Pledging initiative – Submission form: Submission #2277

Submission information

Submission Number: 2277
Submission ID: 7896
Submission UUID: 81877989-8cff-4d49-abc2-58358abab4f7
Submission URI: /submit-pledges

Created: Fri, 07/22/2022 - 18:38
Completed: Fri, 07/22/2022 - 18:38
Changed: Mon, 07/25/2022 - 19:38

Remote IP address: 88.221.213.151
Language: English

Is draft: No

Flagged: Yes
Name of entity submitting the pledgeThe Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the Government of Lampedusa & Linosa
Pledging entityCities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Is the country of the pledging entity a GCM Champion country?
Full namePablo Mariani
PositionKMO
Country of implementationSpain
Other country of implementationGlobal
Region of implementation
Email Addresspmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
Secondary contact person
Secondary email
Name of the pledgeFrom a former military base to an international centre for peace studies
Type of pledge (please select)Individual (by one state/actor)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?
Participating States and Actors
Name of the matched pledge
ID of the matched pledge
Nature of the pledgeProcess oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF); structured
Please select the main three GCM objectives the pledge is/are meant to support2. Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin; 7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration; 15. Provide access to basic services for migrants; 17. Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration; 23. Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration
Please indicate which GCM Guiding Principle is/are particularly relevant for the pledgePeople-centred; International cooperation; National sovereignty; Rule of law and due process; Sustainable development; Human rights; Gender-responsive; Child-sensitive; Whole-of-government approach; Whole-of-society approach
Please provide a description of the pledgeThe island of Lampedusa, in the heart of the Mediterranean, is a candidate to become an epicentre of political, cultural and artistic study and planning on the themes of peace and migratory flows. The project, which the municipality intends to entrust to the architect Stefano Boeri, aims to transform the former military base of Loran, located in the Capo Ponente area, into a Study Centre capable of involving international institutions and associations, volunteer networks, research institutes on geopolitics, the world of art and international culture, and also intended to host major events. The project, which will be led by the municipal administration of Lampedusa e Linosa in the front line, involves the Sicilian Region, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Defence. In addition to the International Centre for Peace Studies, the project envisages the creation of several other realities on the island, including: an auditorium; a museum equipped with a digital archive that will be able to host not only works but also performative and narrative events on the theme of the great migratory flows and their interrelations with the great challenges of climate change and poverty; a system of laboratories and places of study and residence for scholars, researchers, artists and witnesses of the great phenomenology of migration that will be obtained from the reuse of the disused military forts surrounding the island. A letter of intent for the project has been signed in recent weeks between the municipality of Lampedusa e Linosa and the Region of Sicily.
Please indicate the tentative deadline within which this pledge is expected to be realised02 Dec 2024
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