Description of organisation

Circolo Arci Babilonia is a social promotion organisation (not for profit) whose members are mainly young people between 20 and 35 years old and which is part of the national network Arci Nuova associazione.
The main activity of the organisation is the management of the Youth/cultural centre Mistero Buffo, which developed in 2000 within a Youth programme Action 3 – youth initiatives project and over the past 15 years has established itself as a point of reference for cultural promotion at local level. In 2008 the organisation started a partnership with other 3 local ngos “Associazione Culturale Scarti” , “circolo Legambiente Sartorius von Waltershausen” and “associazione Altroquando” to offer new services for the young people taking part in the daily life of the centre.
The model of management of the Mistero Buffo centre is based on co-management and self-funding principles, following a decision made by the young people which are active part of the centre. The centre is open to all valuable cultural initiatives coming from anyone willing to invest their time in sharing their passions and skills to enrich the local community.

Inclusion topics

This organisation is willing to involve volunteers who face situations which make their participation in activities more difficult, from the following categories for different types of project:

• Cultural differences
• Economic obstacles
• Social obstacles