The Reggio Children – Loris MalaguzziCentre Foundation is an international nonprofit foundation for the promotion of the Reggio Emilia approacharound the world. The foundation, which is based in Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, was launched in September 2011, and is dedicated to the memory of Loris Malaguzzi, who developed the Reggio Emilia approach. NGOs and/or cooperatives constitute most of the founding partners of the foundation: North American Reggio Emilia Alliance, Reggio Emilia Institutet, Red Solare Argentina, Cooperativa Italiana di Ristorazione, Cooperativa Sociale Coopselios, and Fondazione Manodori. Other partners are EFFE 2005 Gruppo Feltrinelli S.p.A, a privateholding company for laeffe, and the municipal/city council of Reggio Emilia. The foundation states that its mission and aims include: recognising the potential and rights of children from birth; sharing the educational values of the Reggio Emilia approach through dialogue with other countries and experiences, promoting the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre as a place of research, innovation and experimentation; strengthening the educational experience offered by the partners, so that they continue to maintain the quality of their education services; respond to requests for exchange and collaboration; act as a motor for the development of research projects, with national and international partners, and; organizing and developing initiatives in the realm of solidarity and international cooperation in general. There are three major projects/foci of the foundation.
Remida: promoting both the collection, organisation and distribution of materials discarded by manufacturing businesses – and a culture of creative re-use of discarded materials;
Educa: a joint project with the European Union, promoting the role of the community in improving the quality of education for children aged from three to 14 years, and;
The Loris Malaguzzi Award, which recognises contributions to the promotion of the Reggio Emilia approach, the thought of Loris Malaguzzi, and/or children's education in general.
