SudgestAid is an Italian non-profit, state-controlled consortium involved in promoting and managing local sustainable development projects, by giving assistance to public administrations and civilian populations in troubled regions in Italy and all over the world.
We operate, above all, in areas hit by crisis and in communities where development is a particular challenge.
Our activities include maximising human resource potential; socio-economic and regional planning; evaluating and defending natural resources, whether water, soil, or subsoil; developing and supporting new technologies; restoring the rule of law and social cohesion; fostering the respect and appreciation of cultural differences and equal opportunity.
EXPERTISE
Local Development
- Assistance in international crisishit areas, with stabilisation and peace keeping actions
- Assistance in areas lagging behind in their development, in Italy and abroad
- Support in the reestablishment of local governance:
- Socioeconomic and territorial planning, and programmes to develop the agricultural and health sectors following sustainability criteria;
- Reorganise and train public administrations;
- Optimise interinstitutional relationships and decentralisation;
- Guide local development processes and the involvement of stakeholders.
- Advanced and vocational training programmes, delivered onsite or via distance learning.
- Determine sustainability criteria and guidelines for reconstruction that are in line with longterm development objectives.
- Drafting of micro development projects for remote communities; planning and management of microcredit projects for development.
- Encouragement for regions looking to capitalise on their assets to develop a sustainable local economy and facilitate equal opportunity.
Lawfulness and Integration
- Areas characterised by the presence of organised crime
- Programmes for economic development and shared civic responsibility; reestablishment of the rule of law and promotion of the relationship with public institutions; support in the management of conflicts among local communities and at institutional levels
- Technical, administrative and organisational support for authorities whose powers have been usurped by mafia infiltration.
- Advanced and vocational training programmes onsite or via distance learning.
- Projects for administrative transparency and countercorruption.
- Assistance with the redistribution and management of assets confiscated from criminal organisations.
- Communication and information dissemination programmes.
- Support with immigration policy management
- Training and assistance related to all issues surrounding the assimilation of immigrants;
- Planning of operational frameworks for reintegrating people in their homelands by identifying and managing targeted cooperation projects;
- Support with projects related to development and financial assistance for areas directly affected by the arrival of large numbers of migrants;
- Communication and information dissemination programmes.
Environmental Management
- Support in the management of water and environmental resources
- Support with the planning and management of water and environmental resources (waste disposal, natural areas, desertification processes, alternative sources of energy ).
- Support with technical planning of systems and networks.
- General consulting and coordination of project logistics and realisation; assistance in drafting and managing bids, contracts and financing for public works.
- Application of quality control criteria and of environment management systems according to sustainability criteria.
- Programmes of advanced and vocational training – delivered onsite or via distance learning.
- Encouraging joint efforts and resolution of conflicts in terms of use and availability of resources and compatibility of public works projects.
- Technical assistance and training to govern and manage local public services.
- Technical assistance in areas hit by environmental disaster or crisis
- Support to reestablish the processes of governance and facilitate recovery and redevelopment in the aftermath of environmental disasters.
- Post-emergency planning and projects for territorial and environmental defence in conjunction with civil defence authorities.
- Support in the planning of preventative and firstresponse measures.
- Communication and information dissemination campaigns for public entities and citizens.
- Definition of standards and indicators for measuring sustainability and quality of development.
- Research and development projects – technological innovation, realisation of information and cartographic systems; transfer of technologies, experience and knowhow in the Mediterranean and elsewhere.
- Assistance implementing EU directives in new or prospective member states.
