(ANS - Milan)– A new week begins at Casa Don Bosco with meetings with business companies and testimonies of Salesian commitment to the care of lands, cultures and crops.

Today, Thursday 17 September, a meeting is scheduled between CNOS-FAP, the National Centre of Salesian Works for Professional Training, and Apple and Rekordata, on the theme "Digital yes, digital no: contrasting opinions.” Three years after the start of the ICnos project, which involved 2,000 young people and 600 teachers, it is time to take stock of methods and results obtained from the experimental teaching with the I-pad in the classroom and workshop. The Salesian Institute of San Marco has applied for certification as an "Apple Distinguished School" which means it will be recognized by Apple as a school of excellence and a point of reference for the country and for Europe.

In the afternoon, there will be another meeting of CNOS-FAP with "Monster", the portal for supply and demand in labour. With them CNOS-FAP has designed SAL, a database capable of receiving, through the portal of the training institution, curricula and requests from young people who are preparing to enter the professional world.

Tomorrow, Friday 18, there will be the award ceremony for the winners of the "You choose the future of the planet" competition; and the series of meetings of CNOS-FAP with companies will conclude with a roundtable discussion with various representatives of the group "Iren".

On Saturday there will be the International Forum of Salesian farming communities from Monferrato. This will be the final event of the day devoted to trading activities in Piedmont. Several towns where the Salesians are working in agricultural education and wine-making will take part.

On Sunday 20 September there will be a stage presentation of the story of the educational activities of the Salesians in the Amazon Rainforest, including some testimonies.  The presentation will be entitled "Tastes and knowledge of food: produce of the Amazon in Peru." The Salesians and representatives of the Achuar people will collaborate in promoting of local products, with a chance to taste some of the same.

Next Monday there will be a report on the activities of the Salesians and the International Voluntary Service for Development (VIS) in Ethiopia, in a programme called "The right of all to water: wells for Ethiopia". Then on Tuesday 22 a programme "Tastes of the Democratic Republic of Congo: life from the earth".

Finally, on Wednesday 23, a double meeting with Schneider Electric, to emphasize the effectiveness of the energy-saving method adopted at CASA DON BOSCO and in many Salesian houses in Italy and the world. There will also be the start of the programme from the Auxilium Faculty with the title "Feed the body, educate the people, cherish the dream". This will run until Thursday 24.

Published 17/09/2015