Scarabeus, associazione culturale

Presentation of Scarabeus - Italy http://www.scarabeus.it

One of the aims of the meeting is also to get to know each other. That's why at the meeting you will have to present your own institution to other partners – legal status, main areas and activities, experience, number of employees, location, your advantages, etc. Scarabeus

Scarabeus Legal Status

Scarabeus is a no profit Association in Livorno (Tuscany)

Scarabeus is located in Livorno on the sea coast in Tuscany. It is 20 km from Pisa and 100 km from Florence.

Number of employees: the staff is composed of four people.

Beginning of activities:

Scarabeus was born in 2000 with the aim to help disadvantaged social groups.

Scarabeus Main Areas

Scarabeus provides:

orienteering,

counselling and

training services.

It organizes educational activities and training paths in favour of adult people and of disadvantaged social groups in a perspective of formazione activities: we have different activities.

Scarabeus Activities

We have different activities. We run different courses of

art, ceramic, music, languages and multimedia

aiming to help adult people in maintaining and updating their skills to play a permanent social active role.

Scarabeus Steps

Since 2000 Scarabeus has been working in European projects such as Comenius and Grundtwig 1 and 2:

Right to learn (2001-2004 ) with the aim to reintegrate young adult at risk of social exclusion

Women and Power (2002-2004) in favour of visually impaired and immigrant women

Hagiography in internet (2004-2006) in favour of deaf people

Scarabeus Steps

Educational triangle (2002-2004) with the aim to improve the cultural services addressed to people such as Museums, Libraries and Cultural Association

Self training and open distance learning (2002-2004) to create self training modules for immigrants

A new concept of occupational training (2002-2004) to improve young people employment

Join us (2004 - 2007) with the aim to create a school for parents in difficulty

Scarabeus Steps

From 2000 to 2006 Scarabeus has run five Comenius project for the State School " Micali " In 2001 Scarabeus has run an IT course for the prisoners in the local prison ( Facciamo storie insieme ) on behalf of the Province of Livorno.

Scarabeus: Collaborations

Scarabeus has collaborated with the Province of Livorno and State Schools for many years.

Scarabeus and this Project

This year Scarabeus is deeply involved in a new Grundtvig Project 2 " Let's read Together", with Germany and Slovenia as partners.This project started in 2007