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Civil Society Organizations in the Mediterranean Area: Societal Role, Challenges, Dynamics

This research explores the role of civil society organizations in the Mediterranean area, focusing on their impact on social inclusion, challenges they face, and dynamics within society. The study examines strategies towards active citizenship and the promotion of social inclusion through education.

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Civil Society Organizations in the Mediterranean Area: Societal Role, Challenges, Dynamics

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  1. EuropeanSociologicalAssociationRN27 SouthernEuropeanSocietiesUniversità degli Studi di Sassari CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: SOCIETAL ROLE, CHALLENGES, DYNAMICS Highereducation, research and civil society Behind social exclusion. In the adult education a possible path to social inclusion D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise

  2. D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise Stating the hypothesis: if and howeducation determines some effects on level of social (ex)-inclusion Aims: to discover some strategies towards active citizenship to give each people the capability to “make history” to build the future society

  3. D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise In the Modern Society, the most important social bond resulted by the Moral Education Standing on the shoulders of giants In the Contemporary Society knowledge, competences and skills remain the necessary conditions to promote the process of Social Inclusion

  4. D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise • These inhabitants • experience problems • to participate • and to be active in society. The challenge • of minority groups • and Education for life these people “can”/must learn

  5. Eight European member states • (The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Romania, Denmark, Italyand Greece) • developed an European database on Life Long Learning D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise The research: The developed data will provide policy-makers with and for reference in enhancing social inclusion through education.

  6. An cof Molise Region • The Molise Region is the second smallest Region in Italy. • Its small population size (321,953 population) • accounts more or less the 0.6% of the Italian • population. • The population shows a demographic structure • oriented towards an aging Population. In 2009 the rate of individuals aged over 64 years is 21.9% of the population while the percentage of the population under the • age of 15 years is quite low (12.7%). A boy and a girl of Molise will live on average and respectively 81 and 85 years.

  7. An identikit of Molise Region D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise TABLE 1. Incidence of relative poverty, Italy, 2008. (%) Poverty is more concentrated in this area Note: Istat Data base

  8. An identikit of Molise Region D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise • The level of education decreases markedly with the increase in age. TABLE 2. Educational qualification, Italy –Molise , 2009, (%) A view on education Note: Istat Data base

  9. Social Partecipation

  10. Social partecipation D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise TABLE 3. People who do not take part in any social, cultural and political activities, Italy 2001 (%) Note: Istat Data base

  11. D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise Social inclusion is a multi-dimensional process with four sub-process:

  12. EDAM: The design of the research

  13. EDAM: The design of the research D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise

  14. EDAM: Main sample characteristics D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise Observations(absolute value)

  15. EDAM: Sample composition per gender (%), Molise D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise [Percentages may not sum to 100 because of missing responds]

  16. EDAM: Sample composition per age (%), Molise D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise

  17. EDAM: Sample characteristics: percentages of participants per background variable [Percentages may not sum to 100 because of missing response]

  18. EDAM: Sample composition per years of education (absolute value)

  19. EDAM: Percentageof success: some selectedresults

  20. EDAM: Incidence of participants showing increase of social inclusion per variable of Social Inclusion, Molise (2010)

  21. EDAM: Conclusion After participating in adult education This means that 52,3 % of the participants experience a better mastery of basic life competences (‘Activation’) and experience more feelings of happiness, safety and control (‘Internalization’). Besides this 37.9 % of the participants participate more in the community (‘Participation’) and experience more social interactions (‘Connection’).

  22. D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise EDAM: The nature of the study presented here is exploratory. That means that interpretations need to be made with caution.

  23. This result is very encouraging. D. Grignoli, Università degli Studi del Molise ForYourAttention

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