Giulia Barbieri

A public commission in Italy in 2007 defined public goods as "things that express utilities functional to the exercise of fundamental rights and to the free development of the individual" adding that, being a dynamic concept, the list of such goods would evolve with the evolution of society. Walking itineraries that allow people to immerse themselves slowly in the widespread heritage of art, food and wine, and folklore should now be included in this list, as they are indeed goods functional to the development of individuals: those who lace up their boots do so out of a need to discover new places, spend time in nature, and take care of their spiritual balance... This reflection should be accompanied by a reading of the Faro Convention, which closely links cultural common goods to the communities that care for them. The same applies to walking itineraries: organized and non-organized civil society has variously demonstrated the willingness to take care of paths so that - as common goods - they can be enjoyed by the communities themselves in a widespread and universal manner. I borrow the article - in Italian - by Cinzia Del Maso in NextGen Heritage Magazine who explains part of these concepts in more detail! I am particularly interested, as part of the Romea Strata team, in the conclusions which, although only partially applicable to the world of walking itineraries, invite us to reflect on the importance of a governance that supports both present and future actions. #culturalroutes #commongoods #romeastrata #sustainableturism Maria Laura Gasparini Giovanna Rech Debora Barioni Monica Calcagno

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Fantastic JOB for Italian nationals

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The Mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, entrusts the security delegation to the former 'Mani Pulite' prosecutor, Francesco Greco. "We will make a map of Rome with codes like hospitals for zones and crimes". "I have just signed a decree that entrusts Francesco Greco, already my collaborator for legality, with the role of my delegate for a reinforced urban security office". Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said this at a press conference at the Campidoglio, explaining the new role given to former Milan prosecutor Francesco Greco, who is already the first citizen's advisor since 2022.   Although this is not a direct responsibility, public order and security are the responsibility of the State, I think it is a duty to get involved in this issue, not to replace the Prefecture and the police, but to create synergy and coordinate all the Capitoline policies, security should be treated in these areas and perceived in its specificity.   In Italy, in Rome, there is no 'Far West', that is, the absence of the rule of law. We want to create a digital map of the problems so that we can go to the prefect and say: 'We could use an extra patrol car there. Then we can send an extra local patrol car, put in better lighting," Gualtieri added.   In the coming days,' he announced, "we will also sign the new protocol for provincial security. We need to have a system of codes, like in hospitals, to catalogue crimes, we want to have a map to locate problems and understand how to do our part, from lighting to attracting business. Systematising the community safety observatories is crucial, we want them to meet regularly every month and give us information on the 300 neighbourhoods. We don't want to chase the news and run back and forth when something happens. We want to prevent it".

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Last week's #G7Summit took place in Apulia, Italy. Among many other important issues, the G7 leaders' discussed #Health, notably: ✅ promoting a #OneHealth approach, bolstering #prevention and #healthsystems ✅ the importance of life-long prevention for healthy and active #ageing ✅ promoting healthy #lifestyles ✅ promoting science-based #diet models based, to the extent possible, on locally grown products, beneficial for both human health and the environment (launching an Apulia Food Systems Initiative) ✅ tackling #healthdeterminants and non-communicable diseases #NCDs, particularly #mentalhealth, and #cancer ✅ advancing #UHC and investing in resilient health systems, primary healthcare service delivery #PHC, and a skilled #healthworkforce ✅ strengthening the #GlobalHealth Architecture via improved collaboration between #finance and health ✅ promoting comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights #SRHR for all, and to advance maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health, especially for those in vulnerable circumstances. Further, via commitments made in the Social Determinants of Health #SDH & #HealthEquity areas: 🔆 achieving #genderequality and the empowerment of women and girls, eliminating sexual and gender-based violence #GBV 🔆 ensuring affordable and quality #childcare and #longtermcare services for all #LTC 🔆 supporting parenthood protection, promoting work-life balance #WLB, and equal sharing of care responsibilities, to promote women’s equal rights and to take a whole-of-society approach to address the demographic challenges faced by ageing societies #careeconomy 🔆 promoting job quality and decent #work as well as the fundamental principles and rights at work, including the right to safe and healthy working environments #OccupationalHealth 🔆 working for resilient labor markets and to promote active and #healthyageing, addressing obstacles to labor market participation, especially of the underrepresented groups, and will promote solutions to improve working conditions in the care sector 🔆 furthering efforts on the #economicgovernance and #taxation frameworks (via a current #GDP-lens and productive #growth narratives). https://lnkd.in/ezdWKV8T

