various activities have been
implemented regarding research into women's living conditions and
vocational training. COSPE's NOW (New Opportunities for Women) project,
funded by the European Social Fund, was developed from this experience,
to support the entrepreneurial initiatives of women.
GENERAL STRATEGY AND SYNERGISM AMONG AREAS OF
ACTIVITY
The various sectors of intervention are deeply
interconnected and it is difficult to draw definite boundaries between
them. For example the occupational project Horizon and the school
project Socrates have been highlighted by the EU as a model approach to
reducing racism even though they were not originally conceived as
antiracism awareness projects. Each new project holds the potential to
continue after the fixed term and the exhaustion of its funds.
Ultimately, COSPE is working towards the self-sustainability of its
projects in order to maximise its potential and organise its work most
effectively. A co-ordination group has started working in order to
achieve this objective, looking for issues which are relevant both with
overseas projects and with new communities in Italy.
ACTIVITIES IN TEAMS
Working in teams is
becoming a strong and positive experience at COSPE. At present,
decisions regarding new projects to be undertaken are discussed by the
group Toscana, the group Emilia and the group for Italian projects. The
result of these efforts is evident in the mutual growth and reinforced
co-ordination registered in the various activities. The reorganisation
process though still on its way, is proceeding very well.
EUROPEAN CONNECTIONS
Thanks to the big campaigns funded by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, such as the Horizon, Socrates and NOW projects, and its
co-ordination with other NGOs on a national level, COSPE is strongly
committing itself to an exchange of experiences, focusing on activities
jointly planned with internationals partners. Working on a European
level allows a rapid updating of work methodology, and avoids the
repetition of mistakes and experimental phases. COSPE has recently
joined Babelea, a European association, that works in a simultaneous
translation service with minority ethnic groups. COSPE's partnership is
in continuous demand in this area due to the experience it has
accumulated in its years of training cultural mediators, and the
importance that has always been given by COSPE to the creation and
support of internationals nets.
COSPE
ACTIVITIES WITH THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES ARE:
Tuscany Region:
· Action-Research on the
condition of immigrant women in Tuscany.
· Support for the creation
of the immigrant Co-operative of mediators on language. · Recognising
the competencies of Chinese pupils.
· Following up the
implementation of the language and culture mediators in 5 Mother and
Child Centres of Florence and Pisa.
· Training the operators of the
Mother and Child Centres in inter-cultural communication.
·
Information bus serving the immigrant population, moving through squares
and market places frequently visited by the immigrant communities; the
service informs the community about the functioning of Italian
institutions, how to have access to services, and on the rights and
duties of citizens.
· Improving the standards of Prato and Campi
Bisenzio school teaching and workshops on language didactic to
facilitate the arrival of children.
· Reduction of the dropout rate
of children from schools through the elaboration of evaluation schemes
of their curricula. Language mediation to facilitate school/family
relationships.
· Training of service operators who work in contact
with immigrants.
· Inter-cultural workshops in Chinese and Italian
in the Florence, Campi Bisenzio and Prato schools.
· Course of
functional Italian on traffic education. Adult immigrants literacy,
production of didactic materials in Italian, Chinese, Arabic and
Albanian.
· Inter-cultural workshops in different languages in
schools.
Emilia
Romagna Region:
· Up-grading of the Italian language
teaching methodologies as second language for immigrant children.
·
Training of cultural mediators in Bologna.
· Workshop on the
cultural mediator: comparison of first experiences and of training
paths.
· Leadership reinforcement within immigrant
groups/communities.
· Action-Research on informal economic
activities of immigrant women and enterprise feasibility analysis.
·
Participatory research with ethnic minorities from the world's South.
· Italian course for Chinese women in Bologna.
· Experimental
information meetings with cultural mediators at the immigrated women
Health Centres of Bologna.
· Up-grading of Health Centres operators
on servicing immigrant women, in collaboration with the Mother and Child
Department of the Bologna Province Health.
