Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy The Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano is a Cultural Association founded in 2007 and has among its own aims: 1

Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy 1) to spread an European conscience among the citizens: young people, adults and senior citizens. 2) to defend, to strengthen, and enlarge European Union through concrete actions and good practices of peace and brotherhood among the peoples. 2

Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy 3) to struggle against the various forms of racism and xenophobia which try to break the bonds among and different cultures. 4) to support the intercultural dialogue which is the basic condition of any form of towntwinning. 3

Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy The medium-term objectives are: 1) to involve and to mobilize the most greater part of Associations, public bodies, private organizations, groups and single citizens that operate in the territory of Ceregnano and nearby communities in the sectors of culture, education, volunteering, welfare work, social economy, environmental safeguard, religions, music and sport. 4

Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy 2) to promote meetings and periodic exchanges (at least twice a year) among the representatives of the communities already twinned or involved in the preparatory phases of the preliminary contacts. 5

Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy The priority concrete actions are: 1) to organize courses, exhibitions and seminars on the different cultures of the European peoples and on the values of the European citizenship. 6

Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy 2) to provide courses for adult learners in the field of both informal and non-formal education using e-learning tools and social media tools together with traditional face to face lessons. 7

Towntwinning Committee of Ceregnano “Cer. co. gem.” Italy 3) to enter the initiatives of the other associations, public bodies and groups in order to direct towards European dimension the activities to be scheduled and not already scheduled ones. 8