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Three simple actions to give a future: empowering young care leavers in Italy. Envision turning 18 without a support network, facing the adult world alone. This is the reality for care leavers in Italy, young individuals exiting public care systems without a gradual transition to autonomy. Our Country perpetuates a system that fails to facilitate a planned transition to adulthood, while social cohesion continues to erode. The European Solidarity Index places us, highly regrettable in my view, among the lowest-ranked Countries. In this challenging context, care leavers struggle daily: • to access economic, housing, emotional, and educational resources • to construct their future • to establish themselves in a national context anchored to obsolete socio-cultural structures The "Near Future" project by Agevolando a.p.s, selected to participate in the Reale Foundation contest, offers a tangible solution: • financial endowments; • guidance in financial management; • support in building a better future. The beneficiaries are young men and women, both Italian and non-Italian, determined to become adults capable of contributing to the renewal and progress of our society. By supporting them, we directly invest in our country's future. As a former beneficiary, I can attest to the transformative impact of this assistance. Thanks to a similar project, I was able to relocate and commence university studies, opportunities that would have otherwise been unattainable. Today, I am in a position to reciprocate the investment made in me to society. I now seek your support to multiply this hope and construct a better future for all. Three simple actions are required: • click on the Reale Foundation contest link → https://lnkd.in/dafsuM3s; • assign 5 stars to the project; • confirm your vote via email. You can transform lives and shape our tomorrow. React to or share this post to amplify our impact. Together, we can offer care leavers the opportunity to envision and realize their future, thus contributing to a more inclusive Italy.

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Revitalizing Central Italy: Local Recovery Efforts Supported by EU Funds Central Italy🇮🇹 is making strides in its post-earthquake🫨 recovery with extensive efforts to rebuild infrastructure and support local communities. Key projects include restoring essential services, housing, and local businesses. These efforts are made possible through European funds🇪🇺, ensuring long-term sustainability and economic stability for the region. For more details, read the full article👇 #Reconstruction #CommunitySupport #EUFunds

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Tomaso Ferrando wrote an excellent text to justify how school meals in Italy, when delivered to all students at no cost, would become an excellent tool to satisfy the "Right to Education" and the "Right to Food". TITLE: "From marginalization to integration: universal, free and sustainable meals in Italian school canteens as expressions of the right to education and the right to food" https://lnkd.in/dt3w83qK Conclusions: : Food as a commons as the basis for universal free meals. What resonates very well with the SAPEA Opinion (Chief Scientific Advisers of EU member states). See text below. European Commission. (2020). Towards a sustainable food system. Moving from food as a commodity to food as more of a common good: Independent expert report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2020. Retrieved from https://lnkd.in/dW3NBVR5

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I am very excited to announce that just days before the 2024 European Elections, on 27 May 2024with Kalypso Nicolaidis, Dr. Gaia Taffoni Nicolás Palomo Hernández, and Niccolo Milanese, we will present at the School of Transnational Governance in Florence, "Democracy Without Politics in EU Citizen Participation: From European Demoi to Decolonial Multitude", by Alvaro Oleart. The book is one of the most updated diagnosis of the state of European democracy after the end of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), the organisation of the post-CoFoE European Citizens Panels and the recent controversies around the follow up to successful European Citizens Initiatives, such as End the Cage Age. Notably, the book contrasts the ‘democracy without politics’ approach in the EU's citizen participation exercises in the context of the CoFoE (and the subsequent citizen panels organised by the Commission) with that of ongoing transnational activist processes. The panel will identify the challenges of European democracy in the 21st century, including those related to democratic innovations and the structural depoliticisation of EU politics. The discussion will draw new lines of reflection on the role of civil society and social movements in the democratisation of the European Union. Read more below - it will be possible to join both in person and online!

