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Education is the key to our future
International research for innovative, accessible, useful education

Who we are

A non-profit research organization founded in Assisi in 2000 by Patrizio Paoletti and a group of researchers, pedagogists, psychologists, sociologists, doctors and entrepreneurs. The Foundation carries out its research programs and pedagogical projects thanks to the support of over 100,000 people in order to achieve a single goal: to allow people to get in touch with their immense potential.

What we do

For over twenty years, the Foundation has been studying human functioning through interdisciplinary research: neuroscientific, psychological, educational, didactic and social. The results of the neuroscientific research together with the most up-to-date knowledge on human functioning, are applied immediately in education and teaching, to promote the best talents in children and adults.

What they say about us

Education is a treasure: educating ourselves to educate others, to live an oriented and orienting life, to produce a true and continuous improvement

Patrizio Paoletti

Founder

Patrizio Paoletti is an internationally renowned trainer leading social projects and educational programs that aim to raise awareness in individuals. Author of a number of scientific publications, he is a member of numerous scientific commissions and committees and has produced publications on the processes of lifelong learning for personal and social development and growth.

 
 

Pedagogy for the Third Millennium

Knowing how to do and knowing how to live in order to be

“Pedagogy for the Third Millennium” is the educational method that guides all our Lifelong Learning and Lifewide Education projects. It is the tool of interdisciplinary knowledge and methodologies with which the research results are transferred to the educational and didactic field to promote self-education and education, to bring out the talents and the best part of each person.

Our Projects

The Paoletti Foundation in the world

Amazonia

Amazonia

Sustainable development oriented towards the well-being of children

Brasil

Brasil

A project for 1,000 street children in Rio’s favelas

Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo

Food, health, education and training to overcome poverty and violence

Haiti

Haiti

A meal for Mikael

India

India

Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

Indonesia

Indonesia

A school to continue

Israel

Israel

Youth of light, a school of life

Nepal

Nepal

Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

Perù

Perù

Working children: Pedagogy for the Third Millennium against child labor in Lima

Syria

Syria

An educational project for the refugees of an endless war

Italy

Italy

Training in beauty. The project to develop emotional intelligence in the heart of Naples

Kenya

Kenya

A future for children in the slums of Nairobi

Denmark

  • Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, 2018
    “Mind, Meditation and Innovation Conference”

France

  • Beaune, 2019
    ANT Neuromeeting
  • Vichy, 2018
    Universal Logic International Conference
  • Marsiglia, 2018
    Special Lecture at Aix-Marseille University

Germany

  • Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Berlino, 2017
    Visual Science of Art Conference

Greece

  • Society of Applied Neuroscience, Corfù, 2016
    SAN2016 Meeting

United Kingdom

  • Università di Oxford, Harvard University, 2017
    Movement 2017. Brain, Body, Cognition

India

  • Università di Allahbad, 2018
    International Conference on Metidation

Israel

  • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2019
    Movement and Cognition
  • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2017
    “Inner Design Technology and the Art of Meditation”
  • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2013
    Inner Design Technology and The Proactive Brain

Italy

  • I.C.O.N.S – 1st International Conference on the Neurophysiology of Silence, Nocera Umbra
  • LogicaMente – World Logic Day, Assisi
  • Bambini resilienti, Nocera Umbra

SCOPRI DI PIU'

Portugal

  • Amadora, Lisbona, 2011
    “Health Against Poverty in Europe”

United States

  • Harvard Medical School (Boston), 2018
    “Movement: Brain, Body, Cognition”
  • Minneapolis, 2014
    Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity

Cyprus

  • Lancara, 2012
    Child Development and Dyslexia International Symposium

Australia

  • Queensland, 2019
    Sport Medicine Australia

Brasil

  • Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, Rio De Janeiro, 2019 Rio Creativity 2019

Spain

  • Melgaco, 2017 ICOMDR 3rd Assembly

Switzerland

  • University of Geneva, 2017
    “Arbitrariness of the Sign”
  • Amazonia

    Amazonia

    Sustainable development oriented towards the well-being of children

  • Brasil

    Brasil

    A project for 1,000 street children in Rio’s favelas

  • Democratic Republic of Congo

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    Food, health, education and training to overcome poverty and violence

