The Centre for Creative Development Danilo Dolci – ETS is a non-profit organisation whose history is deeply connected with Danilo Dolci’s social and educational work. We work in the educational and social fields to promote communities' creative and nonviolent development by using participative methods. We aim to build an environment where everyone can fully and creatively contribute to society.
Our work stems from the following principle: no real and sustainable change can be achieved unless we involve the community and the people for whom we conceived our interventions. Thus, we start processes aimed at identifying the community's needs and desires and co-design bottom-up interventions.
We pursue our mission by implementing projects and initiatives at local, national, and international levels and by identifying synergies and cooperation opportunities with schools, universities, institutions, organisations, and the whole community.
Our Centre has over 20 years of experience in managing national, European and international funds, such as Erasmus+, Digital Europe, AMIF, Creative Europe, CERV, EYE, ISF CSEP, ENPI CBC MED and EuropeAid. It relies on a team of 15 employees and more than 40 volunteers, experts and collaborators. We work with a network of more than 25 schools, universities, and local organisations, as well as +300 partners from 50 countries.
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