La moneta della discordia. The first presentation of the book “La moneta della Discordia”, written by Giovanni Moro in collaboration with Lucia Mazzuca and Roberto Ranucci and published by Cooper, was held on November 29th at the European Parliament Information Office's Sala delle Bandiere, in Rome. The main speakers participating in the event, introduced by Clara Albani, Head of the Information Office and chaired by Teresa Petrangolini, Secretary-general of Cittadianzattiva, were Emma Bonino, Vice President of the Senate, Birgit Schoenau, Die Zeit’s Italian correspondent , Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Head of public affairs at UniCredit and Michele Sorice, Professor of Political Communication at LUISS University.
Upcoming presentations are due to take place at the UniCredit Conference room in Milan on January 31st, and in the Libreria Ambasciatori in Bologna on February 24th. For the latter the participation of Romano Prodi, key figure in the launching of the single currency at Italian and European levels, is envisaged. More detailed information will be available soon on the website.

Citizens in Europe: Active Citizenship and the Community democratic experiment. The book “Citizens in Europe: Active Citizenship and the Community democratic experiment”, which is the English version of “Cittadini in Europa. L’attivismo civico e l’esperimento democratico comunitario”, written by Giovanni Moro and published by Carocci in 2009, has been published by Springer last December. The text intends to clarify how and to what extent organized citizens are among the protagonists of '"the democratic European experiment", in the first part by analyzing the thematizations on the nature of the European Union, of EU citizenship and of the participatory democracy models, and in the second part by discussing the main results of research projects and papers on active European citizenship, which have been carried out since 2002 by Active Citizenship Network and FONDACA. For further details

Through the Mirror. Introductory course on active citizenship. The second edition of the "Through the mirror, Experimental course on active citizenship" was held on the 12th and 13th December 2011, at the headquarters of FONDACA in Rome. The course, which was structured into 16 hours of teaching, was attended by  relevant subjects in civil society organizations  and followed up on previous training initiatives that the Foundation has promoted in the past on the same issue. Furthermore the second edition had the objective of providing participants with an innovative perspective on active citizenship that would allow them to bridge the gap that often exists between reality and representation of the phenomenon and that frequently is present even among its own players.

Barack Obama and Saul Alinsky: community organizing in the U.S. The seminar "Barack Obama and Saul Alinsky: community organizing in the U.S." was held on November 25th in Rome, at the Faculty Scienze delle Formazione of the Roma Tre University. Mattia Diletti, Sapienza University of Rome, introduced the topic of community organizing as an instrument for the creation and defence of "community" interests. The seminar was organized as part of the course on Theories and practices of active citizenship held by Giovanni Moro and was attended by students interested in the issue.

JOB AND STUDY ABROAD. To discover the job and study opportunities abroad selected by FONDACA for you, click here. Since the last Newsletter, 30 new opportunities!

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