Could social exclusion be eliminated?
The new Italian approach on combating poverty and social exclusion…
venerdì, May 7th, 2010
Lorenzo Malagola, a representative of the Italian Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Policies presented the National Campaign for the aid against the solitude and poverty during a meeting with the researchers of E.M.E.R.G.E. project on Tuesday, 4th of May 2010 at Luigi Sturzo Institute in Rome.
The National Campaign is complementary to the European year for combating poverty and social exclusion. The government has developed a new approach to combat poverty and social exclusion, based on the new perspective that poverty is the result of a weak framework of family and community relationships. The aim of the campaign is to place the individual in the core of the society by boosting people’s responsibility so that they come out of poverty. In order to do that as effectively as possible, the Ministry involves volunteer associations and other non-profit organizations that work directly with people on the ground.
