Youth Office
Bologna City Council
Youth policies
2010
Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna - Tel. +39051.2194771-2194667
Fax +39051.2194719 e-mail [email protected]
Youth office
Bologna City Council
On line activities
Flash Giovani
Young people in Bologna
Flash Musica
Flash Video
Flash Fumetto
Giramondo
Codec.TV
FlashFM
Local activities
International Exchange Programmes and
European Voluntary Service
Carta giovani - Youth Card
Support to associations
Conventions with agencies and consortium
Workshops about writing, information and
video production for the Web
Front office and portal editorial staff open
to young people
Opportunities of stages and internship for
italian and foreign young people
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Aims and objectives
Support the dialogue between the city and young people, as well as the
communication among young people
Foster the participation of young people and the integration of non
resident university students in the city social life
Sustain the passage between no-profit amateur situation to a professional
one, helping young people in difficult task of self affirmation in the
business world
Developing a public service “by young people and for young people”
Give visibility to the creativity of young people
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
www.flashgiovani.it
Flashgiovani is a magazine on line providing updated information on the
wide range of services and opportunities that Bologna offers in various
sectors:
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school
professional training
university
employment
home
sport
health and sexuality
culture
art
theatre
night life
food
associations
voluntary service
new technologies
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.204771 Fax +39051.204719 e-mail: [email protected]
What is absolutely new
The way it is published with several different actors working together:
1. the Youth Office of Bologna, the active incubator of the initiative
2. Experts and qualified professionals interacting on-line on the most important issues
3. The young people directly involved, the real motor of the site
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
FlashGiovani editorial team is made up
of university students and is open to all
those who wish to collaborate
During the last 3 years 150 young people
worked in the office:
:: university students
:: high school students
:: european volunteers
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
FlashGiovani is a laboratory, a meeting place, and an open space
dedicated to young people creativity (writing, poetry, photography,
visual arts...)
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
It offers interactive tutoring about job, sexuality, home, associations,
and new technologies in collaboration with AUSL, SIAE, local
associations...
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Measures adopted to reach the aims of Flashgiovani:
:: editorial staff turn over
:: front office activities
:: interactivity
:: creativity showcase
:: on line boards with tutors
:: on line services
:: on line competitions
:: specials on current topics
:: free events in Bologna
:: SOS deadlines
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Further developments of Flashgiovani
:: Flash Young People in Bologna
(www.flashgiovani.it/english/home/home.htm)
:: Flashmusica (www.flashmusica.it)
:: Flashradio, the online radio which broadcasts live
streaming music
:: Flashvideo (www.flashvideo.it)
:: Codec - the first example of online TV in Bologna
:: Giramondo (www.giramondo.org)
:: Flashfumetto (www.flashfumetto.it)
:: FlashFM
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. 051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail [email protected]
www.flashgiovani.it/english
The portal provides information in English to young foreigners who live,
study, work in Bologna or visit the city, created in collaboration with the
association Friends of the Johns Hopkins University and the British Council
Among the topics
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presentation of the city
accomodation
health care
getting around
studing
finding a job
culture and entertainment
sport
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
www.flashmusica.it
Flashmusica is a project offering support to young people who wish to
enter the world of music professionally. The site provides young
musicians with a special area, a sort of online showcase granting
visibility to young emerging professionals
Activities and services
:: Data base self-updatable by users
:: Data base self-updatable
of recording rooms
:: Mp3 archive
:: Music Agenda
:: Internet Radio
:: Competitions
:: Event promotion
:: Training opportunities
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
It offers an opportunity to young musicians for:
:: to let their music know by a great number of people
:: to become popular among sector professionals
:: to have an on line training tutoring with experts in collaboration with SIAE
:: to publish their pieces, which can be listened and downloaded through
Flashradio, the online radio which broadcasts live streaming music
:: to become the authors of the soundtrack of short films, video-clips and
microdocumentaries created and produced by young videomakers of
Codec.tv
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
www.flashvideo.it
It is the portal dedicated to young people keen on audiovisual and
multimedia technologies as well as the sector’s professionals who operate
in the field of video, film and television productions.
Lively and active workshop: young videomakers or students can practice
by learning how to use a digital camera, edit and compress online videos,
thus turning a simple cultural interest into a profession.
Activities and services
:: Video archive
:: Data base self-updatable by users
(authors, directors, actors, technicians,
productors, services)
:: Agenda
:: Competitions
:: Projects sharing showcase
:: On line tutoring
:: Codec.TV - web tv
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Codec, an online tv with a
weekly date!!
The first example of online TV in Bologna, Codec has been created by
young videomakers of the Flashvideo and Flashgiovani editorial team
:: it presents current topics and customs,
surveys, dossiers on opportunities, free
events and the secrets of Bologna
:: it gives visibility to the various expressions
of culture in Bologna and the initiatives
dedicated to young people
:: it offers a special space for short films, video-clips and microdocumentaries
created and produced by young videomakers, sent to the editorial team and
included in the portal’s video archive
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Codec weekly on local TV!!!
Codec.tv, thanks to a collaboration with the regional TV network 7
Gold, has been granted a weekly space on TV:
Saturdays on Nuova Rete and 7 Gold and Sundays on Rete 8
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
FlashFM - The “Young people on line”
radio programme
Based on the model of CODEC TV, FlashFM is a radio
programme, managed by the young editorial team of
www.flashmusica.it
It is a weekly broadcast of 24 minutes on the local frequency of Punto Radio
The programme presents:
:: music and interviews to the bands registered at Flashmusica
:: short contributions about the opportunities for young people
living and studing in Bologna
:: insights into events and initiatives, focusing on the world of the
young and not only them
:: expert contributions about music, audiovisual, health, ecc.
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
www.flashfumetto.it
The new portal dedicated to the world of comics, the young draughtsmen
and illustrators of Bologna, a city that is increasingly acknowledged as one
of the Italian and European capitals of comics
:: Archive of works
:: Professionals authors data base
:: Young illustrator Data base
:: Editors
:: Production services
:: Comics shop and specialized libraries
:: Event and exhibition agenda
:: Courses e contests
:: Essays on famous authors
:: Comics production in Bologna
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
www.flashfumetto.it
Flashfumetto aims to be a landmark always updated for young people
and for everyone interested in comics
Young illustrators or simple passionates could give visibility to their
creativity
With Flashfumetto it’s possible:
:: join authors and young illustrators data base
:: publish online one’s own comics
:: ask questions to tutors
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
www.giramondo.org
It provides a lot of information on educational grants, work and study
abroad, volunteering, European projects
It presents the activities of the
travelling abroad programme
promoted by the Youth Office
It contains a special section where it
is possible to publish one’s own travel
report, using diaries, photos and
videos on the travel experience made
by participating in the travelling
abroad programme promoted by the
Youth Office
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Activities and services
:: One of the first examples of e-government in 1997, it offers an online service of
registration for the activities promoted by the Municipality in the field of
international exchange
:: It gives information on international exchange opportunities, travelling abroad
programme and cultural exchanges
:: It provides useful suggestions for low budget travelling
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Acknowledgments achieved by
the Flashgiovani network
2002 - Eurocities Awards, Barcelona - finalist
2002 - Global Junior Challenge, Rome - finalist
2003 - Recommended as best practice at Conference "Towards an
Information Society for All", Paris
2004 - Responsible for the european E-learning project “Videomakers
on line”, in collaboration with Rotterdam e Dortmund
2005 - Second place in “E-Government” category at E-Content
Award Italy Contest
2008 - Codec.tv Best Web TV
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
International Exchanges Office
Bologna City Council
Activities and services
:: promotes and organise student international exchanges in collaboration with
schools in Bologna and abroad, international associations and European Union
:: organises www.giramondo.org site contents
:: coordinates the European Voluntary Service projects in collaboration with
Bologna districts, associations, national and international acencies, Youth
National Agency and European Union
:: offers a place where the foreign young people living, studying, working or simply
spending their holiday in Bologna can find useful information about the city
:: produces didactic videos in collaboration with multimedia laboratory of Savena
District
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
International Exchanges Office
Bologna City Council
Results achivied
:: in 2006, 2471 students participated in international exchange programme and in
European projects of the municipality of Bologna
:: 26 envolved countries
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
“Youth Card” (Cartagiovani)
Card for young people aged between 15 and 29
years living in Bologna and students not living
in Bologna but who attend schools and
universities of the city
It’s a personal and totally free card. It’s possible
to order it on line on www.flashgiovani.it
It gives access to special offers and discounts in various sectors
Results achieved
:: 335 shops and services at young people disposal
:: 196.000 delivered cards
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Support to associations
Contibutions to associations implementing joint projects across
the regional and provincial area, among them: friends of Future
Film Festival, Giostra Film, Teorema, Comitato premio DAMS
Award Committee, Suoni dal mondo, Hamelin, Teatro della
polvere, Labò, Oltre...
