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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

“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

End-of-Life Practices in the Netherlands

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

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

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

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

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

Free phone services for disabled people: Luca Coscioni Association goes on urged by the European Commission

Last July 11, the Commission services together with the Communications Committee, which is an advisory committee of Member States set up to assist the Commission in electronic communications matters, communicated that by October 15 they would like to receive more detailed info on the services Luca Coscioni Association had suggested to adopt. Indeed for a

Symposium on the World Congress published by the Journal of Medical Ethics

A Symposium on the first meeting of the World Congress has been published by the Journal of Medical Ethics (June 1, 2007, Volume 33, Issue 6), a leading international journal, which reflects the field of medical ethics. The symposium has been co-edited by Dr. Simona Giordano, Lecturer in Bioethics at the University of Manchester and