Latest from CISP - January 2022

We see before us a great potential for building better societies, but also the risk of reinforcing injustices and inequalities between societies, communities and individuals that have the resources and capacity to adapt, and those who will simply suffer these changes.

How does CISP's action fit into this context? We thought to adopt a slogan that we feel describes particularly well what CISP is and how it seeks to understand its own identity and way of working. The slogan is Rights, Facts, People.​

On December 26th, we lost Carlo Tassara. Carlo was a founder of CISP. He was a protagonist of its conception, from the drafting of the Constitutive Act to the writing of the first Statute, which led to the birth of the organisation on 10 January 1983.

We could go on and on describing all the things that Carlo did at CISP, but it seems more important to us to talk about what is Carlo’s heritage in the organisation and in his way of seeing the world.

Carlo was famous for his professional precision and for his ability to analyse and structure processes. And this was related to the idea that good intentions are not enough to deal with development and to try to promote the improvement of people's living conditions. It also takes commitment and attention to the quality of what we do.

A project that carries on the legacy of Paolo Dieci and his commitment to improving access to quality education for girls in Ethiopia. 
Although the primary school enrollment rate of girls in Ethiopia has drastically improved from 21% to 91% in recent years, most girls are unable to enter secondary and tertiary education due to distance, personal security and financial difficulties. The project aims to allow access to education for girls through scholarships and other mechanisms that promote sustenance for their families. It also seeks to improve the quality of education by ensuring adequate space and equipment.

The project provides support for school meals in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, special needs centres and Koranic schools. The project covers 83 schools and reaches 40,000 boys and girls in the Awserd, Boujdour, Layoune, Dakhla regions of the Sahrawi Refugee Camps and in the municipalities of Bir Tigsit and Tifariti in the Western Sahara.

The project contributes to the formation of responsible citizenship through innovative actions in the cultural field. 

The objective is to strengthen creative groups of young people, providing cultural opportunities and values on the theme of responsible citizenship, based on effective social participation and the construction of an autonomous and dynamic civil society. 

Experiences from both Europe and Latin America help stimulate interaction between the different actors involved in building inclusive development.