The EDU National Programme is an educational programme aimed at schools, promoted by the Italian Youth Association for UNESCO in agreement with the Italian National Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry of Education and Merit (memorandum of understanding signed in 2021 with the MIUR) in collaboration with public and private bodies, institutions, foundations and associations […]
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EDU talks is the final event of the EDU workshops, held every year at the end of the school year. The goal of the event is to showcase the outcomes developed by the students, through project exhibitions and thematic talks. Students are the true protagonists of this event, invited to share their EDU experiences and […]
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AIGU was created to bring the new generations closer to UNESCO’s core values, promoting the right to education, inclusive education, and gender equality, in line with Goal 5 of the 2030 Agenda. With the objective of training conscious and active young people in the local area, the association promotes Academy: a series of academic meetings […]
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Heritage is a shared future Gianluca Buoncore, President Heritage&Youth is AIGU’s program dedicated to the relationship between young people and heritage. Starting with the international event World Heritage Youth, held in Florence on September 9, 2023, AIGU initiated an international dialogue process to build a network that connects the experiences of youth and youth organizations […]
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The IDEA Project | Incontro, Dialogo, Educazione, Azione (Meeting, Dialogue, Education, Action) was created as a pilot project within AIGU’s Heritage&Youth program with a clear objective: to activate dialogue processes capable of generating solid and operational networks. The aim is to systemize the experiences of managing bodies and associative organizations—especially youth-led ones—active in the field […]
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage and the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Italian Youth Association for UNESCO presents WHY | World Heritage Youth. WHY will serve as a forum […]
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From Italy’s young people a great message of awareness and information is to go out, so that the world’s governments do what they must to save our land and our seas. We are the last generation that can be of use in doing something to save the planet. We will not back down Antonio Libonati, […]
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WWF has calculated that 570,000 tonnes of plastic end up in the Mediterranean alone every year, the equivalent of around 33,000 small bottles per minute. According to the most recent studies, by 2050 the amount of plastic in the sea is expected to exceed that of fish. In 2019 the Italian Youth Association for UNESCO […]
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GEA (Giovani e Ambiente / Youth and Environment) is the interregional working group of the Italian Youth Association for UNESCO, created to promote environmental and sustainability themes in full harmony with UNESCO’s priorities.The group aims to serve as an internal and external point of reference to raise awareness among young people, support the association’s network, […]
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AIGU turns 10 10 years of passion 10 years of civic commitment 10 years of the AIGU community AIGU has always been committed to delivering projects and events across Italy, through regional projects and national events such as the EDU project and the Italian Youth Forum, among the most important cultural projects linked to the […]
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