Centro per lo Sviluppo

Creativo “Danilo Dolci”

Who was

Danilo

Dolci?

The history

of our

organisation

Aims Activities Structure

Contents

i. Who was Danilo Dolci?

A sociologist, pacifist and educator that arrived in Sicily in

the 50’ where he developed a nonviolent fight against

mafia and methods for community development

ii. The history of the organisation

•Centro Studi ed Iniziative

(when Dolci and his

collaborators started their

work)

1958

•Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo

(as soon as the work of the

organisation became more connected

with nonviolent education, creativity

and development)

1985 •Centro per lo Sviluppo Creativo “Danilo Dolci”

(after Dolci’s death)

1998

iii. Aims

Disseminating Danilo Dolci’s life and work and raising awareness

of the actuality of his writings

Promoting education for children, youth and adults through

nonviolent education

Educating towards peace and nonviolence as tools for cultural,

social and civic promotion

Promoting active citizenship and participative democracy

Promoting innovative processes in the civil society and public

schools, through maieutic workshops and seminars

Developing educational courses on the maieutic structure able

to boost the growth of “new” educators and trainers

iv. Activities

Organization of

maieutic

workshops in

schools,

universities,

organisations

and institutions

Organization of

cultural and

educational

activities to

promote Danilo

Dolci’s life and

work

Ensuring that the

books written by

Danilo Dolci

during his life are

published again

and organising

new anthologies

that gather his

most important

writings

Organising

European projects

involving youth

and adults from

different

countries, about

the themes of

nonviolence,

peace and active

participation

Organising

European projects

in the sphere of

both youth and

adult education by

using the RMA as

a main

educational

approach

Local activities

Maieutic workshops focus on Inventing the Future in Ballarò

2008-2009

RMA with secondary school teachers and students

classical themes of RMA (educating-teaching, communicating-transmitting)

outcomes: increased communication, better relationships, increased creative processes, activate participation processes, etc…

Funded by Fondazione con il Sud

Through training course it provided

autochthones and immigrants girls

(aged 15-18), with specific

professional competences for

entering the labour market

Facilitated re-entry into the education

system; promoted personal and

professional development

Empowered the target territory -

Albergheria - by developing activities

that had a positive impact on the area

and the community

Local activities

APQ “Young protagonists of themselves and of the territory” 2010 - 2013

Promotion of youth creativity to foster

a major social protagonism

Promotion of healthy lifestyle and

positive models of behavior by

strengthening sport activities, cultural

and environmental education and by

raising the awareness of the youth to

the risks deriving from the

consumption of drugs, alcohol or

disorders of nutrition.

Promotion of the culture of dialogue

and multiculturalism to foster

dialogue and integration

It is an instrument of integrated planning through which the Sicilian Region, in consultation with the Youth Department, aims at putting young people at the centre of attention, hence starting a cultural change in the territory which appreciates the potential and the role of youth as active and necessary actor in the development of Sicily

International activities

International activities UPS – Unused Potentials of Senior

Migrants / Experts for Life 2010 - 2012

EDDILI – To educate is to make possible the discovery of life 2009 - 2011

Grundtvig Multilateral – LLP (24 months+international partnership)

Training for trainers and action-research about the impact of RMA in the field of training and education delivered to adult learning staff

Rendered it possible for RMA to become a recognised educational approach in the field

Grundtvig Multilateral – LLP

(24 months+international

partnership)

Addressing, selecting and

training senior migrants for

their future field of activity

and the development of a

self-help manual

International activities Culturitalian: the art of learning Italian

through cultural diversity, 2011

ETHICS, “Ethical Competence as Educational Component in Adult

Education” 2009 - 2011

Produced a number of

enriching instruments for

training and evaluating adults’

ethical competences

Final products: booklet and

website with tools and

methodical guidelines on how

to train and evaluate ethical

competences in adult

education

International workshop which

included diverse activities on Italian

culture and language, intercultural

workshops, interactive group

buildings, language games, cultural

visits of Sicilian sights, movie

projections, interviews with radio

promoters; use of creative, non

formal methods

LAUTC – Learn About Us Through Culture, 2008 – 2009

EU – Event Parcours 2008 - 2009

LLP – Grundtvig Multilateral

Developed good practices at EU level, realisable at a local level, to increase the value of cultural events in responding to migrants’ and autochthones’ intercultural learning needs

