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Welcome Unione Colline Matildiche!✨

We are very excited to welcome Unione Colline Matildiche to the SERN Network!🎉

📍Located in the province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, the Union brings together the municipalities of Albinea, Quattro Castella, and Vezzano sul Crostolo, with its administrative seat in Quattro Castella. The area counts 26,590 inhabitants and represents a dynamic and collaborative local governance model.

🌐The Union holds key competences in social services, information technology, e-government, and personnel management. Notably, citizens aged 50–65 represent the largest demographic group, shaping important policy priorities and community services.

🌍Motivation to join SERN
Unione Colline Matildiche joins SERN with the goal of building a structured framework for long-term international cooperation, fostering connections with both Italian and Swedish members. Through the network, the Union aims to exchange good practices and strengthen its European dimension.

We look forward to working together and developing new opportunities for collaboration across our network!🤝

📸The picture below has been taken from the official website of the Comune di Quattro Castella, part of the Unione Colline Matildiche.

Learning, Experiencing, Improving: Dementia Care Training🛠️in Belgium📍

Mobility activities under SERN’s Erasmus+ accreditation are in full swing, this time in Belgium 🇧🇪 with a training course focused on dementia care.

Seven professionals from ASP PARMA, ASP Città di Bologna, Pedemontana Sociale, ASSB BSB Bolzano, and Azienda Pubblica di Servizi alla Persona Carlo Sartori are taking part in an intensive training on how to address challenging behaviours in daily interactions with people living with dementia. 🫂 🤝
The programme, organised by Expertisecentrum Dementie Paradox in Ghent, also showcases inspiring dementia-friendly initiatives.💡

To kick off the week, participants engaged in an interactive escape game.🧩Through puzzles linked to dementia, they explored the condition from different perspectives, gaining insights that can be transformed into practical approaches within their organisations in Italy. 🇮🇹

A big thank you to the Paradox Ghent team for their warm welcome and excellent organisation 👏

🔗Find out more about Erasmus+ accreditation within SERN by visiting our dedicated page: https://www.sern.eu/projects/social-services-and-digitalization/

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Welcome ASP Città di Bologna!🎉
We are pleased to welcome ASP Città di Bologna as a new member of the SERN Network.

📍 Located in the Metropolitan City of Bologna (Emilia-Romagna, Italy), ASP Bologna brings extensive experience in EU-funded programmes such as Horizon 2020, Interreg Central Europe, EUI-IA, FSE+, Erasmus+, and the National Recovery Fund.

🌱 Since 2015, the organisation has been advancing social innovation through initiatives focused on social cohesion, quality of life for seniors and caregivers, gender equality and violence prevention, participatory processes, and cultural welfare.

🤝 ASP Bologna works with a wide range of target groups, including elderly people, migrants and refugees, homeless individuals, and other vulnerable groups.

🌍 ASP Bologna has already worked together with SERN in the WOOH project and in the Erasmus+ Accreditation focused on social services and digitalization.

By joining SERN, ASP aims at improving social, care and community welfare and consequently further strengthening cooperation at regional, European, and international level, both building on ongoing collaborations with the SERN network and creating new opportunities for meaningful partnerships.

We look forward to working together and developing impactful initiatives across Europe!✨


🔗Read more about the WOOH project on the project's webpage: https://www.sern.eu/projects/wooh/
🔗Read more about the Erasmus + Accreditation on the dedicated SERN webpage: https://www.sern.eu/projects/social-services-and-digitalization/

📸The picture below has been taken from the official page of ASP Città di Bologna.

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