"With the South" Call. Wednesday 12 in Cagliari the seminar

Projects to combat poverty and to test specific care for the "new dependencies" proposed by third sector associations will be funded. The deadline for applications shall be set for 17 April. The seminar, free and organized in collaboration with Crei Acli, will be held in the Acli headquarters in Viale Marconi 4, starting from 18. Mauro Carta, among others, will speak (Foundation with the South) and Silvio Lai (Health policy expert).

Are over 12 millions of Italians who in the last year have been forced to postpone medical care for economic reasons (Banco Farmaceutico Foundation data December 2019). "New dependencies" are also on the rise, i.e. those that do not involve the use of chemicals but involve an abuse of lecithete behaviour or activities, for example gambling, compulsive shopping, pathological dependence on new technologies (Blue Book 2017 Customs and Monopolies Agency and GFK study).

On these two areas of intervention, it decided to take the field the Foundation "With the South” through the call for proposals "Social Health" 2020. At the disposal of associations in the third sector of the Sardinia and the other regions of the Mezzogiorno (Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia and Sicily) There are 4,5 millions of euro. The ACLI provinciali di Cagliari, in collaboration with the Crei Sardinia, organize for Wednesday 12 February at the headquarters of Viale Marconi 4 starting from 18, a free information seminar addressed to the recipients of the call, during which the way in which the presentation of projects and the participation of.

In partnerships formed by at least three associations, more the public body responsible for the social and health services of the territory in which you want to intervene, applicants will have to propose interventions in only one of the areas: the development of innovative and integrated access systems for care for people in health poverty (available 3 millions of euro) or the testing of alternative methodologies of care for new addictions (available 1,5 millions of euro). The world of institutions may also be involved, university, research and the economic.

The Social Health Call, deadline 17 April, provides for two phases: the first, aimed at selecting proposals with greater potential impact on the territory and the second, executive design, with the aim of redefining any critical issues detected during the evaluation phase.

"Sardinia is among the regions most in difficulty at national level, second for the journeys of hope with over 14,000 trips to care for themselves in the 2017 – explains Mauro Charter member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation with the South -, the Third Sector, also on the island, more and more often it is called to replace the National Health System and to guarantee important services for many people in difficulty. The Foundation's call with the South represents a great opportunity to strengthen this action and expand the audience of beneficiaries".

Those interested in participating in the seminar can contact the organizational secretariat for registration in the 070 43039 or by e-mail acliprovincialicagliari @ gmail.com

Cagliari, 7 February 2020