  • Haiti

    Haiti

    A meal for Mikael

  • India

    India

    Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

  • Indonesia

    Indonesia

    A school to continue

  • Israel

    Israel

    Youth of light, a school of life

  • Nepal

    Nepal

    Training teachers and social workers, rebuilding the future of 100 children after the earthquake

  • Perù

    Perù

    Working children: Pedagogy for the Third Millennium against child labor in Lima

  • Syria

    Syria

    An educational project for the refugees of an endless war

  • Italy

    Italy

    Training in beauty. The project to develop emotional intelligence in the heart of Naples

  • Kenya

    Kenya

    A future for children in the slums of Nairobi

  • Denmark

    • Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, 2018
      “Mind, Meditation and Innovation Conference”
  • France

    • Beaune, 2019
      ANT Neuromeeting
    • Vichy, 2018
      Universal Logic International Conference
    • Marsiglia, 2018
      Special Lecture at Aix-Marseille University
  • Germany

    • Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Berlino, 2017
      Visual Science of Art Conference
  • Greece

    • Society of Applied Neuroscience, Corfù, 2016
      SAN2016 Meeting
  • United Kingdom

    • Università di Oxford, Harvard University, 2017
      Movement 2017. Brain, Body, Cognition
  • India

    • Università di Allahbad, 2018
      International Conference on Metidation
  • Israel

    • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2019
      Movement and Cognition
    • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2017
      “Inner Design Technology and the Art of Meditation”
    • Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, 2013
      Inner Design Technology and The Proactive Brain
  • Italy

    • I.C.O.N.S – 1st International Conference on the Neurophysiology of Silence, Nocera Umbra
    • LogicaMente – World Logic Day, Assisi
    • Bambini resilienti, Nocera Umbra

    SCOPRI DI PIU'

  • Portugal

    • Amadora, Lisbona, 2011
      “Health Against Poverty in Europe”
  • United States

    • Harvard Medical School (Boston), 2018
      “Movement: Brain, Body, Cognition”
    • Minneapolis, 2014
      Conference of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
  • Cyprus

    • Lancara, 2012
      Child Development and Dyslexia International Symposium
  • Australia

    • Queensland, 2019
      Sport Medicine Australia
  • Brasil

    • Brazilian Academy of Philosophy, Rio De Janeiro, 2019 Rio Creativity 2019
  • Spain

    • Melgaco, 2017 ICOMDR 3rd Assembly
  • Switzerland

    • University of Geneva, 2017
      “Arbitrariness of the Sign”
    Educational and social projects
    Scientific dissemination

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      RESILIENCE FOR THE FUTURE: WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE ROUND TABLE

      RESILIENCE FOR THE FUTURE: WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE ROUND TABLE

      The Patrizio Paoletti Foundation, through its Institute of Research for Neuroscience, Education and Didactics (RINED), has organized the event “RESILIENCE FOR THE FUTURE: an international round table to promote resilience in times of the Covid-19 pandemic”. The round table was held on January 19 with the participation of neuroscientists, researchers, teachers, psychologists and educators from 9 countries worldwide: Canada, USA, France, Italy, Kosovo, Turkey, Israel, India and Kenya.

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      From Kiev to Assisi. Valerii’s story of resilience, with us to help the Ukrainian people.

      From Kiev to Assisi. Valerii’s story of resilience, with us to help the Ukrainian people.

      How concrete the words resilience, strength and determination can be, becomes evident immediately when looking into the eyes of Valerii. Engineer, 67 years old, today he is one of the millions of refugees from Ukraine. He escaped just a few days ago from his city Irpin, in the province of Kiev, and is now safe with part of his family in Italy.

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      “Prefigure the future” in the schools of Italy. A marvellous journey has started together with more than 1000 students, teachers and parents.

      “Prefigure the future” in the schools of Italy. A marvellous journey has started together with more than 1000 students, teachers and parents.

