The Permanent Observer: Youth and Media's history: The great encounters
The important guests of these first ten years of the Observer's existence: Richard Parsons, Peter Kann, Lachlan Murdoch, Navarro Valls and many others.
“One World. Integration: build this now together, to live the future together”
Claudio Baglioni (italian singer, Founder O'Scia') and Andrea Ceccherini (President of the Permanent Observer: Youth and Media) show the initiative.
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo’s dialogue with 250 students from the Permanent Observer
Andrea Ceccherini (President of the Permanent Observer: Youth and Media) and Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (former President Fiat and President Ferrari).
"Gaining a Financial Education in School: how to prepare oneself for the task of making choices"
Andrea Ceccherini (President of the Permanent Observer: Youth and Media ) and Corrado Passera (CEO Intesa Sanpaolo) show the initiative.
The competition "the Citizen's notebooks": a reflection on the symbols of the Republic
Andrea Ceccherini (President of the Permanent Observer: Youth and Media) with the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano.
Franco Frattini: "The project The Newspaper in the Classroom is a national example of excellence"
Franco Frattini (Italian Foreign Minister) with the journalist Dario Di Vico (Corriere della Sera).
The Permanent Observer: Youth and Media
The Permanente Observer: Youth and Media is an organization that invests in educating the younger generations to enable them to develop newspaper reading habits that will last well into adulthood. It was this spirit that led our organization to promote and introduce the reading of a variety of newspapers in the classroom. The project "The Daily Newspaper in the Classroom" aims at bringing young people to consider the reading of newspapers as a way to critically evaluate current events and thus develop a habit of critical reading that can only lead to the development of a greater awareness of issues; this practice will contribute positively to making young people the free, informed and responsible citizens of tomorrow.
Now in its 10th edition, in this scholastic year 2009-2010 the project will see the participation of 1,786,538 students in the upper levels of the Italian secondary schools and the participation of 44,116 teachers who have decided to join us and make a commitment to this very important civic and social challenge. These numbers not only point to the success of the program, but mark also a historical first in the efforts of our project the "The Daily Newspaper in the Classroom".
In February 2007 the Osservatorio added an additional project on an experimental basis by introducing the newspaper in universities across Italy. The objective of "The Newspaper in the University" is to continue with the work initiated in the pre-university grades and aims to insure that students train to become the free citizens of tomorrow. The project has been funded for the academic year 2009/2010 and will be active in a number of humanistic departments and degree programs in various universities across the country.
