2020

“Quality education is not an abstract, in vitro entity, but a process embedded in reality. It is the right to a better life, it is a culture of solidarity, it is reciprocity and participation.”
Carla Rinaldi President of Fondazione Reggio Children


7 January
223rd anniversary of the First Italian Flag
The Valli Theatre in Reggio Emilia hosted the ceremony for the celebrations of the 223rd Anniversary of the First Italian Flag, dedicated to the Rights of Children and Adolescents.
Among the many speakers there were Bryan Mc Cormack, Founder and President of Yesterday Today Tomorrow YTT and David Sassoli, President of the European Parliament.

25 January
Flags 4 Rights Instameet
The Flags4Rights project encounters the community of instagrammers and all photography fans.

20-23 February
:inveceilcentoc’è – Centenary of the birth of Loris Malaguzzi
The date of Loris Malaguzzi’s birthday, 23 February 2020, and the preceding days were the occasion for a series of unique and unrepeatable events in the city of the Reggio Emilia Approach®: exhibitions, performances, seminars, conferences, meetings.

22 February
Together for rights. Discussion panel on children’s rights between International and National Foundations
Within :inveceilcentoc’è “Together for rights. Discussion panel on children’s rights between International and National Foundations”, promoted by Fondazione Reggio Children – Centro Loris Malaguzzi, Municipality of Reggio Emilia and Fondazione Manodori, was held on the morning of Saturday 22 February at Palazzo Del Monte.

4 March
COVID-19 Emergency
Following the closure of the schools due to the COVID-19 emergency, Fondazione Reggio Children provides free online activities for children and adults, in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Education.

24 March
#iorestoacasaconFACE
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, the FA.C.E. Project working group reorganised its remote coordination role, suspending all working visits to the different areas. Activities involving children and parents have been transformed into remote proposals through online videos, chat and video calls between experts, parents, grandparents and children to continue learning and exploring together, from home.

3 June
We are all on the same bike
Remida, the Creative Recycling Centre dedicated a whole day, on 3 June, World Bicycle Day, to bicycles offering a programme full of initiatives, both online and offline, to talk not only about mobility but also about sustainability and urban, social, environmental and economic regeneration.

14 September
Scuola Diffusa: New learning landscapes
Three new quality educational contexts have emerged from outdoor, passing through or underused spaces at the Galileo Galilei Middle School and the Marco Polo Primary School in Reggio Emilia, as part of a Widespread School. The three pilot projects – curated by Officina Educativa of the Municipality of Reggio nell'Emilia and Fondazione Reggio Children – are the result of the experience of dialogue between architecture and pedagogy, developed with the Fare Scuola Project, carried out together with Enel Cuore Onlus.

24 September
Fondazione Reggio Children launches a new website and a new visual identity
To express this reality in continuous development and movement, in 2020 FRC launched a a new website and a new visual identity, inspired by the metaphor of a living organism.

3 November
Kick-off of 36th cycle of the PhD in Reggio Childhood Studies
The second international industrial research phd course in Reggio Childhood Studies is underway with 11 new researchers and an international and interdisciplinary faculty.

25-27 November
FRC at the National Geographic Festival of Sciences in Rome
FRC participates in the fifteenth edition of the National Geographic Festival of Sciences in Rome with online proposal for teachers and adults.

26-27 November
Kick-off online meeting of the REUSEMED Project
FRC together with Remida Reggio Emilia participates in the REUSEMED European project to support a culture of reuse
Projects in 2020
