Aria Sardinia: the on line community joining tradition and innovatiom

• Main Authors: Fabrizio Lao, Paolo Tola
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics 2005-12-01
• Series: Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
• Subjects: on line community; Italians abroad; Sardinia; networking; Sardinian economy; culture
• Online Access: http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/P234891.pdf

The "ARIA Sardinia" project (Network Actions for Italians Abroad) has been especially designed to integrate and give value to the network of relationships between public administrations, local socio-economic stakeholders and Italian communities abroad, this goal to be pursued with the support of new technologies and learning approaches emerging within the context of on line interest communities. The general objective of the project is the development of competencies and knowledge, intended to combine specific technical skills with local "territorial knowledge", in a process where the strengthening and the dissemination of these forms of culture come from the prompt use of innovative tools. The main activities of the project are the actions intended to guide and assist entrepreneurs, associations, development projects' partners or promoters in the path of acquisition and dissemination of the competencies which are necessary to the involvement of Italians abroad into the internationalization process of Sardinian economy. ARIA Sardinia was funded by the Italian Foreign Affairs Ministry and the European Social Fund (FSE), within the framework of the National Operational Program for Technical Assistance and System Action (PON ATAS) aimed at specific promotion initiatives and fostering of permanent links between Southern Italy economy and Italians living abroad. Keywords: on line community, networking, Italians abroad, Sardinian economy, Sardinia, culture.