· Workshop: Health for
Immigrant Women and Children.
· Training Centre for immigrant
service operators.
· Inter-cultural pedagogic science.
Research-actions on inter-cultural didactic, workshops on teaching
Italian as a second language for immigrant children, up grading courses
for primary school teachers.
· School North/South: distribution to
primary school teachers of teaching schemes on how to make publications
on the countries and peoples of the South of the world.
·
INTERMEDIA: audio-video information and communication project,
realisation of 70 television videos about North/South inter-dependence,
development co-operation, immigration, public opinion information
.
COSPE
IS WORKING WITH:
· European Communities Commission (D.G.
VIII, V, I), Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGCS), Italian
Ministry of Work.
· United Nations Agencies: UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF,
FAO.
· Italian Regions: TOSCANA, EMILIA ROMAGNA, LIGURIA, LOMBARDIA,
MARCHE, VALLE D'AOSTA.
· Provinces of Bologna, Florence, Livorno,
Bolzano.
· Town Councils: of Bologna, Modena, Alfonsine, Florence,
Prato, Pisa, Campi Bisenzio, Bagno a Ripoli, Greve, Pontassieve, Sesto
Fiorentino, Certaldo, Bientina. · University of Bologna, Florence, Pisa,
Siena, Certaldo (Viterbo).
· Local Educational Authorities of
Florence and Bologna, Schools of Toscana, Umbria and Emilia Romagna.
· Health Administrations of Florence and Bologna.
·
Internationals Partners: ICDA - International Coalition for Development
Action (Brussels), Commission for the Racial Equality (London), Swedish
Co-operative Centre (SCC) in Uruguay, Norwegian People Aid (NPA) in
Tanzania, SOFONIA in Nicaragua, 3C (Marseilles) in Morocco, HIVOS in
Namibia, Italian Bishop Conference (CEI), Luxembourg Church in Zambia,
Bedeà/Agatè, Barcelona Activa, Municipality of Stavroupolis.
·
Italian NGOs: COCIS, FOCSIV, CRIC, Mani Tese, Terra Nuova, GVC, AIFO,
CESVI, Crocevia, SVI, Sviluppo 2000, Nexus-CGIL, CTM, Transafrica,
Centro Mondialità Sviluppo Reciproco, Africa 70, Acra, CIDIS, DiSvi,
ICEI, R.C., MLAL, CESTAS, Agesci, Emmaus, CUAMM, CIES, ANPAS.
·
Co-operatives of Consumers: COOP Nazionale, ItalCOOP, League of
Co-operatives, UNICOOP Firenze, COOP Emilia, COOP Toscana-Lazio, COOP
Siena, COOP Pontedera.
· Private Associations: "Badia Fiesolana",
Fondazione Internazionale "Lelio Basso", Rete Radiè Resh, CISA-Comitato
italiano di solidarietà con l'Algeria, Amnesty International,
Legambiente Greenpeace, Associazione Italia-Tibet, Associazione
Italia-Nicaragua, Rivista "Testimonianze", Associazione senegalesi,
Comitato "Africa"-Alfonsine (Ravenna), ARCI "Nero e non solo", Edizioni
"Cultura della pace", Centro Studi "Vignola", "Teatro della
Tosse"-Genova, Rivista "DEA", Radio "Città del Capo"-Bologna,
"Controradio"-Firenze, "Novaradio"-Firenze, "Incubatore Impresa Donna"
(CNA)-Bologna, "Donne e Sviluppo"-Napoli, "Donne in Movimento"-Bologna,
"Porto Essalam", Centro di Formazione "Galileo"-Bologna, Coordinamento
antirazzista, "Milinda", Associazione "Per il Mondo"-Bologna, "Produrre
e riprodurre", "Almamater", "Almaterra"-Torino, "Centro di
Documentazione delle Donne"-Bologna, "Pangea", "Centro di Documentazione
e ricerca per l'educazione interculturale" (CD/Lei)-Bologna, "Biblioteca
di Pace", "Lega dei Popoli", "Icaro", "Collettivo di Montesacro",
"Africa Insieme", "ALT", Associazione "Uomo e Ambiente", Consulta
regionale per l'immigrazione, Centro Educativo Bolognese,
Celica-Bologna, Cooperativa "Mondo Unico", Associazione "Donne
Immigrate", "Transafrica", Centro "Arcobaleno", Comitato
Italia-Filippine, Ex Equo, "Fondazione Balducci", "Villaggio dei
popoli", Forum "Pace e guerra", "Progetto Contatto", "Allonsanfan",
Associazione Interculturale giovanile, Cooperativa "Progetto
Integrazione"-Milano, "Associazione Progetto Intervento"-Padova.
