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Lipparini: “Three days dedicated to civic participation to propose tools, talk about concrete experiences, increase the desire of the Milanese to be an active part of their cities”

Milan, November 21 2019 – Starting tomorrow at 9.30 at the Visconti Pavilion of the Teatro alla Scala (via Tortona 58), with a workshop on the new codes of democracy in which the councilor for Participation Lorenzo Lipparini will take part, "Milan participates", three days of debates, meetings and parties dedicated to civic activism in the digital age.

The event, scheduled until Sunday 24 November, is promoted by the Municipality of Milan and the Cariplo Foundation and was created with the aim of stimulating discussion and participation in public life and creating awareness of the role that everyone can play, to fuel a renewed sense of belonging and community.

The main venues will be the auditorium of Mudec - Museum of Cultures, the spaces of Cariplo Factory and the Visconti Pavilion of the Teatro alla Scala, all in the area of ​​the former Ansaldo, in via Tortona in Milan, but other events are scheduled in places spread throughout the city.

“We are preparing – explains the councilor for Participation, Active Citizenship and Open Data Lorenzo Lipparini – to experience the first three days entirely dedicated to participation and civic activism in the city which in recent years has seen a multiplication of experiences of citizen involvement in the administration shared ownership of urban common goods. We will speak with the protagonists of these experiments and we will present the most advanced state of the tools that the Municipality makes available, such as the digital platform that will allow us to integrate the many consultation tools launched in recent years. We will talk about it at the opening of Milano Partecipa, Friday morning, and during the debates throughout the weekend starting with that of the Mayor with Beppe Severgnini scheduled for Saturday evening at Mudec".

Numerous debates are scheduled including:

Friday 22 November, 19pm - 00pm, Mudec (via Tortona 20) PARTICIPATE ONLINE AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. A QUESTION OF TRUST
Lorenzo Lipparini and Felicia Pelagalli. Moderated by Federico Ferrazza.

Saturday 23 November, 19pm - 00pm, Musdec (via Tortona 20)
CITIZENS MAKE THE CITY
Giuseppe Sala, with Beppe Severgnini and Stefania Chiale.

All events are free and entry is free upon reservation on the Eventbrite website. To book, simply go to the site www.milanopartecipa.com/programma, select the desired event or events, click on the appropriate “Tickets” link and register by following the instructions. www.milanopartecipa.com 

The Scientific Committee of Milano Partecipa is chaired by Giuseppe Guzzetti (former President of the Cariplo Foundation) and coordinated by Davide Usai, and is made up of Gregorio Arena (Full Professor and President of Labsus), Luca De Biase (Sole 24 Ore, innovation expert and technology, responsible for Nòva), Fiorella De Cindio (Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Milan), Germano Lanzoni (actor, speaker and teacher at the University of Milan-Bicocca), Maurizia Villa (Managing Director of Korn Ferry International).

Milano Partecipa is divided into events organized by the Municipality of Milan and the Cariplo Foundation and over 100 meetings organized thanks to the proposals received through a public invitation, to which the most diverse entities responded - from the public sector to the corporate sector, including non-profits and individual citizens – including Circolo Reteambiente, Consult Suburbs of Milan, Coordination of Milanese Committees, Public Function Department of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Errante, Milan Community Foundation, Forevergreen, Job Farm, FPA - Forum PA, House264, Ascolto Attivo, Associazione Circola, Polytechnic of Milan, RCM Foundation, Lambrate Participatory Democracy Laboratory, Mani Tese Onlus, Manuia - Policies for Happiness, Milano Positiva, AiP2, Collaborative Practice, Nextdoor, Milan Bar Association, SIFA, Società di Milano, Systasis, Transparency International Italia, and numerous others.

The meeting program is entirely available on the website www.milanopartecipa.com/programma

Over the course of three days, four highly topical areas of reflection will be explored through meetings, workshops, conferences, debates and round tables:

1. Digitalization of the democratic process: How do information technologies influence the choice of the political agenda? How is consensus formed in the age of new media? To what extent does the boundless availability of information online produce distorting effects? How does politics adapt and respond to these trends?

2. Economy and Business: Why does the "Italian System" struggle, despite the presence of dynamic entrepreneurship on international markets? What could be the key to greater international competitiveness?

3. Community and Territory: Can some local community initiatives prove to be virtuous models to be replicated on a national scale? How and to what extent can the comparison with the territories help politics to intercept (and satisfy) the needs of civil society?

4. City and Politics: How can politics stimulate and aggregate the inhabitants of urban spaces, places where most experiences of social activism are concentrated? What are the tools of participatory democracy in Italy and abroad?

"Milan participates at night"
To celebrate this moment of aggregation and activation, 'milano partecipa' invites all citizens to 'milano partecipa dinotte', a free evening of music and entertainment and a tribute to the city through its artists.

On November 23rd at 21pm at the Visconti Pavilion Teatro alla Scala there will be alternating drum moments with Christian Meyer, the drummer of Elio e le Storie Tese, the violin of Federico Mecozzi, the voice of Niccolò Agliardi, author of the soundtrack of the Braccialetti Rossi series, and the trap of the young Milanese Matteo Professione, aka Ernia. On stage with them Petra Loreggian, Eleonora Giovanardi, Sarah Maestri and Gino and Michele.

The evening will be enlivened by Milano 5.0 - Folco Orselli, Rafael Didoni, Flavio Pirini, Walter Leonardi - and the most famous Milanese "on life", official speaker of Milan, webstar of the Terzo Segreto di Satira and of the Milanese Imbruttito, Germano Lanzoni. 'Milan participates at night' is an event created in collaboration with the Piccolo Teatro of Milan.