IPSIA (Istituto Pace Sviluppo Innovazione Acli)

IPSIA (ACLI Institute for Peace, Development, Innovation) is an Italian NGO promoted by ACLI (Italian Association of Christian Workers). IPSIA's main mission consists in building solidarity links among different communities through informal learning. Its activities are mainly addresses to young people and their need for orientation for their future, in a frame of commitment for a sustainable development, for civil coexistence and for peace. With regard to its international action, IPSIA operates in the Balkans, in Latin America and Africa, focusing on three thematic fields: International Volunteering, Development Cooperation and Development Education. IPSIA builds partnerships with Civil Society Organizations in Italy and abroad promoting socio-economic development and supporting war and poverty victims in the world. Since 1998, thanks to International volunteering, IPSIA offers people wanting to be engaged on these themes the chance to meet local communities and establish peace relations and networks.