The call center managed by Cittadinanzattiva provides - free of charge - the Italian citizen with information, assistance and advice on local public services such as waste management, water service, public transport and municipal nurseries.
Not fully satisfied with the public services of their city, with a level of satisfaction that decreases from North to South of Italy. The most appreciated is the water service, then that of waste collection, at the bottom of the ranking there is the local public transport. But how is Italy classified with respect to the achievement of the sustainable development goals? According to citizens, not really good: about half have little faith in the possibilities of improving and making these sectors sustainable, as indicated by the objectives of the 2030 Agenda. These are among the main data that emerged from the civic survey on local public services and the Sustainable Development carried out by Cittadinanzattiva as part of the “Consciously consumer, equally citizen” project, financed by the Italian Ministry of the Economic Development.
Within the European project NUDGE, Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network aims to collect information on the behavior and awareness of European citizens regarding energy consumption and efficiency. Fundamental to this research is the collaboration of Cittadinanzattiva-Active Citizenship Network with a number of civic and consumer organizations of different European countries that have shown their interest in the initiative and will collaborate in the dissemination of an online questionnaire in their country.
The Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS) will host an online event on February 10 in which the younger generation will discuss and evaluate the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) that the country is preparing to approve. Italy will have to implement the Next generation Eu program, launched by the European Union to combat the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and to make the Union more sustainable, resilient and just.
Active Citizenship Network is delighted to invite you to “Making sustainability an easy choice for EU citizens”, a digital conference during which will be presented the informal Inter-institutional Group “SDGs for well-being and consumers’ protection”, promoted by Cittadinanzattiva through its EU branch ActiveCitizenship Network (ACN), the European Consumers Union (ECU) and the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS).
Active Citizenship Network has decided to extend to the 30 of April 2021 the deadline for the collection of good practices against pain, cancer and not cancer related. The third edition of the Prize allows us to continuing expanding the “agora” of operators of good practices on pain, encouraging the exchange of experiences among health professionals, healthcare providers, Institutions, civic associations, and patient advocacy groups.
Invited by DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, since January 2020, Cittadinanzattiva trought its EU branch Active Citizenship Network has been officially recognized as an Ambassador of the European Pillar of Social Rights, a vital instrument to achieve social justice and equality in the EU. Our role is to support communication initiatives to spread the 20 principles of the Pillar and the importance of a social European dimension. At the European level, chronic pain has a major impact on workforce participants and productivity and is not adequately acknowledged nor addressed. In this context, one of our main interest is to develop the topic of chronic pain in the context of the European Pillar of Social Rights, with particular attention to the need of citizens suffering of (low) back pain.
Along the 2020, Active Citizenship Network published several article on international peer review journals, healthcare specialized media and generalist journal. In details:
In the framework of the EU project Increasing consciousness and access to treatment, reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases across Europe, the training seminars addressed to the leaders of civic and patients associations also dealt with the issue of pain manifestations in patients with CVDs.
Along the 2020, Active Citizenship Network signed several Memorandum of Understanding with the following associations: