Global Shapers Rome

Projects

Ongoing

'nDonnamo?- vie libere alle donne

Born in 2022, the project addresses the visibility and role of women in our country through interactive urban routes. Each route will be thematic and immersive, and will allow the public to celebrate female figures and become aware of social issues. Routes are accessible to the entire population, by means of installations (plaques and panels) and digital media to accompany and inform the visitor. By means of the QR Code placed on the plaque, the user will be able to access various multimedia contents, including a website, audio tracks and podcasts telling the story of the female figure to whom the plaque is dedicated.

For more information, visit the project website

Route dedicated to Women in Sports - Roma 70

Roma Stai Fresca

Born in 2023, the project wishes to regenerate and redesign Rome's green areas through a co-design process with citizens and institutions. At the Parco Hahnemann (near San Paolo Fuori Le Mura), the Hub organizes sports, cultural, cleanup and urban regeneration events in the park following Shapers or citizen initiative. The goal is to improve the daily lives of children, youth, students and adults who inhabit the neighborhood, giving them back a regenerated piece of the city. Currently shapers work with the local committee of citizens who counts over 30 participants.

The Roma Stai Fresca team - Parco Hanhemann

Heroes Never Sleep

Launched in February 2020, the project aims to create awareness about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by telling the stories of everyday “heroes”, located throughout Italy, whom we call Local Heroes, because it is precisely through their local initiatives that they try to improve society with small virtuous examples. The project wishes to inspire the younger generation to embrace sustainable lifestyles and become examples of virtuous behavior. Hence the idea of an innovative communication project, with a language and format suitable to reach the youngest through concrete stories. Heroes Never Sleep is a cross-hub project involving 7 italian hubs.

For more information, visit the project website

Shapers at an Heroes Never Sleep event - december 2023

JobUp

Launched in 2024, Job-Up! is a mentorship program that fosters meaningful connections among participants, building a network of mutual support and growth. The project aims to serve as a bridge between young individuals (Mentees) entering the workforce and experienced professionals (Sherpas). Over the past year, Job-Up! developed through three phases. The first involved a membership campaign to identify needs, interests and create matches between Mentees and Sherpas. In the second phase one-to-one meetings between participants took place. In the final phase the project launched a series of events exploring career paths, strategies, and opportunities for learning and inspiration.

The team of JobUp working on the development of the project

Shaping Generations

Born in 2025, Shaping Generations was created to bring new ways of learning to schools through engaging, hands-on experiences. We want to build a bridge between education and the real world, offering concrete opportunities to develop soft skills, problem-solving skills and civic awareness.We build connections among schools, students and local associations through hands-on, engaging activities. We collaborate with these associations to develop workshops, thematic lessons and projects for active-citizenship.

The team of Shaping Generations working on the development of the project

Projects rewind

A selection

Financial literacy (2022 - 2024)

The goal was to bring financial education within everyone's reach.

The dedicated courses carried out in high schools directed young students and professionals to live with more peace of mind in managing their finances while informing them of the complexity of the modern economic/financial world.

Shaping Rome (2020 - 2022)

Shaping Rome aims at promoting projects with a concrete impact on the city of Rome carried out by local youth realities, creating a platform for collaboration and intergenerational dialogue with the institutions of the City.

Moreover, in September 2021, the third Shaping Rome event was held with the participation of 3 candidates mayor in the Rome municipal elections, who signed a Manifesto of Communion of Intent on the value of the activity carried out by the third sector. The goal was to strengthen the relationship between the future administration and active citizenship.

SaveOneSeat (2020)

The project originated during the 2020 lockdown as a measure to support restaurants forced to remain closed and without customers.

SaveOneSeat (SOS) was an online platform that allowed small businesses in the restaurant industry to register their business at and customers to purchase SOS vouchers for to eat a meal once the restaurants reopened.

Wandering cultures (2018 -2019)

Foster the inclusion of young migrants residing in and around Rome by connecting them with their Italian peers.The Rome Hub organized 19 excursions to discover the city over 15 months. Among these were: visits to the Italian Senate, the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano and several neighborhoods of Rome. The project helped migrants integrate into the city of Rome and improve their use of Italian through continuous interactions with Shapers and locals. The visits had a positive impact on the mental health of many participants who also became more aware of their rights.

Oltre le mura di Roma (2014-2016)

The project was created to give voice to the suburbs of Rome and tell through photographs the stories of those places of the people who live there, bringing them to a Museum and thus overcoming the ideal “wall” between the center and the suburbs.

After launching a contest open to all, a jury of photojournalism experts selected more than 250 shots on the suburbs that were exhibited in prestigious MACRO museum in Testaccio between January and March 2016. The winners' photographs were exhibited alongside professional work on the suburbs taken exclusively by photographers De Luigi, Monteleone, Turetta, Protti and himself Zizola.

Let's #EUnite (2020)

Create a major Europe-wide project to celebrate Europe Day together. Strengthen partnerships and cooperation among European GS hubs, including through other joint initiatives in addition to Europe Day.

The Rome Hub has created a network of more than 100 European Shapers from over 40 hubs. It has fostered cooperation that can go far beyond #EUnite. Through this project, the Hub at Rome reached over 300,000 people, spreading awareness of Europe Day and knowledge of the Global Shapers community.

In addition, it used the #EUnite as a tool to reach out to universities and youth organizations.

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