Fondazioni4Africa will actively take part to the Foundation Week, initiative of the European Foundation Centre (Bruxelles, from 31/5 to 4/6/2010), promoting and sharing the experiences of the international cooperation initiatives in Uganda and Senegal.
Please visit the INFO DESK at the Interactive Fair and register for the discussion workshops organised there, as the agenda below:

MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT: CAN DIASPORA CONTRIBUTE TO EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN?

Starting from the experience gained in Fondazioni4Africa Senegal project, directly presented by Senegalese associations representatives, participants (European Commission, European Foundations and African Diaspora and NGOs representatives) will debate on the innovative and controversial issue of migration and development , analyzing cases where migrants associations are proactively involved in development mechanisms of the country of origin and identifying main added values and limits.
May 31, from 15.00 PM to 17.30 PM - REGISTER HERE

MULTI SECTORIAL PARTNERSHIP APPROACHES IN A POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENT: CAN THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

The ongoing F4A Northern Uganda project represents a case study where water supply interventions, food security, income generation, health and education activities constantly contribute to peace and reconciliation objectives. During this session, participants will debate on this and other internationally relevant case studies of multi-sectorial partnerhsip to share methodologies, approaches and practices and identify future cooperation perspectives.
June 1st, from 10.00 AM to 12.30 AM - REGISTER HERE

MAXIMIZING IMPACT IN AFRICA THROUGH EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Can sustainable development education complement and maximize the impact of development interventions? Can development education activities be implemented both in Africa and Europe? Can diaspora’s representatives play a relevant role in development education? Based on the experience gained in F4A Senegalese and Northern Ugandan projects, the workshop aims at raising debate on these issues between representatives of Fondazioni4Africa, European Commission, European Foundations and European NGOs.
June 2nd, from 9.30 AM, to 12.00 AM - REGISTER HERE


QUESTIONS&ANSWERS, OPEN SESSION

Why four Italian Foundations decided to join together for development programmes in Northern Uganda and in Senegal? Is the initiative’s organizational structure effective? Does the multilevel approach work? How are projects evaluated? Come and visit the FONDAZIONI4AFRICA CORNER: representatives of Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione Cariparma, Fondazione Cariplo and Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena and their partners (NGOS, migrants associations, monitoring and evaluation experts) will answer these and other questions on the initiative.
June 1st, from 15.00 PM to 18.00 PM