ICeSD - International Center for Subsidiarity and Development
ICeSD is a training and research center created in 2005 as a collaboration between the Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà and Venice International University.
The center aims to provide and to promote:
advanced training and research in the application of the principle of subsidiarity and the challenges it presents;
in-depth study, evaluation and development of human capital;
the development of exchange programs to train profit and non-profit operators with particular emphasis directed towards Mediterranean and Eastern European Countries;
the development and realization of exchange programs and tutoring aimed at the diffusion and support of international cooperation.
The creation of ICeSD and the progressive integration of its activities with those already pursued by VIU aim to include varied research and educational approaches related to the current culture and political debate. The changing state of thinking about welfare, and the need to overcome the traditional opposition between State and open market, create new possibilities for the collaboration between volunteer organizations and the more responsible initiatives of a civil society.