Oristano: Municipality and Third Sector align on culture, environment

Oristano: Municipality and Third Sector align on culture, environment, health and social services

A working table between the Municipality and Third Sector associations in Oristano aims to turn ad hoc collaboration into a structured partnership. The agenda focuses on four priority areas: culture, environment, health and social services. The meeting, convened by the city Consultation together with members of the municipal cabinet, identified operational tools and potential pilot projects.

• Culture: plans to involve associations consistently in cultural and tourist initiatives to improve programming and local offer.
• Environment: priorities include the municipal Green Plan and partnerships to tackle issues such as stray animals, which impose significant costs on local budgets.
• Health: the dialogue aims to integrate prevention projects and territorial services, building on associations' existing initiatives.
• Social services: focus on disability, transport and consolidated initiatives, such as the cancer prevention project promoted by the association "Komunque Donne".

The meeting saw the participation of Consultation president Giampiero Vargiu and councillors Giulia Murgia (Social Services), Maria Bonaria Zedda (Environment) and Simone Prevete (Culture and Tourism). Representatives from associations, including Pro Loco APS, Aniad Sardegna and Domus Oristano, stressed the need for a co-management operational model and for earlier sharing of programmes to allow effective planning by local organizations.

Operationally, two test cases were identified: the Green Plan and the new PLUS, with reference to the upcoming call deadline. The common intent is to establish working groups linked to departments and commissions to make the thematic tables fully operational.

Periodic follow-up meetings are planned to convert proposals into concrete actions and to optimise resources by leveraging the Third Sector's expertise in the area.