Laboratorio del cittadino APS

Laboratorio del Cittadino ONLUS is an association, NGO, born in 1994 which works in the field of non-formal education and environmental education, recognised by the Ministry of Environment and joined the CEA network of the Umbria Region. It participates actively in the development of projects about the European Lifelong Learning Programme. The association was born by the need to protect and valorise the cultural, historic, artistic and environmental heritage, at regional national level. Our aim is to educate youth to develop sustainable behaviours. The Association, with a long experience in the field of adult and youth education intends to pursue objective of social solidarity and active citizenship, to strengthen community engagement in the delicate system of relations between man and environment. Since 1998 the Laboratorio, started to work on the European Program Lifelong Learning, started important collaboration with public and private entities, schools and associations at national and international level, developing initiatives and project based on protection and enhancement of the natural and cultural Heritage, through Comenius, Grundtvig, Leonardo, Study Visits, IST training and Erasmus+ project for schools, adults and youth. Other workshops were held in the areas around the Trasimeno Lake, where the cultural heritage environment, allow us to develop, workshop, study visits and European Trainings in privileged place. Our team is constantly engaged in activities related to participation, organization and coordination of various European measures included within the Lifelong Learning Programme. The education of active citizenship is at the base of our teaching philosophy and our strategic objectives, and we also: - Promotes the creation of didactic and thematic path, also for physically and mentally disadvantage people, inside parks, museums, botanic gardens; - Support the “knowledge of landscape” and his natural and cultural heritage to promote the feeling of belonging to the same "home", encouraging and stimulating intercultural dialogue against any kind of discrimination. - Design and develop programs of environmental education in any kind of public school. The association is part of a large network of local, regional and European associations and public and private entities. After 16 years of European Training, learning partnership, study visits and workshop we are in with a lot of teachers and learners, all around Europe, who could participate in our training project.