·
Enterprises and Companies: LUFTHANSA, SAIMA AVANDERO, Italtrend, ABC
Bonifiche, SACED. COSPE IS PARTNER IN ACTION WITH:
· ANGOLA: Aççao Angolana para o Desenvolvimento (AAD), Municipio de Viana, Ministerio da Agricoltura, UCAH, MINARS (Ministerio dos Assuntos e Reinserçao Social)
· CAPE VERDE: Municipio de Picos, coop. Rebenta-INC, Pan. Novo Horizonte, Ministerio da Agricoltura
· LESOTHO: NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) · MALAWI: Salima Farmers' Union, OCSR (Orphan Care Social Rehabilitation)
· NAMIBIA: NDT (Namibian Development Trust), BRICKS Aids, Spitzkoppe Community · NIGER: Ministere du Plan, Prefecture de Keita, Tessaoua, Mayahi, Association des Handicappés locomoteurs de Tessaoua, Association de Femmes de Keita
· SENEGAL: Fongs (Federation des ongs senegalaises), APAD-Diouloulou, Ministere de la Femme, de l'Enfant et de la Famille, ADAN-Niassia, Associations paysanne et GIE des regions de Louga, Diourbel, Tambacounda, Thies, Casamance, ENDA- PRONAT ·
SOMALIA: IIDA
· TANZANIA: VETA , UNHCR, Ngara District, Ngara Folk Training Centre, DRDP, KEP-GTZ
· ZAMBIA: Diocesis of Chipata, KARA
· SOUTH AFRICA: Kagiso Trust, NUM, BRICKS, Peace Parks Foundation. · INDIA: Ranthambore Foundation, CTA (Central Tibetan Administration), Bylakuppe Tibetan Community, Sevalaya, Development Alternatives, Human Ecology Workshop, Gandhigram, Shantimalai Trust, Gandhi Rural Rehabilitation Centre
· THE PHILIPPINES: ATCRD, FAB, NRAP, CCRC, Ministry of Agriculture, PFTC, REAPS, LEAD.
· ARGENTINA: Ambientalistas del Plata, Asociación italiana XX de Septiembre, Fundación del Sur
· BRAZIL: ASMARE-BELO HORIZONTE, SEAF-AMAPÁ
· CHILE: CESOC, Mujeres por la Vida
· CUBA: La Havana University, CECAT
· EL SALVADOR: CIAZO, Dad Paz, Funsalprodese
· GUATEMALA: Solo para Mujeres
· HONDURAS: Cooperativa Forestal COATHLAL, La Ceiba, Hermandad de Honduras, CURLA, FUPNAPIB and other environmental NGOs
· NICARAGUA: CONAPI, UNAG, Centro de alfabetización de adultos Ciudad Sandino, Municipios de Matiguas y Boaco
· URUGUAY: CNFR, FCPU, CUDECOOP, CLAEH, Adame, Coleque, Calpando, Sfr Ortiz, Calelco, GADU, CONAGROS, Plemu, Mirpa-Peñarol, REDES-Amigos de la Tierra, CRU, Casa de la Mujer La Union, CPH de Quebracho, SIPEI, Committee Uruguayo de los Rechos de los Niños.
