June 15-20, 2026
The organization of International Rights, Cultures and Environment Week, promoted annually by Mosaico on World Refugee Day, coincides this year with the celebration of Mosaico – Azioni per i Rifugiati’s 20 years of civil and social commitment.
This celebration, titled “RIGHTS TO THE POINT,” will be an opportunity to share the experience of the association that was born in the early 2000s out of the desire of refugees welcomed into the city to get involved and actively participate in community life.
From the beginning, the goal has been to support those who would arrive later, so that they could face their journey with fewer difficulties, and to enhance the contribution that migration can make to the community when appropriate means of reception are created.
In the wake of this commitment, the proposed path intends to transform the memory and experiences gained into an opportunity for collective discussion and construction. The path will, therefore, be punctuated by moments of sharing, designed to retrace the history of the association, enhance lived experiences and open a space for dialogue on the future of rights, inclusion and coexistence between cultures.
It will also be an opportunity for Mosaico, together with its European partners, to share with institutions and other actors in the area the approach of social mediation, understood as a tool capable of fostering neighborly relations and strengthening social ties within communities.
The festival represents not only a series of events, but is shaped as an experience of active civic participation and social change. Its impact on the city is extensive and multifaceted. On the one hand, it contributes to consolidating the social fabric through inclusive practices and ties of closeness; on the other hand, it enhances the image of Turin as an open city capable of innovation in the field of cultural and social policies. The project, supported by a solid network of collaborations with public bodies, foundations, third sector entities and museums, constitutes a good practice also recognized in the European sphere, thanks to the association’s role within networks such as ECRE and CreE-A.
Ultimately, the Rights to the Point Festival represents a concrete space for advocacy, a public stance: there can be no true welcome without dignity, no inclusion without listening and recognition, just as there can be no full citizenship without guaranteeing everyone the opportunity to participate, express themselves and imagine their future.
Schedule of Events
Monday, June 15
4:30 p.m.
Place: Altrimè – Mbongui Mediation Space
Via San Pio V, 17/B – Turin
Event: A 20-year journey
Photo exhibition between images and video projections chronicling Mosaico’s journey through 20 years of experiences, encounters and shared memory.
Exhibition open to the public.
6 p.m.
Place: Waldensian House Hall – Turin
Event: Rights on the Path – Moment of Sharing
Institutional greetings:
- Foreigners Service of the City of Turin
- Amnesty International
- Frantz Fanon Association
- Waldensian Church
- Society of St. Paul
- Meadows-care ODV
- University of Turin
Coordination: Exaucée Ngoma Mbenza
Intervention:
Mosaico: a 20-year journey
- Yagoub Kibeida
- Colette Meffire
- Traoré Nouhoum
To follow: community apericena
Tuesday, June 16
10 a.m.
Location: Community Space – Corso Giulio Cesare, 34
Event: Social mediation, a tool for prevention and treatment – in collaboration with Arteria Onlus Association
Socio-educational pathways of migrant and second-generation youth: three European models compared.
Speakers:
- Jimmy Fakourou – Social mediation service manager of the city of Saint Quentin,
- Jean Claude Kawaya, Social Mediation Service Coordinator of City Evère- Brussels
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Gruppo Abele headquarters
Corso Trapani , 91/b – Turin
Event: Racism, why talk about it?
(In collaboration with the Anti-Racist Coordination)
Introduce:
- Ayoub Moussaid , vice president of the Anti-Racism Coordination and president of the association InMenteltaca APS
- Lucia Bianco, Vice President Gruppo Abele
Video screening:
“Us – Stories of Quotidian Anti-Discrimination in Turin,” produced by Deka Mohamed Osman and Exaucée Ngoma Mbenza as part of the project sponsored by UNAR.
To follow: discussion with the authors
Hours: 8:30 p.m.
