Cocooners - n° 4 - <strong>March</strong> <strong>2018</strong> Cocooners - n° 4 - <strong>March</strong> <strong>2018</strong> FROM THE FAMILY For this number of Cocooners we love to feature a piece about the story, the purpose and the initiatives of an organization we are proud to work with for many years now. TOGETHER TO CHANGE THE RULES COCOON PROJECTS WEBSITE HIGHLIGHTS ROMA aied-roma.it Ci siamo riusciti: adesso LSP parla italiano! Quest’anno, per la prima volta al mondo, Robert Rasmussen ha acconsentito a ufficializzare l’italiano nella formazione di massimo profilo dei facilitatori LSP, e lo ha fatto con noi. During Fascism in <strong>It</strong>aly, the regime approved In <strong>March</strong> 1971, the law was abrogated by the <strong>It</strong>alian to respond and find new ways of intervening. #diversieinsieme (#differentandtogether) in 2015, laws aimed at defending race and increasing birth Constitutional Court. Innovation, both technological and strategic, has #<strong>No</strong>bullismo (#<strong>No</strong>Bullying) in 2016 and #costru- rates. From then on, AIED has been highly committed to been considered one of the most relevant areas to ireilfuturo (#BuildtheFuture) in 2017. This was mainly achieved with art. 553 of the opening family counselling facilities all over <strong>It</strong>aly work on, so in 2010 AIED turned to Cocoon Projects Penal Code that banned both propaganda and the and spreading the concepts of birth control, sexual and started a project based on evolution, which is Moreover, AIED Rome has felt the need to innovate personal use of any contraceptives. awareness and prevention. still ongoing. the family counselling facilities, both techno- This collaboration has proved profitable from the logically speaking and service-wise, to be on par On 10th October 1953, the AIED (“<strong>It</strong>alian Associ- In the meantime, however, many other social beginning, as the two entities were very much with private clinics. <strong>It</strong> has done so by creating a ation for Demographic Education”) was founded, issues, such as violence against women, bullying alike and the desire to create value and bring about restricted online area for medical reports. This with the purpose of repealing the aforementioned law and spreading the concept of free and respon- and cyber-bullying, gender inequality, etc. have arisen and quickly spread. Owing to these devel- real changes in society guided them. As a result, a brand new website came to life, based is an important tool to make access to medical reports easier and cope with the constantly new What’s up by Stelio Verzera sible procreation. opments, “AIED Rome” has deemed it necessary on the needs of its internal staff and patients. needs of patients. We are living through an exponential phase of history, Social media and web campaigns, along with with many of us choking on a feeling of continuous cultural initiatives, aimed at involving young For many years, AIED Rome has been working acceleration. people directly, were launched, addressing topics within schools and with young people, helping relevant to AIED. with sexual education for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, respect for diversity Since 2013, in fact, AIED and Cocoon Projects together and, in recent years, bullying and cyberbullying, have promoted various innovation contests, facing too. For this specific reason, in <strong>No</strong>vember 2017, issues worthy of attention each year. AIED Rome published an educational guidebook The core value has always been to listen to young for parents, teachers and students, called: “Bulli e people’s point of view and allow them to have cyberbulli: ora basta!” (“Bullies and cyber-bullies, their say on topics they normally wouldn’t get the that’s enough!”). The guidebook, put together with chance to discuss. Young people can teach us a lot the aid of experts in different fields, has been and excluding them from matters that are dealt with every day is a mistake. requested and is still used by a huge amount of <strong>It</strong>alian schools, arousing discussions and debates People have the power and spreading knowledge and awareness of the When problems arise in our Agency, i.e. obstacles to our That’s why contests have always called for feasible phenomenon. work, we often focus on technological problems, or issues proposals, that could have a tangible impact regarding tools and methods, or people. on reality. The challenges launched so far have <strong>2018</strong> has just begun and there are already a lot been related to #<strong>No</strong>Violenza #Donne (#<strong>No</strong>Vio- of initiatives that AIED Rome can’t wait to work lence #Women) in 2013, #Giovani #LiberiDi- on, certain that Cocoon projects will always be Amare (#YoungPeople #FreetoLove) in 2014, by its side. 4 5
Change language