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It was founded in July 1993 as a result of an intuition of the Salesians of Italy, with the intention of spreading is the human experience of St. John Bosco, priest of Turin half of the 800 who spent his life for the young poor, as well as its education system.

Legal form
Non-profit organization
Objectives

The Federazione SCS/CNOS was founded in 1993. It is an association promoted by the “Salesiani d’Italia” (Italian Salesian catholic congregation) with the mission of promoting socio-educational services; preventing youth discomfort and marginalization; coordinating Civil Service and voluntary activities in Italy and at international level. It represents the social action of the Salesian catholic congregation, founded by Saint Giovanni Bosco in the 19th century. The objectives of the Federazione SCS/CNOS according to the Salesian educational method introduced by Saint Giovanni Bosco , are:
– to overcome all kind of discomfort, having as main targets minors and young people;
– to carry out solidarity activities, the volunteering culture and the participation of young people;
– to assert the rights of the social disadvantaged categories and especially the rights of the minors and of the young people;
– to go over the economic, social, territorial and cultural imbalances;
– to carry on the rights of citizenship and the equal opportunities between women and men.

Main Activities

The Federazione SCS/CNOS also promotes the following activities:
– training courses and training activities for its operators and volunteers;
– support and coordination for the activities of its member organizations;
– designing and implementation of socio-educational activities for minors and young people in social disadvantage conditions.

The National Head Office of the Federazione SCS/CNOS mainly promotes following activities:
– designing of social projects;
– distance and traditional learning;
– dissemination and spreading of the activities and of the projects promoted;
– technical assistance to its member organizations (about educational issues, project designing, the managing of the organizations, etc.)
– coordination activities and advocacy of its member organizations

Strengths

The Federation SCS/CNOS is present all over Italy with a network of services, operators and volunteers.