The Twinning Committee "Colletorto in Europe" is a cultural and social association formerly active since 2008. It counts almost hundred members, involved in all kind of activities. Our association organizes various aspects of the social town life, as meetings to discuss ideas for new public initiatives with various associations of the town, especially with the Social Cultural and Sports Centre to organize joint activities. The committee benefits from the support of its group of international volunteers, who helps it to spread the message of an active European commitment. Through its members, it disseminates information, organizes board and lodging for participants coming from out of town and encourages the active participation of the inhabitants during the events. Our committee organizes the different aspects of the meeting: making contact with immigrant families, with cultural associations, with the Cultural and Sports Center and schools for the organization of common activities, with the young people and the various professionals (heads of the associations of help to the immigrants responsible of the visits, animator, with the civil servants of municipality for the organization with the technical services (reception official, reservation of rooms ...). Many meetings are organized to distribute the various tasks among the volunteers of our committee. We disseminates the information and we organizes the search for the host families so encouraging the active participation of the inhabitants of the municipality through the local press, the communal bulletin and the websites of the municipality.
The twinning commette of Saint Yrieix sur Charente helps to develop bonds of friendship between peoples, it promotes their mutual understanding beyond the differences of language and culture. It is a positive element for the maintenance of peace between nations. It allows to multiply the exchanges and the contacts between the different layers of the population, between the professional circles but also between the young people.
The committee develops its projects in collaboration with the City Council, the Cultural and Sports Cultural Center, the schools and the various associations of the municipality (sports clubs, folklore group, club of the 3rd age ...) It participates in the cultural and sports events of our city (sports festival, carnival, celebration of the day of Europe ...) and organizes the learning of the Polish language and the Italian language. It organizes the reception of young European trainees in our municipality and helps young people wishing to do internships abroad. The twinning committee of Saint Yrieix began to think about this project in collaboration during the visit of a young delegation from Colletorto last year. The two committees wanted to perpetuate the involvement of the youth of the two municipalities through the exchange on the theme of immigration.
In the current context, it was important for us to work on the tolerance and stigmatization of immigrants.
We believe that we can fight against stereotypes, prejudices and decrease the rate of people victims of intolerance and discrimination only by building a strong communities of people from different social, economical and cultural backgrounds, coherent with EU aims and values. Our mission and vision is to take action against hate speech and radicalization to equipping our communities with value and education to answer to these issues.
The committee develops its projects in collaboration with the City Council, the Cultural and Sports Cultural Center, the schools and the various associations of the municipality (sports clubs, folklore group, club of the 3rd age ...) It participates in the cultural and sports events of our city (sports festival, carnival, celebration of the day of Europe ...) and organizes the learning of the Polish language and the Italian language. It organizes the reception of young European trainees in our municipality and helps young people wishing to do internships abroad. The twinning committee of Saint Yrieix began to think about this project in collaboration during the visit of a young delegation from Colletorto last year. The two committees wanted to perpetuate the involvement of the youth of the two municipalities through the exchange on the theme of immigration.
In the current context, it was important for us to work on the tolerance and stigmatization of immigrants.
We believe that we can fight against stereotypes, prejudices and decrease the rate of people victims of intolerance and discrimination only by building a strong communities of people from different social, economical and cultural backgrounds, coherent with EU aims and values. Our mission and vision is to take action against hate speech and radicalization to equipping our communities with value and education to answer to these issues.