Corso di formazione per ministri di culto e guide spirituali delleconfessioni prive di intesa
ProjectThe INTEGRA project intervenes in the framework of the new Italian religious pluralism, consolidating virtuous integration processes that take the religious communities frequented by migrants as a privileged vector to promote policies supporting the coexistence of different cultures in a shared framework of rights and duties.
In its main axes, the INTEGRA project focuses on three strategic targets: the ministers of worship and spiritual leaders (men and women) of the main religious communities that gather mainly immigrants; young "second generation" Muslims and religious communities considered in their complex and dynamic composition as social agents.
Ministers of religion' and spiritual leaders often lack adequate legal, social and intercultural training, which is essential if they are to fulfil their role as community leaders and intercultural mediators.
The young Muslims of the "second generation", due to their number and the peculiarity of Islamic traditions, are engaged in a complex effort to adapt to the new context and, with the strength of the training often had in Italy, will contribute to outline the theological, value and behavioural profile of the Islamic community in the coming decades.
The religious communities as a whole, in their internal plurality, made up of different genders, ages, geographical origins, training and working paths, are, on the one hand, the ultimate recipients of each action, the ultimate reception basin of the INTEGRA project activities and, on the other hand, they themselves are subjects in search of the most suitable legal framework within which to carry out their different and multiform activities.
There are three main objectives of the project: 1) To increase the knowledge and skills of religious leaders of the various religions with a higher migratory component in terms of constitutional principles, citizenship rights and duties, regulations on religious freedom, practice of intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
2) Orienting the need for sociality and dialogue of "second generation" young people outwards and, in particular, encouraging dialogue between young Muslims and institutional representatives (in this case, the Ministry of the Interior) on the issues of integration, civic activation, inter-generational, inter-religious and intercultural relations, and intercepting their needs and opinions.
3) Provide representatives of religions with a high migratory composition with useful advice on how to present themselves in the public arena, how to correctly frame the various activities through the types of regulations offered by the legal system and how to address, through dialogue procedures, any problems relating to the performance of their practices within the Italian socio-cultural legal framework, thus enabling them to develop and consolidate the necessary preconditions for full integration into Italian society and the Italian legal system. This action will make it possible to provide the public administrations concerned with updated interdisciplinary Policy Research Reports (PRRs) on the position of the religious groups involved on the most thorny issues from the administrative-normative point of view so as to offer an adequate knowledge base useful for the institutional activity of the PA, starting from the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration and its Central Directorate for Cults.
The activities will consist of
a) Training Course for Ministers of Worship and Religious Leaders is addressed to men and women of different confessional affiliations, recommended by their Communities, Associations or Religious Bodies that have a significant presence of immigrants within them.
The course consists of eight one-day lectures and will conclude with a public event organised in agreement with the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior.
The lectures will be held at the premises of the various FIDR member universities; the final event will be held in Rome at an institutional venue.
The themes of the lessons will be:
1. Religious pluralism in Italy. Maps and compasses.
2. Religious pluralism. Insights and case studies
3. Religious freedom in constitutional law
4. The rules for the legal recognition of religious bodies
5. European policies on religious freedom and integration of non-EU citizens
6. The civil dimension of interreligious dialogue in the perspective of integration
7. Gender and generations. Issues crossing faith communities
8. Pluralism and urban space. Symbols and places of worship.
b) In order to promote dialogue between young Muslims and institutions, two meeting days will be organised in two Italian cities of particular importance for the Islamic presence (Bari and Turin), structured according to the methodology of the world cafés: through the activation of dialogue tables in small groups, the young people of the "second generation" will be accompanied in a common project, which focuses on their needs and develops by enhancing their languages, involving local institutions in the reception phase aimed at building shared paths. The groups allow all those present to take an active part in a concrete and profound sharing of their needs and reflections, because the dialogue takes place in an informal and welcoming environment, which reduces the distance between the young people and the representatives of the institutions called upon to listen to them. During the intervals, each participant could change groups to deal with different topics, or simply to confront different referents. All the reflections and proposals emerged will be summarised by the referents of the tables who will present them to the public, thus widening the discussion to all those present.
c) In order to promote the dissemination of information and advice useful for the insertion of religions with a high migratory composition in the public space, Policy Research Reports (PRR) will be produced, which will frame the legal problems that most hinder a process of full integration of religious groups other than Catholic through a method that involves consultation and dialogue with public and religious stakeholders and the mobilisation of interdisciplinary skills. In the first phase, the RRPs will allow the monitoring of the exercise of the right to religious freedom of the Muslim and Sikh communities in Italy, the degree of their socio-institutional integration and the analysis of the main problems related to it, also in function of the integration and enhancement of the Italian model of religious freedom in the Euro-Mediterranean area.