· ALBANIA: Independent Women Forum (IFAW), AFPD, Tirana University, Scutari and Blinisht Municipality, LINSA
· ALGERIA: Rachda, SOS Femme en détresse, Folies au Féminin, ATDF, Collectif 95, Sahrawi Red Cross
· BULGARIA: UBF (Union of Bulgarian Foundation), CRID (Centre for research information and social and economic documentation)
· BOSNIA ERZEGOVINA: Syndicat, Mostar University, Dzemal Bjegolic University, Mostar and Park (Sarajevo) Municipality, Parkovi and Komos Enterprise Municipality ·
. EGYPT: North South Consultant Exchange
· LEBANON: Human Rights Movement
· MACEDONIA: Suto Orizari Municipality, ESMA
· MOROCCO: AMSED, AOS, Local Communities of Khénifra, El Jadida, Imessouane, University of Rabat, Collectif 95 Maghreb-Egalité, ADFM, AMDF
· PALESTINE: PWWS, PAVT, Land Research Centre
· ROMANIA: ARS (Asociatia Romana Anti-Sida)
· TUNISIA: AFTURD, ATLAS, Tunisian Federation of Social Solidarity, Union of Working Women.
COSPE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
In progress - Being Studied January 1999
AFRICA
ANGOLA
In progress:
· Integration of Refugees and Basic
Infrastructure Rehabilitation in Kwanza Sul Province, (European Union)
Subject to approval:
· Support to the Agricultural Production
Marketing in the Kwanza Sul Province, (European Union, Italian Local
Institutions)
· Community Integration and Technical Assistance in
the Agricultural Production in the Biè Province, (European Union,
Italian Local Institutions).
CAPE
VERDE
In progress:
· Fruit-growing Development and Support to
Small Enterprises, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
MALAWI
Subject to approval:
· Project for the
Rehabilitation, Upgrading and Handing Over of the Lifuwu Irrigation
Scheme from the Government of Malawi to the Farmers, (European
Union/Food Security)
Being studied:
· Training Programme
for AIDS Workers. NAMIBIA Being studied:
· Support to co-operatives
in trading and eco-tourism, (European Union/Sinnea International).
NIGER
In progress:
· Rural Development,
Rehabilitation of infrastructures with tuareg displaced populations,
(European Union/ECHO).
SENEGAL
In progress:
· Rural Development,
Micro-enterprises and Fruit Growing in the Casamance Area, (European
Union/ECHO)
Subject to approval:
· Rural Development of
Low Casamance, Development of Fruit Growing, 3rd phase, (Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
SOMALIA
In progress: · Women Trade and Small
Enterprises Network and capacity building along the Shebeli Valley,
(European Union).
SOUTH
AFRICA
Being studied: · Trans-frontier Conservation Areas and
Local Communities.
TANZANIA
Subject to approval:
· Job creation
through training system rehabilitation and training agency
implementation in Ngara district, (European Union, Dutch Cooperation).
ZAMBIA
In progress:
· Chipata Vocational Training
Centre, Dioceses of Chipata, (European Union, Italian Episcopal
Conference and Luxembourg Church).
Being studied:
·
Training Programme for AIDS Workers.
ASIA
INDIA
In progress:
· Pilot
Agricultural Project in 11 Tibetan Refugees Settlements, (European
Union/Special Line).
· Ranthambore National Park: Agro-forestry
Programme and Environment Protection in the Buffer Zone of Sawai
Madhopur District, Rajasthan State, (Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs).
Being studied:
· Development of organic cotton
farming, cultivation of medicinal plants along with dyes plants.
·
Second phase of project to support the agriculture in 11 Tibetan
Refugees Settlements, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
CENTRAL and LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
In
progress:
· Integrating Physically and Mentally Disabled Youths
into Social and Economically Productive Lives, (Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs).