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🎉 Siamo online! Discover the new MIRA website: www.miranetwork.org MIRA was created with the goal of promoting transparency in the use of European public funds, encouraging active participation from small associations and local communities. We firmly believe that only through #transparency and political accountability can we ensure a fair transition towards #climateneutrality. 🔎 What can you find on the website? Best and worst practices: We monitor projects for their environmental and social impact, applying strict criteria to assess whether the investments in Italy funded by European funds are sustainable and responsible. News and useful tools: We provide constant updates and the “MIRA Toolkit,” designed to better understand #publicfunding and help anyone analyze projects that might violate sustainability and transparency criteria. Resources for local associations and citizens: We support the participation of #localcommunities and associations in monitoring and managing European funds, connecting local and European initiatives for concrete change. 👉 Explore and discover how you can contribute to change: www.miranetwork.org #MiraNetwork #EcologicalTransition #Participation

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TOURBO project made the news! Television channel ÈTv Marche featured a story from our interregional meeting this week in Ancona arranged by our wonderful partners in Regione Marche. https://lnkd.in/d3XmXPW8 News story is in Italian, but here is a shortened transcript in English. Headline: Digitalization and sustainability for tourism with the TOURBO project The third meeting of the European TOURBO project, held in the Marche Region with the support of SVEM - Sviluppo Europa Marche S.r.l. and funded by the Interreg Europe program, focused on fostering growth through sustainable digital innovation. On September 24-25, local tourism operators met with a delegation of 40 experts from partner countries to explore cutting-edge project ideas leveraging smart technologies. Goffredo Brandoni, Ministry of EU Policies, Marche Region: "It is an ecological approach. A call for innovative projects promoting digital and sustainable practices is launched, aiming to connect Marche region entrepreneurs with foreign delegations, institutions, and university researchers." Daniele Berardinelli, Ministry of Tourism, Ancona Municipality: "These initiatives are important. The Municipality of Ancona is also working on projects to improve services for cycle tourists and those traveling with pets, supporting businesses in providing top-quality services." The provision of vouchers of up to € 8,000 is planned for innovative projects focusing on environmental sustainability and digital technologies for tourism. Monica Mancini Cilla, Vice President of SVEM - Sviluppo Europa Marche S.r.l.: "Tourism in Marche is steadily recovering and growing after Covid, and today are launching important vouchers for the tourism sector in the region." What do we mean, when we talk about innovation and the vouchers? What do we intend to offer to all operators? Monica Mancini Cilla: "We will give tourism operators access to sector-leading resources to enhance the region's offerings. Going forward, our focus will be on innovative and advanced ecological tourism for visitors.." Tourism is becoming more innovative, and it is crucial to provide businesses with the tools to evolve and, above all, to attract tourists. Massimiliano Polacco, Director of Confcommercio Marche: "Tourism and digitalization are key tools for our operators. Digitalization supports knowledge and internationalization, helping our region and businesses promote their activities and services more effectively." Confcommercio Marche Centrali Interreg Europe Cámara de Comercio de Sevilla Lapland University of Applied Sciences ELORIS SA Erlebnis Bremerhaven GmbH PORA Regionalna razvojna agencija Koprivničko-križevačke županije Donegal Tourism CLG #InterregEurope #RegionalCooperation #tourismpilotprojects #sustainabletourism

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Here an older piece about democratic innovations that I published in 2016 in in "Comunicazione politica, Quadrimestrale dell'Associazione Italiana di Comunicazione Politica" 3/2016, pp. 373-392, doi: 10.3270/84679. Input, output and political communication. Fields of democratic innovations along different democratic theories (Markus Pausch) Abstract: Democratic innovations are usually described as improvements of democratic procedures in terms of citizens' participation in decision making, although they can be more than that. Given the variety of democratic theories and indicators, innovations can focus on a wide range of aspects like electoral laws, social inclusion, citizenship education, control mechanisms or transparency etc. This article wants to show that democratic theory can enrich the study of democratic innovations. It suggests a theoretical classification of innovations along the categories input, output and political communication and relates them to existing theories. The main argument is that input-innovations can contribute to the quality of a democracy as well as output-innovations and innovations in political communication. According to different democratic theories, the quality of a democracy depends on systemic or structural conditions, the democratic behavior of the citizens and on democratic communication which must not be reduced to strategic persuasion of citizens, but needs to include contestation and deliberation in transparent public spheres and information about input- and output-innovations. Thus, political communication is at the same time an object of innovation and a translator or mediator of innovation. With an overview and a categorization of different types, the article wants to widen the specter of democratic innovations and relate them to democratic theories. #democracy #innovation #democratic #input #output #communication https://lnkd.in/dPaEqyU