Involvement of target groups in each project phase through the use of the “Four Pillars of Education” to enable participatory active learning

Integrated population from marginalised urban areas by facilitating the development of competences in line with LLP objectives of personal fulfilment and European active citizenship

Other international projects

Manchester - December2008

Frechen – January 2009

Marseille – March 2009

Athens April 2009

Palermo – November 2008

Other international projects

Democracy in a multicultural Society, 2009

The Role of Women in Conflict Transformation, 2006

Nonviolent creative defence of human rights, 2009

Youth in Action TC CoE, European Youth

Foundation CoE, European Youth

Foundation

The training course proposed to analyze and reflect upon the

actual situation about the participation of the immigrant population in the democratic

process. It aimed at understanding the situation across Europe and facing the

different immigration and political contexts

The training course aimed at developing gender sensitive

strategies and tools to deal with conflict. The training course

focused on identifying factors able to prevent the active involvement of women on conflict transformation and

developing new gender sensitive approaches

Developing new

creative strategies

to defend the

human rights in a

nonviolent way

Learning about the

situation regarding

human rights in the

diverse countries

Discovering the

power of Arts in

dealing with strong

social issues locally

and internationally

Disseminating

Danilo Dolci’s work

and life and the

RMA as a

nonviolent

communication tool

Other international projects

Inventing the future: Reciprocal maieutic approach

for conflict transformation

Non-formal education in

action: building democracy and

social inclusion

Youth in Action 5 Youth in Action 1 CoE, European Youth

Foundation

The project was designed with

the idea of allowing people

from different countries to

collectively think about the

possibility of non-violent

conflict transformation, with an

informal approach to education

and international mobility.

Youth for Peace: Towards a New World

Organisation of a multicultural

youth exchange in Palermo.

The participants were 40

young people from Spain,

Colombia, Ecuador and Italy. The project aims at

promoting the validity of the

non-formal education

method at an International

level through a transnational

exchange of good practices in

the field of youth education.

Other international projects

Together for human rights, 2010 – 2012

GIVE - Guidance In Vocational Education for students in rural

areas, 2012 - 2014 Intercult-rural, 2008

Grundtvig Learning Partnership Leonardo Program , TOI Youth in Action, Action 1.1

The project aims at improving the quality of human rights

education programs through investigation and analysis of different experiences of the partners involved. The main

objective of the learning partnership is to analyze and share experiences in human

rights education

The idea of the project is to exploit modern methods used

by social media for the improvement of vocational knowledge. Equipping VET

professionals with skills of use of social media will provide

attractive VET opportunities and encourage youth participation in

the learning process.

This project was realized in

Petralia Soprana and was

created in order to promote

awareness among young people

about the importance of their

role in the processes of change

and improvement of their

communities.

v. Structure

President

International activities

Local activities

National network

Archive and publications

Dissemination of Dolci’s writings

Maieutic workshops

Direction

ADDRESS: VIA ROMA 94 – 90133

PALERMO, ITALY

TEL.: +39 091 6177252

FAX: +39 091 6230849

WWW.DANILODOLCI.ORG

Contacts

Project Managers

Financial Manager

President Amico Dolci

presidente@dani

lodolci.org

Anna Raspanti

anna.raspanti@d

anilodolci.org

Fausto

Amico fausto.amico@d

anilodolci.org Dario

Ferrante dario.ferrante@

danilodolci.org

Andrea Vacha

andrea.vacha@da

nilodolci.org

Emanuela Iannazzo

emanuela.ianna

zzo@danilodol

ci.org

mailto:fausto.amico@danilodolci.org