Humanitarian Action: Balzan-USI Meeting in Lugano on 14 May

The International Balzan Foundation and USI - Università della Svizzera italiana are organizing the meeting "Humanitarian Action and Solidarity: New Challenges, Principles and Practice" on Tuesday 14 May 2019 in Lugano at the USI Auditorium at 6:30 p.m.

The meeting will take stock of the situation, starting with key figures in the sector, including the organizations that have been awarded the Balzan Prize for Humanity, Peace and Fraternity among Peoples for their projects involving humanitarian intervention.

Programme
Welcome Speech: Boas Erez, Rector, USI 
Introduction: Enrico Decleva, President, International Balzan "Prize" Foundation 
Coordinator: Pio Wennubst, Vice Director and Head of the Global Cooperation sector of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation
Speakers: Franco Monnicchi - Emmaus Italia (1991 Balzan Prize to Abbé Pierre);
Paola Germano - Comunità di Sant'Egidio (2004 Balzan Prize for the project DREAM); 
Vito Angelillo - Terre des hommes (2018 Balzan Prize with the project SIMSONE).