      “Prefigure the future: methods and techniques to strengthen Hope and Planning ability arrives in Italian schools. In these days, in 13 secondary schools across all of Italy, a marvellous journey of consciousness raising and training has started for more than 1000 students, teachers and parents, to learn how to use the treasure of the mind and strengthen abilities such as resilience, prefiguration and planning ability.

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      Emergency Ukraine. The ‘border stories’ collected by our staff: Babusya

      Emergency Ukraine. The ‘border stories’ collected by our staff: Babusya

      We’ll call her “Babusya”, which means grandma in Ukrainian and is how her grandchild addresses her with affection. Babusya is an elderly, 84-year old Ukrainian woman who had to abbandon her home on a March evening under the bombs of the Russian army. After 17 hours of travel, Babusya arrived at the Romanian border. Here she was able to reunite with her grandchild who lives in Italy and leave the horrors of war behind her.

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      Caravan of the Heart 2021: together to promote research and education

      Caravan of the Heart 2021: together to promote research and education

      The memorable orange bracelet and slogan “Live passionately” add color to the beaches and cities of Italy. From the bright eyes of our volunteers, underneath the mask, a message shines through that goes beyond the momentary restrictions: “Smiling is a social duty.”

      In this depiction of the XVII edition of the Caravan of the Heart, also this year the volunteers of the Patrizio Paoletti Foundation were the key players on the beaches and in the cities of Italy. In the period of July to September, in full compliance with the containment provisions of Covid-19, another beautiful awareness raising campaign was organized, meeting thousands of people, and more than 20 million people since 2005.

      Thanks to the Caravan of the Heart, our fundraising has become a yearly “date” awaited by many supporters, and a surprising dialogue with hundreds of new people that welcome our mission: education is key to change. A magical moment of encounter in which we share reflections and intentions in regards to the most important themes of humanity in this moment of history. In this way, every year we meet and together we choose to be, even with small actions, active part of our planet’s future.

      With the Caravan of the Heart campaign we have managed to support our neuroscientific and psychopedagogical research projects, producing free products accessible to all and not only aimed at adults and children who are part of specific marginalized contexts but also dedicated to every family that finds itself facing the health, psychological and social emergency of this time.

      We want to say a thousand THANKS to all the people we have met and to all of our volunteers. Thanks for being with us and for continuing to make our objective of a better world ever more concrete.

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      The future of education. Patrizio Paoletti at the Global Education Forum of Madrid

      The future of education. Patrizio Paoletti at the Global Education Forum of Madrid

      On Tuesday, October 5, 2021 the president Patrizio Paoletti contributed with a speech at the event entitled “Social Impact – How can higher education accelerate achievement of the SDGs?”.

      It was one of the stages of a global discussion started in September amidst the Global Education Forum on the transformation of higher education and the University system in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The series of meetings, round tables, conferences and interviews organized and sponsored by the SEK Education Group will close with the final event planned for October 13-15 in Madrid.

      Despite joint efforts, the 2030 Goals are still distant. After the open discussion in September 2020 by the Network of solutions for the sustainable development of the United Nations (SDSN) and the guide“Accelerating Education for the SDGs in Universities” it has become clear thathigher education and Universities can play a central role in reaching goals by structuring mindsets, roles and connections in order to generate new systematic solutions.

      The educational challenge has never been more urgent. The social, environmental, and economic crises at the heart of global agendas, along with rapid technological transformation, demand new educational modelsthat support a radical change of perspective and pace.

      “Providing new generations with tools to deal with complexity and manage it pro-actively today is a priority. – said Patrizio Paoletti – The central objective is the development of skills and innovative approaches that are up to the moment, with the highest innovation ever created as a driver: self-awareness.”

      Watch Patrizio Paoletti’s opening speech:

      Paoletti presented the research model of the foundation, which for more than 20 years has based its mission on the teaching of neuro-psycho-pedagogy: offering concrete tools to achieve the transformational and proactive potential of each individual.

      After the opening speech the event was structured in the form of an interview and Patrizio Paoletti answered four questions: Which mindset change is necessary to reach the Goals? Is there a way to accelerate this change? What is the role of the University? Who can be of help in this process?

      Soon we will also share the entire video of the interview on this page.

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