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Good World Citizen (GWC) is a non-profit organization based in Florence–Italy, established in 2021 by a group of global citizens who are actively involved in intercultural understanding and in the promotion of dialogue and interaction between different cultures. The Board of GWC is composed of five members who have professional expertise and connections with several establishments both locally and nationally. For its activities GWC relies on memberships and donations and on participation in calls and grants. The line of action of GWC is in concrete projects of training and also seminars and conferences. Among GWC collaborators and partners are public institutions in the Municipality of Florence and the Tuscany Region; academic institutions, such as the University of Florence and Sophia University Institute and also organizations of the civil society such as Gorgio La Pira International Student Center, ItaliaHello and the Islamic Community of Florence and Tuscany.
The mission of GWC is to bring together people from different nationalities, backgrounds and cultures to work together and to contribute in making positive changes for the good of the global community. Our objective is to promote cultures and multiculturalism in order to prepare aware and responsible citizens in a modern, connected and interdependent society, as well as to contribute in developing cultural, social and civic skills in order to support peaceful coexistence and enhance cultural diversity. To achieve these goals GWC promotes initiatives based on intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding and reciprocity, for the purpose of the greater good of our global community.
Awareness: we organize a series of conferences and seminars on various topics to promote a better understanding of our world.
Advocacy: we seek to make changes that can improve our society and to seek a sustainable change.
Activity: we promote all activities that give a better understanding of the different cultures both locally and worldwide.
Attainment: we organize workshops and trainings especially for the disadvantaged members of the society.
In a closely interconnected world, such as the one we live in today, multiculturalism has become a stable factor in societies all over the world. This is particularly tangible in Italy which has been witnessing an increase in the presence of citizens of migrant origin in the past few decades, which has become a structural aspect of the Italian society. As an organization formed of global citizen we think we can bring a distinctive vision and approach that we are eager to share with other organization that have similar goals. We have also acquired a distinctive experience through our members who have been active in this field since many years.
As a newly launched organization, we at GWC would like to establish contacts and collaborations with other national and international organizations that share our vision and goals. We find that our aims and objective are in harmony and well connected to those of The Anna Lindh Foundation. For this reason we keen on becoming part of its network.