They share activities and provide financial support to youth,
cultural and volunteering associations that operate in the
multicultural, technological, audiovisual, music and arts fields.
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Most interesting collaborations
The University of Bologna, the High Schools and centres of vocational training
agreeing to let students have a work experience with the open editorial teams.
SIAE (Italian Authors’ and Publishers’ Association) for the online tutoring on copyright
and related rights in the music and audiovisual sectors.
Spazio Giovani of the Bologna Health Board for the online guidance concerning
sexuality and personal relationships.
Foreign and Italian young people participating in the programmes of the European
Voluntary Service – Youth for Europe.
The Emilia-Romagna Region that co-financed video and radio projects of the Bologna
Municipality Youth Office
Media Media 93 for the granting of free spaces to CODEC.TV within the local TV
networks Gold 7, Rete Otto, Nuova Rete.
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Most interesting collaborations
Johns Hopkins University, Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Association and the
British Council for Flashgiovani english version.
Italian-British association, the institute of Germanic Culture, Alliance Française and
the Belgian Literature in French Studies Centre for the organisation of the European
Day of Languages.
The Hamelin Cultural Association for the realization of the new portal
www.flashfumetti.it
Punto Radio for the realization of the radio programme “Flash FM” managed by the
editorial team of www.flashmusica.it
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Media partner
The Network has recently been media partner of particularly important
events at a local and national level:
Future Film Festival (2003-2007)
W 528 - Una conquista straordinaria (2004)
Trofeo Pilastro City (2004)
Premio DAMS (2004-2005)
Campionissima (2004-2007)
Vitamine Festival (2004-2007)
Giornate di orientamento universitario (2004-2007)
BoSound (2005)
Conferenza regionale Politiche Giovanili (2005)
Arte fiera (2005-2007)
Alma Laurea (2006)
Giornata europea delle lingue (2006)
Biografilm Festival (2005-2007)
Ufficio Politiche Giovanili - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. 051.2194771-2194667 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail [email protected]
Media partner
The Network has recently been media partner of particularly important
events at a local and national level:
AUSL Spazio Giovani
Spot 8 per (ATC) (2005)
Teatro dell’Oppresso (2006)
Fair Play (2007)
Laboratori di comunicazione
Adottando Tuzla (2006)
Laboratori di intersezione (2006)
Cose di questo mondo (2006-2007)
Ci siamo - Terzo Meeting Internazionale
sulle politiche giovanili (2007)
50 ore film Bologna (2007)
Vacanze coi fiocchi. Dai un passaggio alla
sicurezza. Campagna estate 2007
BilBolBul - Festival Internazionale del fumetto (2007)
Incontro Aziende Studenti (2007)
Ricoloriamo insieme Bologna (2007)
Ufficio Politiche Giovanili - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. 051.2194771-2194667 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail [email protected]
Media partner
The Network has recently been media partner of particularly
important events at a local and national level:
Future Film Festival
Biografilm Festival
Vitamine Festival
European Day of Languages
University Orientation Days
Regional Conference on Youth Policies
Art fair in Bologna
Pilastro City Trophy
BoSound 05
DAMS Award
Youth Office - Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. +39051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719 e-mail: [email protected]
Contacts
Youth Office
Bologna City Council
Via Oberdan, 24 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. 051.2194771 Fax 051.2194719
e-mail: [email protected]
www.flashgiovani.it