POLITÈIA
Inclusive green economy for the community
Territory
Caltagirone and the Calatino area
Implementation period
January 2023 – December 2024
Donor
Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)
Project objective
Our objective is to contribute to the development and strengthening of a concept of "citizenship", understood as belonging to the global community, pragmatically contributing to individual and collective change for the creation of a more sustainable and just world.
Target audience
The project targets the entire Calatino community: civil society, teachers, primary and secondary school students, local authorities.
Activities
The project promotes the definition and implementation of a territorial plan for global citizenship education for sustainable development, in collaboration with schools and other stakeholders on energy and waste management. To achieve this specific objective we implement a programme articulated in 3 results and 10 activities.
Result 1: Increased knowledge and awareness of territorial authority staff on Inclusive Green Economy (energy and waste)
Related activities:
Information and training for municipal staff on good waste management practices
Information and training for municipal staff on sustainable energy good practices
Dissemination of a manual with materials and good practices for small territorial authorities and co-design workshop
Result 2: Increased knowledge and awareness of students and teachers in the territory's schools on Inclusive Green Economy (energy and waste).
Related activities:
Assessment of student needs and participatory planning of school interventions
Training of trainers and teachers
Educational workshops on waste with students
Educational workshops on energy with students
Result 3: Increased citizen awareness and civil society organisation involvement on Inclusive Green Economy (energy and waste).
Related activities:
Networking and stakeholder engagement on Inclusive Green Economy themes
Assessment and tackling of energy poverty
Training on climate change adaptation for migrants
Impact
135 beneficiaries among staff and political decision-makers of administrations involved in Inclusive Green Economy training
15 municipal administrations participating in events and training on Inclusive Green Economy
1,460 students, teachers and school heads involved in training
At least 40 civil society members reached directly through events and workshops
300 migrants involved in training on sustainable development objectives
At least 4,000 vulnerable family members involved in energy poverty assessment and tackling
Partners
Municipality of Caltagirone (lead) and the other 14 Calatino municipalities, Fondazione Comunitaria di Agrigento e Trapani, Fondazione AVSI, Kalat Ambiente, Fratello Sole
Programme
The project was selected by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation under the AICS ECG 2021 Call lot 1
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