The Center for Creative Development "Danilo Dolci" is a non-profit association born from the social and educational work experience of Danilo Dolci - sociologist, educator, poet and nonviolent activist - started in western Sicily since 1952. The Center works today at social and educational level promoting nonviolent and creative community development through participatory methods, creating opportunities for each person to contribute fully and actively.

The work of the Center is based on the belief that no real change can abstract from the involvement and the direct participation of the people concerned: thus, CSC aims to activate processes of identification of needs and desires from the community co-designing interventions with a bottom-up approach.

The Center is committed to:

• Support the uptake of innovative and participatory educational approaches in formal and non-formal contexts. 

• Encourage active and responsible citizenship, democratic participation and community dialogue through research and action processes oriented toward social change. 

• Promote nonviolent development, critical thinking, responsible, empathetic and reciprocal communication. 

• Contribute to social justice by creating conditions for the valorisation of the individual in harmonic growth with the environment, fostering social inclusion and advocacy of rights for all. 

CSC works at local and European levels, with a +20 years of experience with National, European, and International funds (Erasmus+, AMIF, Creative Europe, CERV, EYE, ISF CSEP, ENPI CBC MED and EUROPEAID), relaying on 15 permanent staff and over 40 volunteers, external experts and collaborators, working with a network of more than 25 schools, universities, local associations and more than 300 partners in 50 different countries.

Website: www.danilodolci.org

Contact info: Mrs. Lisa Avarello, lisa.avarello@danilodolci.org