The regional authorities in Friuli Venezia Giulia launched the Education in Emergencies (EDURES) toolkit from the Council of Europe through an online meeting. The toolkit aims to strengthen the resilience of educational systems, with its implementation through pilot programs focusing on the proactive role of schools. Various reflections during the launch event highlighted the importance […]
The first workshop with the stakeholders of IN4SAFETY
On Friday, March 15th, the first online workshop with stakeholders was held as part of the IN4SAFETY project, funded by the Interreg VA Italy-Slovenia Program. During the workshop, we had the opportunity to present the IN4SAFETY project, which aims to strengthen cross-border cooperation to address emergencies. We also had the honor of presenting the WEB […]
FirEUrisk 7th Plenary Meeting: citizens’ participation for wildfire risk prevention
The 7th Plenary Meeting of FirEUrisk, held in Athens from 5th to 7th March, provided ISIG with an opportunity to work on the field of Rafina-Pikermi area, a Municipality in the Attica Region profoundly affected by the 2018 Mati Fire. In our perspective, recovering from such a devastating event – which resulted in 104 human […]
A Memory of Johan Galtung
On 17 February, Johan Galtung, the father of ‘peace studies’ and ‘peace research’, passed away at the age of 93. Norwegian, an eclectic scholar, before receiving his master’s degree in Sociology in 1957, he graduated the previous year in Mathematics at the University of Oslo. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s Indian non-violent experience, he later deepened […]