ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

1. ARACNE ASSOCIATION for SOCIAL PROMOTION Action-Research in Knowledge Processes ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

2. WHAT IS ARACNE? ARACNE is a not-for-profit social promotion association founded in 2005 in Naples. It was born from the experience of its members in the Philosophy Departme nt of Federico II University where it was incubated ARACNE is an open network for cooperation among project designers, researchers, multimedia and interactive operators, trainers and social workers. ARACNE designs and develops projects, initiatives and activities, both on national and international levels. ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

3. Goals ARACNE promotes active citizenship, people’s rights and autonomy, through the shared development of knowledge, communication and ICT. ARACNE supports formal and informal networks, and (virtual) communities and organisations with its methodologies and tools for the management of knowledge processes in order to achieve their own aims if they are close to the ARACNE aims. ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

4. Fields of work ARACNE is active in the fields of social empowerment, the promotion and increase of people rights, European collaboration, local development, active citizenship, gender issues, equal opportunities and it gives value and importance to differences and culture(s). ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

5. Activities ARACNE carries out researches, plans training programmes, and plans for the management of knowledge processes by trans-cultural vision and constructivist approach, using the tools and the methodologies of: knowledge management, e-learning, content management, lifelong-learning, ICT, strategic communication, action-research. ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

6. The ARACNE Network The ARACNE network is fluid and open. It takes shape, it activates and it expands in relationship with shared goals and passions, and each time it assumes a new form. ARACNE operates on an international, national, regional and local level, with various subjects. ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

7. Italian partners • Antigone Napoli – Association for rights and guarantees in the penal system. (Naples) • Work and occupational Training Council – Province of Naples • Education and Occupational Training Council – Region of Campania • Social Policy council - Council of Naples • Social Policy and Equal Opportunities Council– Region of Campania • Cantiere dell'Immaginario - Imagination Workshop. Social promotion Association producing videos and a TV programme. (Naples) • Department of Philosophy “A. Aliotta” - University of Naples “Federico II” • Faculty of Literature - University of Naples “Federico II” • Refugee Work Group - Association Onlus (Bari ) • High School "A. Serra" (Naples) • High School “A. Genovesi” (Naples) • High School "A. Tilgher" (Ercolano -Naples) • High School “U. Foscolo” (Naples) • Gender and Generation differences watchdog– department of Philosophy “A. Aliotta” - University of Naples “Federico II” • Pelagus S.r.l. (Tourist Services Agency, Naples) • Diadromic-transformational School – Foundation for research on Psychiatry and Human Sciences (Salerno, Italy) • Without Frontiers – Voluntary Association (Naples) • Innovative Financing Service - Council of Naples • Free Space – Cultural Association (Benevento, Italy) • C.O.R.A. Onlus (non-profit company) Retravailler Centres of the Naples Province administration, for the rehabilitation of women on the job market ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

8. Projects and Services • - 2008/2009 “ Serra “ Cycles and recyclings: a feminine way for another story” funded by FORMEZ national studies centre • 2008/2009 Foscolo & Genovesi “Doors Open to the public” as part of the Campania Regional Committee article n° 159 del 30 giugno 2008 “A way across life” • - 2008 Genovesi Doors Open to the public” as part of the Campania Regional Committee article n° 159 del 30 giugno 2007 “The square in the centre” • 2007/2008 “3L Welfare: Lifelong Learning & Welfare:Policies, good practices and innovative processes for training, guidance, employment and social inclusion: comparing the Danish, French, Spanish and Italian experiences” agreement between the local government of Provincia of Naples and “A. Aliotta” Philosophy Department at University of Napoli “Federico II” • 2007/2008 Foscolo “Doors Open to the public” as part of the Campania Regional Committee article n° 159 del 30 giugno 2007 “A bridge among cultures” • - 2007 Tilgher “Doors Open to the public” as part of the Campania Regional Committee article n° 374 of 23/03/06. "Design and staging of a project on non-violence" • - 2007 Women’s Civilization. An initiative carried out by the Council of Equal Opportunities in the region of Campania, funded in part by the European Social Fund. “Managing the set-up of the Women’s Library.” • - 2006 Experimentation Programme and Exchange of general rules in a European Union Environment in action and innovative training systems. • Coordinator: Department of Philosophy “A. Aliotta”, Federico II University of Naples. Funded by the Occupational Training Council, Province of Naples. • “Construction of European Networks and Information and Orientation services for the Financing Opportunities offered by the European Union. • - 2005/6 “Europe for local Development.” Provision of information and orientation services for European financing Opportunities. • Client: Naples City Council – Innovative Financing Service. ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy

9. Manifesto ARACNE is an accessible space, an open and collaborative network of individuals and groups, a flexible tool for research and action. ARACNE originates from the idea that the so-called human sciences don’t lose, but instead gain centrality, thanks to the spread of ICT in all areas of life – economics, politics and sciences. ARACNE is convinced that the production of knowledge is a creative process of collective elaboration and of practical experimentation, starting with itself Research is an experience from which we emerge transformed. ARACNE favours change, new inventions, play, meetings and exchange, the continuous shift of research fields and of action. ARACNE interprets the society of knowledge as an, open reticular, multicultural society, which respects the rights, the needs, the differences and the aspirations of every single person form the northern to the southern hemisphere. ARACNE recognises that there is constructive value in dissent and conflict, yet prefers to avoid the logic of competition. ARACNE has a light fluid form, because context and goals define roles, and not vice-versa. ARACNE weaves and works with dynamic, flexible and open relationships and structures. ARACNE supports the development of open platforms and knowledge-sharing. ARACNE communicates and travels widely within Europe, but remains with its roots firmly planted in the city of Naples. ARACNE associazione di promozione sociale – Naples - Italy