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AVSI - Association of Volunteers in International Service
The Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale (The Association of Volunteers in International Service - AVSI) is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organisation founded in Italy in 1972.
AVSI holds general consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council in New York and the U.N. Industrial Development Organisation in Vienna. The Italian government and the European Union recognise AVSI as an NGO dedicated to international cooperation, and AVSI is registreted as a private volunteer organization with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
AVSI promotes cultural, social and economic development, especially in the most disadvantaged in developing nations and countries in transition. Working in cooperation with local organizations, governments and international agencies, AVSI has programs in 32 countries of Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
One of the intervention areas of AVSI is the "Education, children care and family support", and consequently the "Achive Universal Primary Education", one of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Atlantide, a quarterly magazine, directed by Giorgio Vittadini, has been launched in 2005 by the Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà.
Subsidiarity Report 2006
The “common good” is not appointed by the national power, but the Country has the duty to guarantee it, by promoting free personal expression, not as an “abstraction” but as a dynamic concept, within its own multiplicity of social relationships. (Giorgio Vittadini in “Sussidiarietà ed educazione” - Rapporto sulla sussidiarietà 2006)
The Research on “Subsidiarity and Education” has been conducted by the Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà during 2006 on a sample of 3,216 interviews of families, institutions and companies.
On the track for work which their statements may suggest to politics in this sector at a local, regional and national level, ICeSD and Provincia di Venezia had promoted on 25th of May a meeting between the authors of this research and the institutional summits of education. Among teachers, experts and parents, about 300 people participated at this congress organized at the “Auditorium della Provincia” at Mestre.
May 25, 2007. Presentation of the First Subsidiarity Report. Subsidiarity and Education.
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Subsidiarity Report 2007
The Subsidiarity Report 2007 "Subsidiarity and Institutional Reforms", edited by "Fondazione per la Sussidiarietà", examined a crucial area of contemporary life in Italy: institutional reforms. The research concentrated on citizens' expectations, pointing out that reforms should serve the people, the citizens. During the presentation of the report, great importance was given to the reality of northeastern regions, emerging from the statements collected in this area of Italy.
From this point of view, the Subsidiarity Report 2007 offers a precious tool for politicians, contributing to guide their choices in a time of reforms designed to fulfil people's expectations. Subsidiarity should represent a compass and a guiding principle in this task.
