My name is Valentina Bach and I am the community service coordinator in a very special international school, the United World College of the Adriatic in Italy, Trieste. The mission of the school is to promote international understanding and peace by bringing together students from conflict countries. Every student admitted has full scholarship and must commit him/herself to do volunteer service once a week. In the last two years I have been reading all possible Open Space material and I tried to facilitate a session with 100 of our students on September 2004. The aim was to get new ideas about community service projects and initiatives. The results were excellent: around 10 new projects which have been carried out with commitment and dedication during the last academic year! I also work as a consultant for some Italian local governments and I have recently been asked to write a book on strategic planning which will be published by one of the main Italian editors. I would like to include a chapter on OST in my book, suggesting it is a very effective method for strategic planning. I read the succesful stories published in the website and I also found some cases of OST in Torino (Northen Italy) both in the provincial and city council. Do you know about other successful stories I could quote? I would like to help OST spreading in Italy, especially in the No-Profit sector. Our school is well known, especially in the north east as an organization that brings innovation and culture while working for peace. We would be very happy to host a Conference. With great appreciation for Harrison Owen and all of you in this list. Greetings from Italy. Valentina Bach
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