In its main axes, the INTEGRA project focuses on three strategic targets: the ministers of worship and spiritual leaders (men and women) of the main religious communities that gather mainly immigrants; young "second generation" Muslims and religious communities considered in their complex and dynamic composition as social agents.
Ministers of religion' and spiritual leaders often lack adequate legal, social and intercultural training, which is essential if they are to fulfil their role as community leaders and intercultural mediators.
The young Muslims of the "second generation", due to their number and the peculiarity of Islamic traditions, are engaged in a complex effort to adapt to the new context and, with the strength of the training often had in Italy, will contribute to outline the theological, value and behavioural profile of the Islamic community in the coming decades.
The religious communities as a whole, in their internal plurality, made up of different genders, ages, geographical origins, training and working paths, are, on the one hand, the ultimate recipients of each action, the ultimate reception basin of the INTEGRA project activities and, on the other hand, they themselves are subjects in search of the most suitable legal framework within which to carry out their different and multiform activities.
There are three main objectives of the project: 1) To increase the knowledge and skills of religious leaders of the various religions with a higher migratory component in terms of constitutional principles, citizenship rights and duties, regulations on religious freedom, practice of intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
2) Orienting the need for sociality and dialogue of "second generation" young people outwards and, in particular, encouraging dialogue between young Muslims and institutional representatives (in this case, the Ministry of the Interior) on the issues of integration, civic activation, inter-generational, inter-religious and intercultural relations, and intercepting their needs and opinions.
3) Provide representatives of religions with a high migratory composition with useful advice on how to present themselves in the public arena, how to correctly frame the various activities through the types of regulations offered by the legal system and how to address, through dialogue procedures, any problems relating to the performance of their practices within the Italian socio-cultural legal framework, thus enabling them to develop and consolidate the necessary preconditions for full integration into Italian society and the Italian legal system. This action will make it possible to provide the public administrations concerned with updated interdisciplinary Policy Research Reports (PRRs) on the position of the religious groups involved on the most thorny issues from the administrative-normative point of view so as to offer an adequate knowledge base useful for the institutional activity of the PA, starting from the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration and its Central Directorate for Cults.
The activities will consist of
a) Training Course for Ministers of Worship and Religious Leaders is addressed to men and women of different confessional affiliations, recommended by their Communities, Associations or Religious Bodies that have a significant presence of immigrants within them.
The course consists of eight one-day lectures and will conclude with a public event organised in agreement with the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior.
The lectures will be held at the premises of the various FIDR member universities; the final event will be held in Rome at an institutional venue.
The themes of the lessons will be:
1. Religious pluralism in Italy. Maps and compasses.
2. Religious pluralism. Insights and case studies
3. Religious freedom in constitutional law
4. The rules for the legal recognition of religious bodies
5. European policies on religious freedom and integration of non-EU citizens
6. The civil dimension of interreligious dialogue in the perspective of integration
7. Gender and generations. Issues crossing faith communities
8. Pluralism and urban space. Symbols and places of worship.
b) In order to promote dialogue between young Muslims and institutions, two meeting days will be organised in two Italian cities of particular importance for the Islamic presence (Bari and Turin), structured according to the methodology of the world cafés: through the activation of dialogue tables in small groups, the young people of the "second generation" will be accompanied in a common project, which focuses on their needs and develops by enhancing their languages, involving local institutions in the reception phase aimed at building shared paths. The groups allow all those present to take an active part in a concrete and profound sharing of their needs and reflections, because the dialogue takes place in an informal and welcoming environment, which reduces the distance between the young people and the representatives of the institutions called upon to listen to them. During the intervals, each participant could change groups to deal with different topics, or simply to confront different referents. All the reflections and proposals emerged will be summarised by the referents of the tables who will present them to the public, thus widening the discussion to all those present.
c) In order to promote the dissemination of information and advice useful for the insertion of religions with a high migratory composition in the public space, Policy Research Reports (PRR) will be produced, which will frame the legal problems that most hinder a process of full integration of religious groups other than Catholic through a method that involves consultation and dialogue with public and religious stakeholders and the mobilisation of interdisciplinary skills. In the first phase, the RRPs will allow the monitoring of the exercise of the right to religious freedom of the Muslim and Sikh communities in Italy, the degree of their socio-institutional integration and the analysis of the main problems related to it, also in function of the integration and enhancement of the Italian model of religious freedom in the Euro-Mediterranean area.