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A successful opening in Rome of the Italian stage of the Tour of the European Year of VolunteeringThe launch of the Italian Tour Stop of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 – operated for the European Commission by P.A.U. Education – took place on 11 July 2011 at the San Giovanni Dolorosa Hospital in Rome.
During the opening ceremony, Mr Joachim Ott, from the Department of Communication at the European Commission, underlined the importance of creating and enabling a good environment for the development of volunteering actions and said that the European Commission has initiated this process going far beyond 2011. The morning conference ended with the intervention of Mr Nello Musumeci, Secretary of State in the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. Mr Musumeci stressed the need to bridge the gap between policies, leadership and volunteering. He emphasized the necessity of speaking the same language in order to facilitate better communication between everyone. "The volunteer must follow constant updating and training in order to be prepared and able to give precise answers to the needs of citizens", he said. The next stop on the Tour of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 (operated entirely by P.A.U. Education) will be in Copenhagen, between 28 July and 3 August 2011. For more information about the Tour of the European Year of Volunteering, go to: http://europa.eu/volunteering/ . |    |