1. WOMEN FOR EUROPE
– The Role of Inner Wheel

2. Third meeting in IW
European Countries
WORKSHOP CULTURE AND SOCIETY

3. SUB THEME 1
NEW WAYS • IW INTERNATIONAL & CULTURAL
OF IW
PROJECTS:
• 1.WFE,
• 2. IIW LITERARY PRIZE EUROPE,
INFLUENCE
• 3. ABOUT LANGOBARDS IN EUROPE
• THINK AHEAD - AIM HIGH
• COMMUNICATION
THE WAY • TRAINING
• IW INTERNATIONAL & CULTURAL
PROJECTS
FORWARD • EXTENSION
• LEGISLATIVE REFORM
• OTHER…..
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4. THE WAY FORWARD
The New Inner Wheel will have, so many
souls, converging into a single, large,
shared membership.
The ways are many, different,
complementary, all important to design
and characterize the Inner Wheel of the
XXI century.
One of these ways, resides in the
International Projects, transversal, that
the Association will plan and execute.
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5. New Ways of Inner Wheel
Influence
As testimonies, that's an interesting chapter,
build through my personal experience over
many years, still in progress...

6. New ways of Inner Wheel
influence
EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL INNER WHEEL PROJECTS:
1996 - INTERNATIONAL INNER WHEEL LITERARY PRIZE
EUROPE
2008 - WOMEN FOR EUROPE – THE ROLE OF INNER WHEEL
2011 - THE INNER WHEEL ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE
LANGOBARDS IN EUROPE

7. THE INTERNATIONAL INNER WHEEL
LITERARY PRIZE EUROPE 7
A PATH AROUND THE
CREATIVE FEMALE WRITING
IN INNER WHEEL LITERARY
PRIZE
THAT LASTS FROM 15 YEARS….
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8. The beginning….
The Inner Wheel
Literary Prize was born
in 1995-1996.
It is a Literary
Competition in Poetry
and Prose for Women,
opened to Inner
Wheel Members and
to Rotarian Wives; also
opened to Rotary
Women Members.
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9. THE VISION AND THE MISSION OF
THE IIW LITERARY PRIZE EUROPE
The Prize is one of The Prize has not only
the many means we promoted the writing
chose to fulfill of our members, but
international it was, during these
understanding, years, a way of
which is a doing literary culture
fundamental in our Association,
aim of IW beyond national
Constitution. borders.
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10. ITS GRADUAL DISCLOSURE
I EDITION:
• The theme: WOMEN OF OUR TIME
IW DISTRICTS 204, 206
FROM II TO IV • The themes: THE TIME OF THE MEMORY;
EDITION: NATIONAL SILENCE, LOVE SPEAKS; LONELINESS
V EDITION: FRANCE • The theme: ENCOUNTER
WITH SOME CLUBS
….TOWARDS
EUROPE….
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11. FROM VI TO X EDITION: FOR THE
COUNTRIES OF RALLYE CHARLEMAGNE
The Prize was One in French Centre
YEAR 2000
COOPERATION
2 NEW SECTIONS
opened to language Culturel
Inner Wheel and one in Francais and
Members of German Goethe
the Countries language. Institut of
involved in Turin.
the Rallye
Charlemagne
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12. Some themes
Culture is without doubt a privileged mean to join the Inner
Wheel Members. The Literary Prize, extended to many
European Clubs, has permitted to obtain an international
breath, a wider dimension that reached consents and
remarkable interest.
BACK TO THE LANDSCAPE
WAYS
THE SOUL AND THE FACE
A DREAM, A LIFE
BEYOND THINGS
FREE THEME
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13. Other
Important Changes
Inner Wheel Literary Prize in year 2002 has become PATRIMONY
of the 4 Inner Wheel Clubs of Torino: Torino, Torino Europea,
Torino Nord Ovest, Torino 45° Parallelo.
The management has been committed to a renewed
representative Committee of all Clubs.
There is a new Curator, Titti Baima Bollone. Another Curator,
Novella Salza, will enter the Committee on 2006.
The Presidency of the Prize has been left to the conceiver and
founder Luisa Vinciguerra.