BRAZIL
In progress:
· Support to Marginal Groups
and Environment Protection in the Municipality of Belo Horizonte,
(European Union). Subject to approval: · "Agro-forestry System" in Paqui
Region, Amapà State, (European Union).
CUBA
In progress:
· Implementation of Alternative
Energy Sources, La Habana, (European Union) · Support to the Environment
Requalification Programme of the Metropolitan Park in La Habana,
(European Union)
· La Habana - Ecopolis: Urban Requalification and
Community Development in the "Ciudad de La Habana" Province with Italian
NGOs (CRIC, TERRANUOVA), LEGAMBIENTE, the University of Florence,
(Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
ECUADOR
In progress:
· Social Development of
Historic Centre of Quito, (European Union). Being studied: · Processing
and marketing of agriculture products.
EL
SALVADOR
In progress:
· Promotion of Self-sufficiency in the
Ex-refugee Communities Affected by the War, North of San Miguel
Department, (European Union/Refugee Special Line)
· Programme for
the Economic Reconstruction Following the Effects of Hurricane Mitch,
Usultan (European Union/ECHO).
Being studied:
· Creation
of a Centre for Territorial Planning in the Rio Lempa Watershed
·
Urban development and Requalification of San Salvador
Province.
GUATEMALA
Subject to approval:
· Self-sufficiency
Programme for Rural People in San Miguél de Tucurú Municipality,
(European Union/Food Security).
HONDURAS
In progress:
· Sustainable Conservation
and Community Management Sustainable of the Forests in the Northern
Coast, La Ceiba, (European Union/Tropical Forests Budget Line)
·
Support to the Integrated Human Development for 22 Communities in the
South of the Lempira Department, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
· Rehabilitation of Community Infrastructures and Productive Systems
of Small Farmers in the Departments of Atlantida and Colón following the
effects of the Hurricane Mitch, (European Union/Food Security).
Being studied:
· Second phase of the forestry project
presently in progress, and marketing of forestry products.
NICARAGUA
In progress:
· Promoting Food Security
within Indigenous Communities of Sutiava - León, (European Union/Food
Security)
· Food Security Programme: Social and Economical
Rehabilitation in Sutiava following the effects of the Hurricane Mitch -
León, (European Union/Food Security) · Productif Rehabilitation in
Sutiava following the effects of the Hurricane Mitch - León, (Italian
Local Institutions, solidarity)
· Strengthening of the "Campesino a
Campesino" Programme for the Promotion of a Sustainable Agriculture
Development in the 5th Region, (Austrian Co-operation, European
Union).
Being studied: · Creation of an Enterprise for Milk
Processing with 4 Producers' Organisations, (Italian Local Institutions)
· Promoting Cassava Cultivation in the Municipalities of León,
Telica
· Training for Members of Micro-enterprises in the
Municipalities of León, Larreynaga (Malpaissillo), Quezalguaque, León
Department.
URUGUAY
In progress:
· Technical and Financial
Support of FCPU (Production Co-operatives Federation) and Urban
Transport Sector, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
· Marketing
Support and Design of Handicraft Products in the Central Area of the
Country, (European Union and private funds).
Being studied:
· Support to popular nursery school in Uruguay · Local bi-national
development of Rio Uruguay
· Second phase of Technical and Financial
Support of FCPU (Production Co-operatives Federation).
MEDITERRANEAN and MIDDLE EAST
ALBANIA:
In
progress:
· Distribution of basic goods, (Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Italian Local Institutions)
· Small Enterprise
Development for Rural Women, Zadrima Region, (Italian Department of
Social Affairs)
· Towns and Society: Women's Social Work, (Italian
Department of Social Affairs) · Women's Role in today's Society.
Developing institutional awareness towards gender policies and enlarging
the base for women's organisations, (European Union/Phare democracy).