Screening of the film “Nyumba” by Francesco Del Grosso, presented with screenwriter Paola Bottero, – event in collaboration with Job Film Days
The initiative will be attended by screenwriter Paola Bottero
Speakers:
- Lucia Bianco – vice president Gruppo Abele
- Berthin Nzonza – director Mosaico – Azioni per i Rifugiati
Wednesday, June 17
9 a.m.
Place: Sala Colonne – City of Turin
Piazza Palazzo di Città, 1 – Turin
Event: European VITEM Day
“Living Social Cohesion in an Inclusive City.”
Seminar conducted as part of the European project “Ville Territoire Médiation,” dedicated to social mediation and building a network of Mediation Cities. The VITEM project is part of the European Commission’s CERV program. The Project, in which 10 cities from France, Italy, Belgium, Spain and Portugal participate, is coordinated by AFPAD and aims to promote mediation in Europe, re-evaluate and consolidate the mediation projects of the 10 cities participating in the project.
Thursday, June 18
Institutional Commemoration of World Refugee Day
Reservation required at link: https://forms.gle/xKivJHSo996ysvvWA
11 a.m.
Location: Red Room of the City of Turin
Piazza Palazzo di Città, 1 – Turin
Speakers:
- Colette Meffire – Mosaico President (introduction)
- Maria Grazia Grippo – President of the City Council.
- Jacopo Rosatelli – Councillor for Welfare, Rights and Equal Opportunities
- Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi – Chairperson of the Council Commission Against the Phenomena of Intolerance and Racism
- Massimo Gnone – UNHCR Integration Associate
Alongside institutional speeches, it will be the voices of refugee people who will give depth and meaning to the day through tales of life, resilience, challenges and rebirth.An authentic space for speaking and listening, where personal experiences become the shared heritage of the community.
Speakers:
- Hassan Rammahi – visual artist
- Leoberllyys Atilano – university student
- Hamed Abdul Mutaleb – Afghan community.
Friday, June 19
9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Location: City Council Chamber – City of Collegno
Event: Welcoming: tension between law and justice – Rethinking Hospitality
Event sponsored by the City of Collegno, in collaboration with PRATI-CA.RE Association, ATYPICA Cooperative and Mosaico Association.
Speakers:
- Prof. Annamaria Fantauzzi – University of Turin and President PRATI-CA.RE
- Prof. Emmanuel Jovelin – Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers de Paris and Catholic University of Lille
- Prof. Anna Elia – University of Calabria
- Berthin Nzonza – Mosaico Association Director
2 p.m.
Location: Luigi Einaudi Campus – Turin
Event: Art as a tool for social inclusion – organized as part of Refugee Week Turin
Comparison between students and refugee artists winners of the “To My Dreams I Will Not Give Up” competition promoted by the Mosaico Association with support from the Lavazza Foundation and Orsolina28 : an opportunity to reflect on how artistic practices can foster social inclusion, cultural exchange and bond building.
Featuring the ambassador of the 2026 edition of the Naffe competition Fadel Mohamed
4-6 p.m.
Location: Luigi Einaudi Campus – Turin
Migration and hospitality: sociological perspectives and contemporary challenges
Speakers:
- Prof. Emmanuel Jovelin
- Prof. Anna Elia
Authors of the publication Sociologie de l'(in)hospitalité – De la Jungle de Calais à Riace.
- Ulrich Stege: International University College of Turin (IUC)
He will speak on the topic of the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum.
Introducer: Prof. Barbara Sorgoni
Saturday, June 20
2 p.m.
Location: Mbongui Space – Via San Pio V, 17 – Turin
A convivial moment open to meeting and participation, a space dedicated to sociability with music and dances from the world, to celebrate the richness of diversity through the universal language of art and conviviality.
7 p.m.
Place: Egyptian Museum – Turin
Event: I am Welcome
Mosaico will participate with an information booth and, together with other organizations in the area, will animate the museum as a “living library.”
Members of the association will meet with the public to tell stories, share experiences and dialogue with the people who walk through the museum spaces.