The King is dead. Welcome the King!

di Filippo Addarii

This the end of 2009. It was a glorious year and you must all be proud of your civil society hero.

Unfortunately I can’t say who you are since I still haven’t received the stats of my blog from my editor.

It doesn’t matter; I’m sure you are millions following my adventures.

Yesterday I was again at Ipanema beach going through all the pictures taken this year. I was showing them to a young native to make an impression. There is not much more we can do than playing the old fashion ‘beautiful’ Europeans… Something in between Princess Diana and Pavarotti.

I hadn’t realized that this year I’ve been to 4 continents, 40 capitals, taken 90 flights and spent 80% of my time travelling.

I also discovered 2 of my favourite places in the world: Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town.

Results: Euclid Network is up and running. We’ve got full support of the EU and UN, a growing membership and entreprising staff.

I even got the PADI certification for Scuba-diving!

I feel accomplished… Just for a day. Tomorrow starts a new year.

Do I have new year resolutions? Yes sure. This is my provisional list:
– to be appointed Lord Protector of civil society in Europe
– to become fluent in Arabic and expand the network in the Med region
– to write my first book: ‘Becoming Filippo’
– to move to the new house in my official role of Dirty Uncle and start a new 21st century
– to meet the Pope
– to experiment monogamia… Not sure about the last one.

The year is ending. Who cares about the past. Welcome the new year!

Cosa fa VITA?

Da 30 anni VITA è la testata di riferimento dell’innovazione sociale, dell’attivismo civico e del Terzo settore. Siamo un’impresa sociale senza scopo di lucro: raccontiamo storie, promuoviamo campagne, interpelliamo le imprese, la politica e le istituzioni per promuovere i valori dell’interesse generale e del bene comune. Se riusciamo a farlo è  grazie a chi decide di sostenerci.