Subject to approval:
· Rural Development Programme for
the Communities of the Municipalities of Blinisht, Dajç, Zadrima Region,
(Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
· PENELOPE Project: Women and
Small and Medium Enterprises in Albania, (Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs)
· Rehabilitation of a first hospitality Centre for Kosovo
Refugees, (European Union/ECHO)
· Dignity for women, dignity for
Kosovo, psychological support to women victims of violence (Italian
Department of Social Affairs).
ALGERIA
In progress:
· Building Partnership Among
Women's Associations in the Mediterranean Area, (European Union, Italian
Local Institutions)
· Prevention and Health Education, with Saharawi
Refugees, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions).
Subject
to approval:
· Establishing a centre in support of women as
victims of violence, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italian Local
Institutions).
BOSNIA
ERZEGOVINA
In progress:
· Creation of Small and Medium
Enterprises in Mostar, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italian
Local Institutions)
· Development of a enterprises system in Mostar,
(European Union/Phare democracy) · ENEA Project: Prevention of
Environment Disasters in Sarajevo, (Italian Local
Institutions)
Being studied:
· Implementation of
Eco-sustainable Activities in Mostar, (European Union).
BULGARIA
Subject to approval:
· Support to Women
Victims of Violence, (European Union/Phare LIEN).
EGYPT
In progress:
· Marketing Incubator for
handicraft producers' Associations, (Italian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Italian Local Institutions)
Being studied: · Program
to support the enforcement of pre-schooling for children (0-3
years).
KOSOVO
In progress:
· Distribution of basic goods
(Italian Local Institutions).
LEBANON
Being studied:
· Realisation of a bulletin
on students rights (European Union, Italian Local Institutions).
MACEDONIA
Subject to approval:
· Support to the
Mother and Child Health Centre organised by Rom Women (European Union
/Phare LIEN)
· Institutional Support to the Municipality of Suto
Orizari (Skopje) and the Rom Centre, (Italian Local Institutions).
MAROCCO
In progress:
· Building Partnership Among
Women's Associations in the Mediterranean Area, (European Union, Italian
Local Institutions).
Subject to approval:
· Development of
Artisan Fishing at Cala Iris and Immesouane, (Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Italian Local Institutions)
· Integrated Rural
Development, Khenifra Region, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Italian Local Institutions).
PALESTINA
In progress:
· Building Partnership Among
Women's Associations in the Mediterranean Area, (European Union, Italian
Local Institutions)
· Incubator for Women's Enterprises in Nablus,
West Bank, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
· Development
of olive trees growing, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions).
Subject to approval:
· Centre of Services for Women's
Enterprises in Nablus, West Bank, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Italian Local Institutions).
TUNISIA
In progress:
· Building Partnership Among
Women's Associations in the Mediterranean Area, (European Union, Italian
Local Institutions)
· Artisan Fishing in Tunisia, and reinforcement
of ATLAS Foundation, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
Being studied:
· Environment Protection and Community
Management of natural resources, Tabarka Region.
PROJECTS AND MICRO-ACTIONS CONCLUDED
AFRICA
ANGOLA
· Emergency programme for war refugees:
technical assistance to small and medium-sized rural settlements,
craftsmen training, (European Union)
· Vocational training and local
development in Cuacra-Kwanza Sul Province, (European Union).
CAPE
VERDE
· Support to local initiatives in rural development:
support to the co-operative Rabenta-INC, (European Union, Italian Local
Institutions)
· Novo Horizonte bakery: up-grading the local system
of food supply and distribution in the rural communities of Ribeira Boi,
(European Union, Italian Local Institutions) · Environment protection in
the rural communities of Picos, (European Union, Italian Local
Institutions).
LESOTHO
· Management Training and Small Enterprises
Development for ex-mineworkers with NUM (National Union Mineworkers),
(European Union).
NAMIBIA
· Support to the empowerment of the community
based organisations with the NGO Namibia Development Trust, (Italian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
· Bricks Aids awareness programme:
training and building awareness about HIV/Aids, (European Union)
·
Support to the Spitskoppe community for promoting tourism, (European
Union).
