The Emilia-Romagna Region (RER) is an autonomous territorial body within the Italian system of administrative decentralization, as recognised in the article 5 of the Italian Constitution. With reference to the activities to be put forward by the proposed network RER will participate with 2 of its structures:
a. the Department "Policies for Reception and Social Integration", within the General Department for Health and Social Policies, which is responsible for the following activities:
- management of regional projects on social integration, social protection, prostitution;
- management of financial contributions for the social integration of migrants;
- management of the Regional Observatory for immigration and coordination of the provincial observatories;
- fostering initiatives aimed at fighting poverty and social exclusion;
- management of subsidies for homeless people;
- periodical survey on wandering people in Emilia-Romagna;
- delivery of financial contributions to Town Councils in order to realize and restructuring areas intended for wandering people.
The Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna has adopted, in March 2004, a new regional law on immigrant integration (including asylum seekers and refugees), concerning language courses and cultural mediators, housing and health policies, intercultural communication activities, access to public services, information campaigns.
b. General Direction on organisation, Personnel and ICT systems: the DG is responsible for the Regional ICT Plan (Piano telematico dell’Emilia-Romagna – PiTER) a programme articulated in various initiatives (on infrastructures and services ) to be developed and implemented on the whole regional territory by the RER and all Local authorities. In the plan a specific set of actions is foreseen on “e adoption”, which will include initiatives in the realm of e inclusion, as defined by EU Commission papers. This is the regional framework where possible projects deriving from the participation to the proposed network can be implemented.
