Category:Bond of Union

The Social Cooperative Bond Of Union was established in 2010 thanks to an "enterprise start-up" funding by the Family and Social Policy Department of the Sicilian Government by a group of young professionals. Bond Of Union main aim is the promotion of social development and inclusive processes through the networking between citizens, third sector actors and the public administrations. Thanks to the project realized in the previous years Bond of Union gained an experience on project design and management at local, national and European community base, mainly focusing on promoting educational opportunities within international exchanges and training courses addressed to different target groups (mostly young people and low skilled and low qualified adults). Since 2016 Bond of Union is leading a project space in the Capo neighborhood of Palermo. The space hosts its educational activities addressed to locals and international stakeholders and aims to be become a community center for the residents of the area.

Meanwhile Bond of Union is developing an action research finalized to promote participation and civic engagement among the residents of Capo neighborhood and is establishing a formally recognized educational community that include all the services and organizations based in the neighborhood. Bond of Union has four ordinary members and different external collaborators (mostly project managers, trainers, experts and facilitators). The permanent staff is composed by one expert in the design of educational projects, one psychologist and one expert in international cooperation and local development. Bond of Union host volunteers from the Office for the Execution of Community Service of Palermo (UIEPE).