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On 15 December 2015, from 14.30 to 17.30, SIMI and the Institute of Pastoral Theology of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) held a seminar titled "Young Migrants and Interculture: Challenges and Good Practices." The rector of the Salesian university, Prof. M. Mantonvani, opened the proceedings. The main speakers were Dr. G. Cipollone, professor of Church History and editor of the book "The challenge of migration: risks and opportunities," and Dr. L. Pandolfi, professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the PUU and UPS. Two interesting initiatives of intercultural pastoral care of youth were presented. Prof. G. Beltrami illustrated the publication "Cross Borders," a subsidy [...]

The book "Intercultural Youth Ministry. 2. Migration: Challenges and Best Practices", was published by LAS, Rome. The volume, edited by Francis-Vincent Anthony and Fabio Baggio, brings together contributions from experts of the Pontifical Salesian University and SIMI on issues very dear to both the Salesians and Scalabrinians, such as human mobility in a globalized world and the role of young people in society and in the Church. Intercultural Youth Ministry 2. Migration: Challenges and Best Practices Migration and Intercultural Youth - Francis Vincent Anthony "Beyond Border." A Long and Mysterious Journey: in Dialogue with the Author Euglent Plaku - G. Cavagnari The Youthful Face [...]

On 27 November 2015, from 09:00 to 12:30, at the Newman Hall of the Pontifical Urbanian University ( PUU ) the traditional Academic Act of SIMI was held. The theme chosen for the 2015 edition was: “The joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties … Church and human mobility in the Second Vatican Council.” The two working sessions were composed by the contributions of Prof. Luca Bressan (Theological Faculty of Northern Italy), Professor Sandra Mazzolini (PUU), Prof. Paul Parise (Instituto Theological São Paulo ) and Prof. Maurizio Pettenà (AMCRO, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference). The act was opened by Professor Lorella Congiunti, Deputy Rector of [...]

SIMI , in the person of the president , participated in the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 6 to 8 October 2015. The Forum, at its eighth edition, is a space for reflection and dialogue between governments and civil society on the nexus between migration and development. Within the program it official, SIMI organized a roundtable on the multistakeholder approach to projects that intend to exploit the development potential of migration.

Alfredo and Martina Asta , John and Rosaria Le Coche and Francesco Fazzari and Maria Giovanna Tatangelo came from Canada to donate to SIMI three scholarships worth 60,000 euro . That is why on September 22, 2015, a simple ceremony was held at the SIMI. In such event  a scroll was handed in recognition of the generosity of benefactors. SIMI continues to offer scholarships to deserving students from all parts of the world only thanks to the sensitivity of institutions and people such as those named above. A special thanks to Fr. Vincenzo Rosato, Attilio Lio and Nives Chiappetta for their continuos support to our [...]

SIMI, in the person of the president, attended the XVI National Meeting of the Pastoral Care of Human Mobility (PMH) organized by the Committee on Migrants and Itinerant People of the Mexican Episcopal Conference on 23-25 ​​September 2015 in Zacatecas, Mexico. The event was attended by over a hundred diocesan delegates of pastoral care of migrants and pastoral coordinators. Professor Baggio was requested to deliver a talk on "Formación Teológica - Pastoral de los Agentes de PMH".

The fifth annual Bishop Joe Grech Memorial Colloquium on Ethics and Migration was held on 27 August 2015 at the Australian Catholic University’s Fitzroy campus. The theme for this edition was "Migration, ethics and the Catholic response in last 20 years." The event was chaired by Ms. Sandie Cornish,  Province Director of Mission for the Society of the Sacred Heart in Australia and New Zealand, and counted with the participation of a large audience composed by bishops, professors, students and pastoral workers. The first speaker was Bishop Peter Comensoli, the Bishop of Broken Bay in NSW, followed by Professor Klaus Neumann, eminent German historian, [...]

The 2015 edition of the Summer School took place in Castel Volturno (CE), at Venus Park Hotel, July 13 to 16. Under the direction of prof. Laura Zanfrini, the school has focused attention on the right not to emigrate, on the conditions that make migration a compulsive choice and the responsibility of all those actors that take advantage of migration for various reasons, failing in duty to create, in the countries of origin, adequate opportunities for living and working for younger generations. Professors Maruja MB Asis (Philippines), Edmond Agyeman (Ghana), Rafael Alarcón (Mexico), Giovanni Giulio Valtolina (Italy) and Fabio Baggio (SIMI) have shown how [...]

From 22 to 25 June 2015 in Valencia (Spain) the summer school (Escuela de Verano) of the Master Internacional de Migraciones of the Universitat de Valencia was held. SIMI was one of the co-organizers of the summer school together with other Scalabrini center for migration studies and other EU universities, which have been constituting a consortium since 2006. The 2015 edition of the summer school, tiled “Towards the Global Fracture. Migrations and Multiple Ethicizations”, focused on one of the more frequent dynamics within migrants' integration process: ethicization In the different session Spanish professor and scholars proceeding from other European and Latin America countries delivered their lectures. Over 70 students attended the school. They were [...]