OST in Italy?

[gerardo de luzenberger]

Ciao Valentina, this is Gerardo. What is going on in Italy (from what I
know) on Open Space at the moment?

1. The open space community is growing in Italy, and as Michael has written
following last year Harrison Owens' course in Florence we have started the
openspaceword.org pages in Italian and a rather sleepy Italian ost mailing
list on http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/Open_Space_Italia and translated
into italian Owen's brief users guide. 
2. On 24, 25 and 26 of November 2005 Harrison Owen will make a PoP in Italy
in Florence, the programme will be available at the beginning of September.
3. Several different consultancy groups and universities are working on this
method developing interesting experiences in Torino, Napoli, Bolzano,
Cagliari, Bologna, Venezia, Arezzo, Pistoia, Firenze, in the field of
strategic planning, programming, gender issues, local agenda 21, urban
planning, project management etc. I have plenty of materials (printed and on
file) on this things that if you want I can send to you.

Let me know if I can help you someway with your work. You can find my
contact details at the end of this mail. 
I would like also, if possible, to know more about your OST practice. 
All the best
ge

Gerardo de Luzenberger
Via A. Volta 12 - 20121 Milano
02 24126646 - mob: 329 328 13 43
xge at deluz.it - www.deluz.it 
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Da: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] Per conto di Valentina
Bach
Inviato: lunedì 22 agosto 2005 13.51
A: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Oggetto: OST in Italy?

My name is Valentina Bach and I am the community service coordinator in a
very special international school, the United World College of the
Adriatic in Italy, Trieste. The mission of the school is to promote
international understanding and peace by bringing together students from
conflict countries. Every student admitted has full scholarship and must
commit him/herself to do volunteer service once a week. In the last two
years I have been reading all possible Open Space material  and I tried to
facilitate a session with 100 of our students on September 2004. The aim
was to get new ideas about community service projects and initiatives. The
results were excellent: around 10 new projects which have been carried out
with commitment and dedication during the last academic year!
I also work as a consultant for some Italian local governments and I have
recently been asked to write a book on strategic planning which will be
published by one of the main Italian editors. I would like to include a
chapter on OST in my book, suggesting it is a very effective method for
strategic planning. I read the succesful stories published in the website
and I also found some cases of OST in Torino (Northen Italy) both in the
provincial and city council. Do you know about other successful stories I
could quote?
I would like to help OST spreading in Italy, especially in the No-Profit
sector. Our school is  well known, especially in the north east as an
organization that brings innovation and culture while working for peace.
We would be very happy to host a Conference.
With great appreciation for Harrison Owen and all of you in this list.
Greetings from Italy.
Valentina Bach

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