NIGER
· Protection of the environment and social
development in the Keita Valley, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
· Rural development and protection of the environment of the Goulbi
N'Kaba Valley, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
·
Support to the activities of handicapped people and their associations,
(European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
· Wells' construction
and building of the pavilion of Mayahi hospital, (European Union,
Italian Local Institutions)
· Rehabilitation Programme for the
Repatriated People in the Tahoua Region, 3 phases, (European Union/ECHO)
· Grasshoppers Infestation Prevention, 3 phases, (European
Union/ECHO).
SENEGAL
· Integrated development of the Low Casamance
Region, 1st phase, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
·
Socio-economic development of the Low Casamance Region, 2nd phase,
(Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
· Rural development and
agro-forestry project, Louga and Diourbel Regions, (Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs)
· Support to the production of organic cotton,
(European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
· Rural development of
the homeland areas of the Senegalese immigrants in Tuscany (Louga and
Diourbel Regions), (European Union, Italian Local Institutions, COOP)
· Support to cultural and handicraft activities in Low Casamance,
(European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
· Installation of a mill
for millet, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions).
SOMALIA
· Support to Elman peace centre in Mogadiscio,
(European Union/Peace and Democracy).
SOUTH
AFRICA
· Training programme for community development in 4
regions, with the National Co-ordination NGO Kagiso Trust, (European
Union)
· Special programme of the EU: 22 projects in the fields of
pre-school education, informal education, support to women's
organisations, rural co-operatives development, (European Union).
TANZANIA
· Basic skills vocational training in the
Rwandees refugees' camps, (UNHCR, COOP and private funds)
· Support
to vocational training centre for the South African refugees
(subsequently handed over Tanzanian people), (European Union)
·
Vocational Training and Income Generating Activities Targeting the
Population of Kagera Region, (European Union).
ZAMBIA
· Kaoma-Majukwajukwa Angolan refugee camp: agricultural support
and vocational training courses, (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
ASIA
CHINA
· Reconstruction of Jiantan's Primary
School, Fenghuang Village, (European Union) · New Job Opportunities for
Youth in Fenghuang Village, (European Union).
INDIA
· Bylakuppe Tibetan Refugees Settlements: TB Prevention and
Health Care Support, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
·
Reinforcement to Sevalayas' activities, development of traditional
handicrafts and of officinal plants cultivation, (European Union)
·
Development of officinal plants cultivation in Tibetan Refugee
Settlements, (European Union).
THE
PHILIPPINES
· Programme for internal refugees of Cebu and Bohol
provinces: rural development and micro-enterprises development,
(European Union)
· Emergency project of December 1994 Mondanao
earthquake victims, (European Union/ECHO)
· Soil conservation and
integrated development of 9 rural communities of Negros Oriental,
(European Union)
· Identification and field research on maize
improved varieties. Technical and organisation training of villagers,
NRAP, (European Union)
· Equipment up-grading and technical
assistance to artists and intellectuals involved in the promotion of
local music and culture, LEAD, (European Union)
· Scholarships for
youths coming from families who have been victim of military actions or
human rights' violation, REAPS, (European Union)
· Supporting small
productive groups in Panay Island, support to local development, with
particular attention to the conservation of the ecosystem, PFGT,
(European Union).
CENTRAL and LATIN AMERICA
ARGENTINA
· Fund Ambientalistas del Plata: research on
pesticide utilisation in the fruit growing for export, (European Union).
BELIZE
· Food processing micro-enterprises development in the Cayo
District, (European Union, private funds).
BOLIVIA
· Chivalaki radio: action for the promotion of
a radio in the Quechua language, (European Union)
BRAZIL
· Technical and Financial Support for the
Consolidation of Micro-enterprises and Professional Training, Boa
Esperança and Medianeiro Neighbourhoods, Foz do Iguaçu, Paranà,
(European Union and private funds)
· Jardín Lo Russo/Perus:
Establishing a Carpentry Workshop, Sao Paulo, (European Union).
