Crescendo: soft skills training for sustainability
- Angelo Fanelli (project coordinator)
- angelo@liberopensatore.it
- +39 348 0331144
associazione@liberopensatore.it
The Free Thinker Association (ALP) is an olive tree, born shortly after the tsunamis that marked the start of the new millennium. Exploring cultural heritage is the oldest branch of the association, which in fact was founded in 2009 as an «unrecognized cultural association». The initial impulse, the «root», was Mr. Gorini and his unique philosophy of life. We set up an organization to be able to do a work of cultural archeology: an «excavation» of a plethora of audio, video, text, and image materials telling the story of Umbria between the end of WWII and the 90s – now comprising the archive of the Associazione.
The fruits have been many: books, documentaries, cultural events under the banner of «creative folly», exhibitions, fairy tales, theater performances for children, and a micro-publishing house that is now approaching the dozen published books. Today, in 2022, we hope to generate a new sprout from this branch: despite the negative response from the Municipality of Perugia, we want to open a Museum of Eclecticism dedicated to Vittorio Gorini in Perugia. In Umbria.
Previously a professor in the main international business schools (SDA Bocconi, HEC Paris, University of Florida). Actually, he works as a linguistic coach and trainer on soft skills, leadership, management and communication. In the Association Free Thinker of which he is founder and President, explores his passions: the territory, olive growing, cooking…
Waldorf teacher of plastic pictorial materials, trainer, narrator and actor of Marionette Theatre, Diego is also an author and narrator of fairy tales for children as well as a director and actor street theatre.
She is an architect specialized in large scale urban regeneration projects with a view on sustainability. She lives in Perugia, Umbria, is the Treasurer and Project Manager within the LiberoPensatore association.
fundacion@movimientotecnologicorural.org
In the past, people left the villages in search of industry, the main driving force of employment, which had no place in a village due to its logistical needs (communications, suppliers, clients, etc.). However, today, the most thriving sector is technology (ICT).
We are an association formed by entrepreneurs with a team of ICT experts with extensive experience in creating digital assets, communication, and strategy. At DTR, we bring together professionals who have decided to dedicate our efforts to promoting the development of a new fourth sector in the rural environment. Our deep market knowledge and mastery of ICTs are essential to tackling innovative projects that require an analytical vision and the teamwork promoted by the DTR association.
Managing projects since 2019, he is an entrepreneur, digital project manager, and software developer. He is the president of the Asociación Desarrollo Tecnológico Rural, a social movement committed to improving rural areas in all aspects, especially in technology, and operates in the Aragonese Pyrenees.
Her passion is people and what we experience. She has been working as a theater instructor for 20 years with various groups. She is convinced of the need to create creative and nurturing spaces where people can come together to continue being.
Psychologist with training in communication skills for emotional care, experienced in conducting workshops and training sessions, and currently project manager at this association. She believes in continuous personal development, and her inspiration is to serve as a vehicle to broaden the possibilities that life offers to those who journey through it.
Kocaeli is one of the 81 provinces into which Turkey is divided, administered by a Governor appointed by the central government. The capital is İzmit. Its capital, Kocaeli or İzmit.
As one of the most developed cities of Turkey, Kocaeli plays a key role in Turkish economy. It has 13 organized industrial zones that host thousands of national and international industrial facilities. Furthermore, the strategic location of the city brings Kocaeli a very huge transnational transportation capacity. The city is located in Marmara Region nearby Istanbul which is the economic and cultural capital of Turkey. On the othet hand, the region has still a rural entrepreneurial potential namely on agri-food sectors. The industrial facilities cover only 3% of the province landscape while the rural parts represent more than 60%.
As project manager with 13 years of experience in EU-funded projects, he coordinates the Crescendo activities in the Turkish context. He has been involved in Crescendo-related actions on Innovative Farming, Food production, Diet and Using art as a means of learning. He is currently coordinating another Erasmus+ action titled LOFT - Local Food Trace (localfoodtrace.eu) which is about supporting the digital transformation of small-scale local food producers in partner countries, Türkiye, France, Spain and Italy.
Given my experience as a food inspector and my ongoing contact with the rural environment, it brings me great satisfaction to contribute as a trainer for the Crescendo project in Turkey, bringing my knowledge and communication skills to this work, rooted in my history of food inspections. Crescendo represents a valuable opportunity for the rural environment that must not be overlooked.
As a Crescendo trainer, I focus on experiential learning that bridges the gap between the physical body and nature. My upbringing in natural settings, combined with my work as a research assistant and my education and experience in acting, has shaped my multifaceted approach. This unique blend allows me to create a learning environment where creativity, self-concept, personal growth and communication are central.
smascherati@humanbeings.it
The cultural association ‘Smascherati!’APS aims to make theatre a place for intercultural exchange.
Founded in 1989 in the city of Perugia by artists from different theatrical backgrounds, we have always
worked to bring together human experiences and very different cultures through theatre and artistic
expression. The most important collaborations have been with some theatre masters and artists (Eugenio Barba, Pierre Byland, Marisa Fabbri, Jacques Lecoq) and dance theatre (Malou Airaudo, Bénédicte Billiet and Julie Ann Stanzak of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch).
In recent years, the association has collaborated with many institutions, at local, national and international level.
The main activities focus on intercultural communication and the social inclusion of disadvantaged
groups, with an emphasis on respect for cultural diversity. This approach led to the creation in 1994 of
Human Beings – an international workshop of intercultural theatre and in 2011 the creation of Teatro
Rifugio – a protected place which tells the story of exile, a workshop that aims to work with refugees and asylum seekers. Every year our workshops result in original final theatrical performances, characterised by the richness that the different cultures participants bring with them.
He studied Communication and Arts Music and Entertainment (DAMS) in Bologna. Trained as an actor with important theater and dance theater professionals, since 1977 under the guidance of Pierre Byland he has pursued a personal study of the comic arts for years. Founder and artistic director of Smascherati, since 1989, he is also the artistic director of Human Beings-International Cross- Cultural Theater Workshop since 1994. He has been an “external professor” at the Shandong theater (China).
Actor, artistic and cultural mediator, trainer. Since 2013 he has collaborated as an actor with the Smascherati Association -Human Beings -International Cross -Cultural Theater Workshop, and since 2017 with the Teatro di Figura Umbro.
Actress, project manager, cultural heritage expert, she has been active in theatre with the association Smascherati! for 10 years and follows the realisation of the association's national and international projects, in particular the Erasmus+ projects and the TeatroRifugio and Human Beings workshops. She also works as a trainer for the ‘Matria - theatre workshop for women’ projects and workshops in schools. In the Crescendo project she is project manager.
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