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✒🇲🇨 MONACŒCOART® 🌐 SPECIAL REPORT - MEDIA PARTNERSHIP 🇮🇹 Italian and 🇬🇧🇺🇸 English language Interview with Maurizio Abbati, Chief Editor of MonacoEcoArt.com, Business Journalist, Editor & Author, Copywriter with focus on Corporate Environmental Communication Strategies (ESG and CSR) by valueXmatch �� Your work and personal story, your motto. �� You wrote the book: “Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet”: what are the three things that every company should do urgently to become more sustainable? �� You have been working in the Principality of Monaco for 8 years: What are the new ongoing initiatives in terms of sustainability? �� Can you talk about how your media, “MonacoEcoArt”, promotes sustainability through art? �� In his latest article, Mattias Goldmann explains the disruptive tactics of troll factories and fake accounts that undermine climate action: as a journalist what are the actions you consider unavoidable, to guide us through the information overload? �� Technology has always redefined and expanded the powers of humanity: what are the crucial steps to achieve a digitally inclusive society? #work #passion #communication #sustainability #editorial #company #corporate #information #business #media #actions #climateaction #art #humanity #inclusion #artificialintellingence #science #environment #responsibility #geopolicy #ESG #environment #social #governance #CSR #awareness #storytelling #semiotics #linguistics

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🎉 I am super happy to announce the publication of the new article co-authored with Chiara Civera, Cecilia Casalegno and Elena Candelo: "Italian Small Retailers' Adaptation to Digital Transformation: A Stakeholder Marketing Approach", in Micro & Macro Marketing! 📝 In this study we explore how small Italian retailers are adapting to the challenges of digital transformation through the lens of stakeholder marketing. The study sheds light on how these companies can remain competitive and foster social sustainability. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dbhHjep7 #Marketing #MultistakeholderMarketing #DigitalTransformation #Retail #Research

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The Associations of Italian Researchers Abroad promote collaboration with foreign organizations and institutions in order to have Italian universities and research centers participate in the research programs and activities of major international bodies working in science and technology, providing expertise and knowledge for the definition of technical standards.

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Aquileia, a city symbolizing the connection between Italy and Central and Eastern Europe, is a crucial junction for a network of cultural and spiritual itineraries. This was the focus of the roundtable "Aquileia, land of paths: experiences and projects for 2025", which explored the initiatives underway to prepare for next year's events, including the Jubilee of 2025. The discussion was part of the two days event "Aquileia: A crossroads of paths towards 2025" hosted by FONDAZIONE AQUILEIA. I was glad to present the Romea Strata as the "orange thread" that narrates the deep connection between history, nature, and culture, working on territories to build strong networks between local authorities, tourism promotion bodies, productive activities, academia, and citizens. Among the experiences I presented, a special role is surely played by the Miliarium, a unique project that will lead pilgrims to discover 20 significant places in Italy. And of course, among these, Aquileia could not be missing, which in 2025 will see an even richer calendar of events, including synergies with neighboring territories such as Gorizia, as part of GO! 2025 Nova Gorica · Gorizia While in Aquileia, I also had the chance to discuss ideas and recent developments with the representatives of a few organization we are closely working with! I am quite excited about the next months, the interesting program we are creating and the collaborations awaiting us in 2025! #RomeaStrata #Aquileia #Go2025 #Jubilee2025 #Paths #CulturalTourism #SlowTourism Antonio Barone Roberto Corciulo Elisa Simionato PromoTurismoFVG The Phoenicians' Route - Cultural Route of the Council of Europe Cammini d'Italia Beatrice Vencato Debora Barioni

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🔹 AMIL Project: Cluster for the Economic Integration of Migrants (MEIC) - Meeting in Rome🔹 As part of the AMIL project, the Italian working group met to promote, extend and strengthen the Cluster for the Economic Integration of Migrants (MEIC) in our country. #migrantintegration #InclusioneLavorativa #EC #EuropeanCommission #Integrazione #MercatoDelLavoro #ProgettoAMIL #MEIC

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Just six years before the 2030 deadline for the SDGs, not a single indicator under Goal 5, gender equality, has been fully achieved. The world is still falling short on its commitments to women and girls. Very proud UN Women established its National Committee in #Italy. It is the 13th across the world, it joins an incredible network of National Committees that work tirelessly to raise funds from the private sector, promote women’s rights and secure worldwide visibility for women and girls. https://lnkd.in/dZz8Qnfp https://unwomenitaly.org #GenderEquality

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