CENTRAL AMERICA
· Support to Micro-enterprises and
Promotion and Use of Micro-cement Roofing-tiles in Central America:
Honduras, Dominica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador, (European
Union).
CUBA
· Pilot project for the waterproofing of school
buildings with flat-roofs, CECAT, (European Union, Italian Local
Institutions).
EL
SALVADOR
· Training school for grass-root organisations, CIALZO,
(European Union) · Training Towards Participate Environmental
Management, (European Union).
GUATEMALA
· Support to the NGO "Solo para mujeres" and
its activities in favour of street girls and teenagers, (European Union)
· Human rights defence of the ethnic communities: economic support
and leadership training, (European Union).
HONDURAS
· Emergency project for the flooded areas in
October 1993: supply of food and non-food items, (European Union)
·
Improving wood harvesting operations with two associations of
woodcutters, La Ceiba, (European Union)
· Collection of Forests
Species Samples at the University Centre of the Atlantic Coast, La
Ceiba, (European Union)
· Support to agro-forestry Coatlhal
Co-operative to the protection of environment, (Italian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs).
NICARAGUA
· Credit Programme for Small and Medium
Organised groups of Producers within the Programme "Campesino a
Campesino", (Italian Embassy Funds)
· Creation of a Saving and
Credit Co-operative within the Programme "Campesino a Campesino",
(Italian Embassy Funds)
· Support to Social and Productive
Development of 2 Indigenous Communities in Sutiava, 1st phase (Italian
Embassy Funds)
· Support to Social and Productive Development of 3
Indigenous Communities in Sutiava, 2nd phase (Italian Embassy Funds)
· Creation of a school in commercial subjects and reinforcement of
alphabetisation activities, (European Union)
· Creation of 8 centres
to process wood products, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions
and private funds).
URUGUAY
· Production and marketing reorganisation of a
group of women's textile co-operatives, (European Union, Italian Local
Institutions and private funds)
· Support to co-operative production
of milk, fruits and vegetables in the areas of Quebracho and Pando,
(Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
· Socio-economic development
of Community based Organisation in the Quebracho Region, (European Union
and private funds)
· Promotion of "agro-ecology" among consumers and
small producers, REDES, (European Union)
· Support to the Commission
de Mujeres and its productive activities with women's groups in the
central Region, CUDECOOP, (European Union)
· Casa de la Mujer Union:
support to the creation of a service centre for domestic workers,
(European Union)
· Development of Associated Marketing of CNFR
agro-zootechnical producers, (European Union and Swedish Co-operatives
Centre).
MEDITERRANEAN and MIDDLE EAST
ALBANIA
· Realisation of a checking point focusing on
democratic rights, (Italian Local Institutions)
· Support to women
textile enterprises, (European Union/Phare Partnership).
ALGERIA
· Association "Folies au féminin": training
workshop on Algerian women's social deprivation.
· "Association
Indépendente pour le Triomphe des Droits des Femmes" (AITDF):
encouraging women to play an active role in society and developing
training activities in support to micro-enterprises · "SOS Femmes en
détresse": counselling centre to improve the living conditions of
Algerian widows and repudiated women, and support to their children
· Saharawi refugee camps: improvement of the organisation skills of
women's committee leaders, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions)
· Saharawi refugees: increasing the management and logistic
capability of women in the Daira and Wilaya Committees, (European Union,
Italian Local Institutions).
BOSNIA
ERZEGOVINA
· Realisation of a mobile optical service in Mostar,
(Valle D'Aosta Region) · Support to nursery garden activities, (Italian
Local Institutions).
MOROCCO:
· Support and
development to artisan micro-enterprises, Khénifra Region (European
Union, Italian Local Institutions)
· Support and development to
artisan fishing, El Jadida, (European Union, Italian Local
Institutions).
TUNISIA
· Improvement of breeding techniques in Oued
Ben Said, (European Union, Italian Local Institutions).
