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Al via il progetto europeo CITIES per contrastare le

discriminazioni

European CITIES project to combat discrimination kicks off

Unimore is taking part in the European project CITIES - Initiative Towards Inclusive and Equitable Societies,
submitted to the European Commission under the CERV (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values) programme.
The project, aimed at preventing and combating discrimination through intersectional strategies, involves
five Italian cities and numerous international partners and aims to promote the training of approximately 485
civil servants and the development of tools for monitoring and analysing anti-discrimination policies, provid-
ing the necessary tools to recognise, address and prevent acts of discrimination. Thanks to the networks in
which it is embedded, the project has added value with respect to its national impact and benefits from its
relationship with many international realities. For Unimore it is also an opportunity to work alongside local
authorities to build new awareness and new strategies to combat discrimination together. Particularly rel-
evant is the joint work with the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and the Municipality of Modena, which together
are two of the crucial subjects of the Cities project.

’Università di Modena e Reg- contrasto delle discriminazioni attraverso
gio Emilia partecipa al progetto strategie intersezionali, coinvolge cinque città
europeo CITIES - Initiative italiane e numerosi partner internazionali e mira a
Towards Inclusive and Equi- promuovere la formazione di dipendenti pubblici e
Ltable Societies, presentato alla lo sviluppo di strumenti per il monitoraggio e l’a-
Commissione Europea nell’ambito del program- nalisi delle politiche anti-discriminazione.

ma CERV (Cittadini, uguaglianza, diritti e valori). Per l’Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia par-
Il progetto, finalizzato alla prevenzione e al tecipano la Prof.ssa Rita Bertozzi (in qualità di

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