14.  In the year 2001 Inner Wheel Literary prize has
received the PATRONAGE of Regione Piemonte.
PATRONAGES
 In the year 2002 Inner Wheel Literary Prize has
received the PATRONAGE of the National Council
Inner Wheel Italy.
 In the year 2003 Inner Wheel Literary Prize has
received the PATRONAGE of the National Orders
of Reporters.
 In the year 2009 Inner Wheel Literary Prize has
received the PAUL HARRIS FELLOW from the Rotary
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW
Club Torino.
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15. The Prize Committee
AUTHORS
INCIPIT AND INSERT FROM FAMOUS
launched the XII Edition:
PLAY WITH A PEN, which
represented a real
novelty for making the
Inner Wheel Literary Prize
more and more
interesting and varied. A
new phase for the
European Inner Wheel
Literary Prize: three
renowned Italian “Pens”
belonging to our
contemporary literary
scene. The formula was
repeated in XIII edition
MORE… PEN GAME.
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16. IW Finland and France have
cooperated the preparation of the
Notice
The XIV Edition is reintroducing
Poetry, on a free subject, whereas
Prose is based on the theme
entitled “Six Women in Search for
an Author”.
Participants will have to include in
their short story one of the
portrayals written by six different
writers :
Ingeborg Bachmann (Austria),
Margherita Oggero (Italy), Sofi
Oksanen (Finland), Alessandro
Perissinotto (Italy), Maria Teresa
Pichetto (Italy), Anne Wiazemsky
(France), as stated in the
regulations.
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18.  The premiums are first consisted in plates of
silver.
 From year 2001, as an official recognition is
given to winners a big Medal, purposely
BEFORE
realized for the Literary Prize by the painter
and sculptress Mariarosa Valletta, member of
Inner Wheel Roma Sud (District 208). Even
more times author of poems and stories, now
defunct.
 The XII and XIII premiums consisted in an
elegant and valuable pen kindly offered
by AURORA.
Always each winner was also handed a
NOW

certificate with the prize motivation.
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19. SOME BOOKS PUBLISHED
We remember the themes and published books:
 I. Women of our time, Editor House Edicom, 1996
 II. Memory Time, Editor House Edicom, 1997
 III. Silence, love speaks, Editor House Lighea, 1999
 IV. Loneliness, Editor House Lighea , 1999
 V. Encounter, Editor House Effatà, 2002
 VI. Ways, Editor House Effatà, 2001
 VII. Back to the landscape, Editor House Effatà,
2002
 VIII.The soul and the face, Editor House Effatà, 2003
 IX. A dream, a life, Editor House Effatà, 2004
 X. Beyond things, 2005
 XI. Free Theme, 2006
 XII. Play with a pen, 2007
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20. … thinking for YOUNG PEOPLE 20
…. Another MISSION…..
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21. IN 2007 THE PRIZE HAS
THE MISSION
AWARD BECOMES BIENNIAL BECOME
HAVING
BIENNIAL,
INTRODUCED
ANOTHER AWARD FOR THE
YOUNG
STUDENTS.
UNIVERSITY  Attention of Inner Wheel
for the new generations.
 Observatory of
INNER WHEEL FOR THE
NEW GENERATION developments in the
writing youth.
2 EDITIONS OF ANOTHER  Discovery and
exploitation of young
LITERARY PRIZE FOR THE
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, IN
COLLABORATION
THE UNIVERSITY
WITH
OF talents literary.
 Promotion of different
TORINO.
literary genres and
languages.
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22. PRESIDENTS AND THE PRIZE
THE INTERNATIONAL INNER WHEEL
2006 ERNA FANDAL WAS 2011 CATHERINE REFABERT
AT THE PRIZE GIVING IN WILL BE AT THE PRIZE GIVING
TURIN IN TURIN
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