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World Stem Cell Summit 2008

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:05:46 +0200

The World Congress represented at the World Stem Cell Summit 2008

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:53:34 +0200

The Luca Coscioni Association and the World Congress for freedom of scientific research will take active part in the World Stem Cell Summit 2008 to be held Sept. 22-23 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The summit is organized among others by the Genetics Policy Institute whose founder and Executive Director Bernard Siegel is an active partner of the permanent World Congress and one of the most appreciated speakers of the first meeting in Rome.

During the summit in Stanford (2006) Marco Cappato on behalf of the Luca Coscioni Association was granted the International Advocacy and Policy Award. Last year the association and the World Congress were represented by prof. Andrea Boggio, who is Assistant Professor of Legal Studies at the Bryant University, is member of the Luca Coscioni Association and one of its points of presence in Boston.

Conference on euthanasia promoted by the EP and the Transnational Radical Party - The proceedings are now available

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:26:15 +0200

A conference titled "Medically assisted dying and euthanasia:
a matter of human rights" was held on the 5th of July 2007 at the European Parliament. The event was co-organised by the ELDR Group at the European Parliament and the Transnational Radical Party. The proceedings of the event are now available. More languages on request.

Amendment of EU Universal Service Directive: Luca Coscioni Association submits position paper to EP and European Commission

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:04:31 +0100

The Luca Coscioni Association sent to the EP and to the European Commission a position paper concerning the amendment of the so called “Telecoms package”, in particular of the Universal Service Directive.

With "Scolarmente", Luca Coscioni Association among the firsts for scientific education

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:22:42 +0100

After the publication of the recent PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) inquiry, that illustrates that Italian students are situated at the 36th place for the knowledge of sciences, Luca Coscioni Association claims its own pioneering role to spread scientific education into Italian high schools. Such role has been realised by means of “Scolarmente” project, aimed to make young people aware of sciences and the scientific method in an active and conscious manner during the debates with LCA experts.
“Scolarmente” shows the traditional landscape of the political commitment of Luca Coscioni Association, that has been fighting for years against moralistic behaviours towards scientific research by promoting the freedom of research.

Free phone services for disabled people in Italy: EC acknowledges a victory of Luca Coscioni Association

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:24:20 +0100

Last October 4, after a long political campaign of the Luca Coscioni Association, a formal resolution by the Italian Authority for the Guarantees in the Communications (AGCOM) provided that starting from the 1st of January 2008 the mobile phone operators grant 50 free SMS a day to deaf people, moreover the operators shall submit special offers addressed to deaf people and concerning other IC services such as MMS, video-calls and internet connection. The tariffs of the different operators will be available on the AGCOM website in order to be fully comparable. Trough the same decision, the Authority also issued that blind people are entitled to at least 90 hours of free internet navigation from their PCs. It is important to stress that the provision of the Authority - adopted after a formal request presented in March 2006 by Luca Coscioni Association - while providing measures in favor of deaf and blind people, also acknowledges the usefulness of the new generation services (i.e. video calls, MMS, internet), thus confirming that new technologies are now indispensable means to remove burdens to a free communication. Luca Coscioni Association welcomes this first victory, that is the result of the involvement of both citizens and the deaf community claims for their own rights. All of them were represented during the demonstrations organized by Luca Coscioni Association in front of the Italian AGCOM in both Rome and Naples. It is a great start, that should be soon widened to all those disabled and terminally ill people, whose conditions do not allow them to fully communicate, what on the other hand could be improved by the use of new technologies. Luca Coscioni Association will soon adopt initiatives aiming at activating Italian Regions and Communes to implement the means provided by the resolution also at local level.

World Congress - The proceedings of the Rome meeting are now available

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:21:27 +0100

The proceedings of the first World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research are now available in four languages (Italian, English, Spanish and French).

To receive your copy please contact Associazione Luca Coscioni, Via di Torre Argentina, 76 - I - 00186 Rome, phone + 39 06 689 79 378, carmen.sorrentino@associazionecoscioni.org .

The proceedings represent a relevant instrument of theoretical reflection and dissemination. Our objective is to spread the message of the ongoing activity of the Wolrd Congress and to promote the next meeting, which should be held in Istanbul in 2008.

Italy: thanks to the Luca Coscioni Association, free phone services for deaf people

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:06:07 +0100

Free relay services for disabled people: Luca Cosconi Association integrates opinion on EC request

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:09:09 +0200

“With reference to Luca Coscioni Association’s suggestion to address some of ‘116’ numbers to provide information and assistance to disabled people - namely by reserving several of the 200 numbers range to address people with different disabilities in particular: 1) relay services for text telephony; 2) relay services for video telephony - and your following communication INFSO/B1/IV/D(2007)828411 requiring more detailed info on such services, among others the evidence that there are organizations ready to supply them in around five Member States, please note the following”:
Our research found at least five European Member States- such as Great Britain, Italy, Denmark, Finland and Sweden - that use, through private or public sector, relay services for text telephony, relay services for video-telephony and products useful to allow aged or disabled people to join communication.

End-of-Life Practices in the Netherlands

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:17:28 +0200

In 2002, an act regulating the ending of life by a physician at the request of a patient with unbearable suffering came into effect in the Netherlands. In 2005, a follow-up study of euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide and other end-of-life
practices was performed.
In 2005, of all deaths in the Netherlands, 1.7% were the result of euthanasia and 0.1% were the result of physician-assisted suicide. These percentages were significantly lower than those in 2001.
The Embassy of Netherlands to Rome has invited the Luca Coscioni Association to an informal meeting for the introduction of 2007 report on the application of Dutch law.

Euthanasia in Italy. Al Jazeera on the battle of Piergiorgio Welby and Luca Coscioni Association

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:04:54 +0200

View full video on http://www.lucacoscioni.it/

StemCellSummit

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:36:53 +0200

StemCellSummit

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:36:53 +0200

The World Congress at the StemCellSummit in Boston (October 2-3, 2007) - See the full webcast of the event

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:30:25 +0200

Last October 2-3 the Luca Coscioni Association and the World Congress for freedom of scientific research took part in the StemCellSummit to be held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA, USA.

The summit was organized among others by the Genetics Policy Institute whose founder and Executive Director Bernard Siegel is an active partner of the permanent World Congress and one of the most appreciated speakers of the first meeting in Rome.

During the summit in Stanford (2006) Marco Cappato on behalf of the Luca Coscioni Association was granted the International Advocacy and Policy Award.

Public Consultation on the European e-Inclusion Strategy - Position paper by the Luca Coscioni Association

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:06:46 +0200

Last August 15 the LUCA COSCIONI ASSOCIATION submitted a Position Paper with reference to the Public Consultation on the European e-Inclusion Strategy aimed at gathering opinions from the wider public on e-Inclusion (digital inclusion) on the main areas of interest listed below:

- e-Accessibility
- Inclusive e-Government
- Information & communication technologies for active ageing at work
- The role of stakeholders in reaching e-Inclusion goals.

You may view of it at the following European Commission page: http://www.epractice.eu/document/4151.