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A grand final event to publicize the success of “Immigrant World – New Local Sensors” The project is financed by the EIF and implemented by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale with the Leonardo and Nuovi Orrizonti Social Cooperatives and the TAU Onlus Association. Presentation of Project results: Thursday June 21 – 5:30 pm - piazza D’Armi, L’Aquila The event will also present the foreign nationals that benefitted from the project services.
The “Immigrant World – New Local Sensors” Project allowed the Prefecture of L'Aquila to provide services to the foreign nationals residing the area of L’Acquila and the Marsica. The goal of the event is to acquire further information and improve the assessment of the services provided by the L’Aquila Prefecture to this category of citizens, whilst also promoting their awareness of rights and duties and the opportunities and services that are provided locally to improve their integration.
The final event will be held in L’Aquila on June 21 – 5:30 pm. Participants include: Massimo Cialente, Mayor of L’Aquila, a representative from the Prefecture, Giorgio De Matteis, Deputy President of the Abruzzi Regional Council, Luigi D’Eramo, Provincial Councillor, Alfonso Molina, Professor of Technology Strategy at the University of Edinburgh and Scientific Director of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, Stefania Pezzopane, L’Aquila Councillor, Giorgi Paolo, Prior of the Fraterna Tau Onlus, Giovanna Rodorigo, Manager at Leonardo Società Cooperativa Sociale, Antonella Di Gregorio, Manager at Fraterna Tau onlus, Candida D’Abate, President of the Cooperativa Nuovi Orizzonti Sociali and Mirta Michilli, Director General of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale
The project has implemented a concrete information and communication service for immigrants as well as providing help in locating housing and work. Three permanent centres and a mobile information point have allowed the project to reach a series of strategic points and even the most isolated citizens, such as the adult women that rarely have contacts with the external world. Moreover, the project also implemented a website and produced a multi-lingual brochure on “Living in the Province of L’Aquila – Useful Information and a Guide to Local Services."
The mobile information point managed by the Fraterna Tau Onlus Association provided solutions to more than 50 issues presented by foreign nationals.
The Leonardo and Nuovi Orizzonti Social Cooperatives have activated a new permanent information point in Secinaro that was not initially planned by the project and also provided consultancy services inside schools. Over 300 citizens from Albania, Macedonia, Romania and Morocco took advantage of the services provided by the information points.
