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non), professionals and PhD students, wishing to participate
in any of our projects. Please Contact Us if you are interested.
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project costs.
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activities or in sponsoring a particular project.
INSTITUTIONAL
SOCIAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
ENTERPRISE & CAPITALISM
In collaboration with Dr. Johan Norberg (Stockholm
- Sweden) and Prof. Philip Booth (IEA - London).
Project Aim: to counteract the denigration of
entrepreneurs and capitalism by making available to the general
public in the Venices* articles and books supporting
the merits of capitalism and enterprise.
project status: ongoing
PENSION REFORM
In collaboration with Prof. Jose Pinera - the father
of Chile's successful pension system.
Project Aim: to convince the general public
and opinion makers in the Venices* of the need to abandon
the current pension system and adopt the Chilean model based
on Personal Pension Accounts.
project status: ongoing
TAX REFORM
In collaboration with Proff. Robert Hall and Alvin
Rabushka - the fathers of the Flat Tax proposal.
Project Aim: to make the current Flat Tax debate
in Venetia* more balanced by providing the general
public and opinion makers with access to a rigorous translation
of the original proposal.
project status: under
development
GLOBALIZATION
In collaboration with Dr. Johan Norberg - author of
the book "In Defence of Global Capitalism".
Project Aim: to counteract the pervasive influence
of the anti-globalization movements in North-East*
Italy by making available to the general public and opinion
makers articles and books supporting the merist of globalization.
project status: ongoing
ISLAM & THE MIDDLE EAST
In collaboration with Dr. Joshua Muravchik - AEI scholar
specialising in United Nations, Islam and the Middle East.
Project Aim: to inject a different and international
perspective to the current debate in the Venices* regarding
Islam, the Middle East, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- debate which currently is too skewed in favour of the Palestinian
and Arab side.
project status: ongoing
FIGHTING INEFFICIENCY
in
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
HELPLINE SERVICE
Project Aim: to provide free advice and support
to citizens in their disputes with government agencies in
the Venices*, irrespective of their economic standing,
political affiliation or religious beliefs.
project status: ongoing
- For more information, please see the section: "Helpline".
LEGAL BATTLES
Project Aim: the current situation in the Venices*
is such that, in most cases, improvements in public services
can be achieved only by undertaking legal battles.
project status: ongoing
Court cases/appeals presented or in execution:
- Drainage Consortia (Consorzi
di Bonifica);
- Tax on Buildings (I.C.I.);
- Italian Telecom;
- Impounding of Vehicles (Fermo
Auto);
- Tax on Garbage (A.R.S.U.).
PROTECTION and PROMOTION
of
VENETIAN HERITAGE
Aim: to raise public awareness, understanding
and appreciation of Venetian heritage in all its forms, and
to promote its relevance and importance to the life of all
communities in the Venices* thereby increasing the
commitment of the Venetian regional governments to its protection
and preservation for future generations.
project status: ongoing
18th CENTURY VENETIAN LITERATURE
Project Aim: to make publicly available on the
internet a full PDF version of all existing Venetian literature
of the early-modern period (1700-1797).
project status: under
development
VENETIAN FLAGS and STANDARDS
Project Aims:
- to create a rigorous, complete list of the official flags
and standards of the Venetian Republic as of 12th May 1797;
- to discover the location of existing Venetian flags and
standards and their current state of conservation.
project status: under
development
THE LION and THE EAGLE
Project Aims:
- to research the economic and political links which existed
between the Venetian Republic and the United States of America
till 1797;
- to analyse the institutional similarities existing between
the US Constitution and the Venetian mode of government;
- to undertake rigorous translation - italian into english,
or viceversa - of above research results and of other existing
academic papers on same subject.
project status: under
development
PUBLIC SURVEYS
THE TEN MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS in THE VENICES*
Project Aim: what issues do Venetian citizens
consider most worrying and which ones do they reckon to be
the most serious?
project status: completed
- For more information, and for a complete breakdown of
responses received and questionnaire used, please see: "Survey
Results".
BURSARIES and GRANTS
POLICE FORCES GRANTS
Project Aim: to provide student bursaries
to members of the Venetian Police Forces, seriously wounded
in the course of duty, who wish to undertake or are already
undertaking a university degree course.
A special thank you to these individuals in uniform who risk
their life every day to protect our civil society from criminality.
project status: ongoing
Support
the Grants Scheme - we urgently need the support of
individuals, foundations and businesses in order to increase
the capital reserves of the Fund. For every €2,000 disbursed
in grants, we need in fact about €60,000 of capital to
provide the necessary income.
STUDENT GRANTS
Project Aim: to provide a modest level of financial
support to deserving university students who are facing unexpected
financial difficulties.
project status: ongoing
Support
the Grants Scheme - we urgently need the support of
individuals, foundations and businesses in order to increase
the capital reserves of the Fund. For every €2,000 disbursed
in grants, we need in fact about €60,000 of capital to
provide the necessary income.
RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS
Project Aim: with the aim of creating a lasting
desire for reform, Confederazione Veneziana actively promotes
all its publications by means of public debates, conferences,
mass- media appearances, and by direct mailing to journalists,
academics, politicians, business people and the general public
in Venetia*.
project status: ongoing
(*) For the purpose of CV's
projects, the words "Venices", "Venetia"
and "Northeast Italy" are interchangeable, and are
taken as meaning the historical Venices within Northern Italy
- i.e. the current italian regions of Venezia Tridentina-Sud
Tirol/Alto Adige, Venezia Euganea, Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
the current provinces of Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona (i.e. Venezia
Orobica), and Mantua.
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