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Europe Day in Potenza 24
the real innovation needs of the market across Europe. At the end of the project, the developed products and results will be disseminated in the European Union and beyond, thanks to an attractive platform with several game elements (so-called gamification) and the already active website (www.cdtmooc.eu) which will contain a rich database of materials and interactive guides in several languages, and through a series of seminars in each partner country to present the intellectual products created. More information on the project is also available on the official Facebook page at the web address: https://www.facebook.com/cdtmooc.
20. Online for the first meeting of the new Europe Direct Italia network
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In date 05/05/2021 took place online the first meeting of the new generation of Europe Direct Italia centres for the period 2021-2025. For Italy, 45 centres will be active, helping the European Commission and the European Parliament to bring information about the opportunities offered by the European Union to all regions of our country. For the first time, EUROPE DIRECT centres will be set up in Taranto, Padua, Salerno, Ravenna, Latina, Camerino, Capo d'Orlando, Tolmezzo and Borgo Valbelluna. New centres are also set up in the Vesuvius area of Naples and at the University of Roma Tre in Rome. The new generation will have a broader mandate than in the past. EUROPE DIRECT centres will promote coordination with all European networks present at regional level in order to facilitate citizens' and businesses' access to information on European calls, initiatives and projects, and will be in constant contact with local media to provide useful content on EU priorities and policies. They will listen to the needs of the territories, to enable the Commission to better understand the concrete impact of EU policies and activities on citizens, and provide 360° information on the European Union, from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic to NextGenerationEU and the green and digital transitions. They will work with schools and teachers to promote active European citizenship and will promote dialogues and debates on European issues, including in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Since 1 May, it is possible to locate the new EUROPE DIRECT centres in Italy and throughout the EU on the following interactive _map.
In date 6 May, at the presence of the highest municipal and regional authorithies, the Europe Direct Basilicata centre was inaugurated, sanctioning a new perspective of institutional and social cooperation. It will be the only official information point for citizens of the European Commission in the region for the next five years. “The Europe Direct Basilicata centre - explained the director Mr Antonino Imbesi - has built up a very broad partnership from an institutional and social point of view to try to build an increasingly strong synergy between places and institutions, between citizens and European bodies. As many as 85 public and private subjects have joined the partnership (including regional bodies, municipalities, ANCI, APT, universities, schools, employers' organisations, Chamber of Commerce, associations, etc.) with whom we intend to build a common path of cooperation and collaboration." After the inauguration and the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony by the Mayor of Potenza, Mario Guarente, as well as the Director Antonino Imbesi and the Mayor himself, all the invited guests gathered at the press conference table, including Donato Del Corso (Director General of the Agriculture Department, replacing Councillor Francesco Fanelli, Vice-President of
