About Rise-Lab
The “Rise – Lab, Network for Inclusion, Development and Empowerment” project, funded by the Department of Youth through the Public Notice “Youth for the Enhancement of Public Goods”, was created to contribute to the redevelopment of the property confiscated from the Mafia entrusted to CEIPES in 2017. A former warehouse on Via F. M. Alias, 20, in Palermo’s Uditore neighborhood, with time and a lot of energy has become a multipurpose center for social inclusion and cultural regeneration, active locally and internationally. With this new project, structural improvements to the building were carried out and new spaces were created to serve the community.
The overall goal of the project was to start a social innovation center of integrated and sustainable pathways of individual and collective empowerment and artistic-cultural expression, managed in a self – sustainable way through the involvement of local youth, whichm starting from a network at the local level, is extending with exchange of best practices at the international level.
Redevelopment of a property confiscated from the mafia through social inclusion practices with socio-educational and cultural interventions and active participation of young people in the area.
Implementation of economically sustainable activities over time with the job placement of young people, especially young women.
Redevelopment of an asset confiscated from the Mafia through social inclusion practices with socio-educational and cultural interventions and active participation of local youth.
The implementation of the project has allowed a self – sustainable management of the property confiscated from the mafia, which has become usable to the entire citizenship, especially to the youth of the Sicilian territory, contributing to the creation of a network of confiscated properties in the island.
Results
Redevelopment of the property confiscated from the Mafia through social inclusion practices with socio-educational and cultural interventions and active participation of young people in the area
Redevelopment of the neighborhood and the Sicilian territory through the development of a local and international network
Job placement of young people and implementation of activities that are economically sustainable over time
Reappropriation of physical and intellectual spaces through the expression of creativity and solidarity.
ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT
Following the structural renovation of the property, different spaces were set up for the conduct of diversified activities, and in particular, the MADE museum – Analogue Digital Museum of Empowerment – was realized.
The MADE exhibition path extends along the entire surface of the RiseLab center to converge in two main halls:
Exhibition Hall
where a 360-degree multisensory experience can be done, by experimenting with: virtual reality, analog tools created with the “Arduino kit,” augmented reality and vector graphics panels.
Workshop Room
for educational workshops related to the themes of MADE.
The “concept” of MADE is divided into three different paths, born from an in-depth analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030: Sustainability and respect for the environment; Equality and gender identity; Migration and interculturality.
The entire path aims to encourage empowerment and the development of proactive behaviors towards the world around us, informing and stimulating young people on reflections and behaviors of active citizenship.
The contents, spaces and products have been designed in particular to encourage the inclusion of people with different types of disabilities, both cognitive and motor, for the age group from 16 to 30 years.
The spaces have been tested by more than 300 young people aged 16 to 30, teachers and other professionals from Italy and abroad.
For further information you can consult the brochure: DOWNLOAD
Laboratory
Furthermore, two laboratories were created during the project:
- a Mural theory and practice workshop, which involved a group of 15 young Sicilians from the conception to the creation of some Murals within the Rise – Lab and in the Uditore neighbourhood.
- a laboratory for the creation of educational games to be used within the RISE – LAB center program and in schools by girls and boys.
4 educational games have been created, more information at this link
News
The Closing Conference of the project!
On Friday 25 November the closing conference of the RISE LAB – Rete per l’Inclusione, lo Sviluppo e l’Empowerment project at theCEIPES office financed by the Dipartimento delle Politiche Giovanili e del Servizio Civile Universale con l’Avviso “Giovani per la...
The students partecipate at the laboratory for the creation of educational games
CEIPES has organised within the RISE LAB Project – Rete per l’inclusione lo sviluppo e l’Empowerment (numero progetto: AVVISO PAC 2018-BENI-CUPJ71E20000370008) co-funded by the Department of Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service, a Laboratory for the ideation of...
Press Release for the Murales Workshop in April 2022
Young artists for two days on Legality The association CEIPES – International Center for the Promotion of Education and Development, based in the Uditore district of Palermo, it organizes, through the activities of the project RISE LAB (project number: 25 – CUP...
CONTACTS
CEIPES ETS–International Centre for the Promotion of Education and Development
Via Francesco Maria Alias, 20 90145 Palermo, Italy
Phone.: +39 0917848236
Contact person:
Irene Capozzi irene.capozzi@ceipes.org