We work together with local partners on projects and services promoting:

• social inclusion: social, educational, healthcare and cultural services, with a special focus on young women, boys and girls living in challenging conditions at risk of social exclusion
• economic inclusion: vocational training, counselling and assistance in accessing the job market, micro-entrepreneurship
• gender equality
• migration and development: social and economic inclusion of migrants in Italy and in their country of origin
• promotion of local resources and cultural heritage
• governance
• social communication
• environmental protection and resource management

CIES promotes cooperation strategies and projects to help bring about equal opportunities, social and cultural inclusion; we work with institutions, associations, and other key players of local civil society.

Our integrated activities are aimed at improving skills, bringing about innovation, empowering people and protecting human rights, in order to generate sustainable development processes for all in a global dimension of interdependence.