The College’s Association Mondo 2000 and 18 partners in the non profit-making sector, have launched a new initiative to address the challenges caused by the pandemic to those operating in the Third Sector: the project “Young Volunteers On-line”, with support from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies through the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Public notice for funding regional initiatives and projects in execution of the agreement between the Italian State and the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia of 22.04.2020 – Article 72 of Legislative Decree no. 117/2017).
The project set out to collaborate with those associations needing support in order to be able to adopt digital instruments and processes, and to encourage the participation of young people in our region – especially in the 14-19 age group – as digital volunteers, so as to become agents of positive change in society despite the constraints imposed by the health emergency.
The promotion of technological innovation in the Third Sector was aimed at preventing any future emergencies from creating new restrictions and the ensuing isolation of the recipients of volunteering services as well as that of young people in general. After a year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent isolation of an important segment of the population, “networking” has become the most important buzz word, in order to offer new possibilities for people to come together remotely.
