Comites Ireland promotes project for Italians abroad

(ANSA) - LONDRA, 14 NOV - Comites Ireland promoted in Dublin the project 'Trajectories. Guida Psicologica all'Espatrio' (Psychological Guide to Expatriation), a series of training sessions dedicated to the psychological well-being of Italians living abroad. After Madrid, Paris and Athens, the project has landed in the Republic where, in the last decade, the number of compatriots registered with Aire has experienced a strong increase, reaching to date the number of over 34,500 residents (+ 220% compared to 2014). The three days of promoting psychological well-being for the Italian community in Ireland began on 7 November with the presentation of the book 'Trajectories. A Psychological Guide to Expatriation' by Anna Pisterzi, psychologist and psychotherapist, founder and ceo of Transiti, Psychologia d'Espatrio. On 8 November, the seminar entitled 'The Impact of Psychological Wellbeing on Work in International Mobility and Expatriation' was held at the headquarters of the Italian-Irish Chamber of Commerce in Dublin. Speakers included the Ambassador-designate of Italy in Dublin Nicola Faganello, the President of Comites Ireland Emiliana Capurro and the President of the Italian-Irish Chamber of Commerce Furio Pietribiasi. In his address in the presence of compatriots, representatives of the Italian system and Italian companies operating in Ireland, the ambassador dwelt on the importance of the role of the embassy, of which he has been the head since last October, in contributing to act as a 'glue' between old and new Italian immigration in Ireland and, at the same time, as a 'bridge' between Italy and compatriots abroad, promoting better mutual understanding in a spirit of collaboration, dialogue and listening. With an eye to the future, the cycle of meetings concluded on 9 November with an expressive and sharing workshop on the expatriation trajectories of Italian families in Dublin entitled 'Io sono, noi siamo...', a workshop dedicated to the parents of the children of the Italian school that Comites Ireland organised during the year at the Italian Cultural Institute.