actions [azioni]
The projects through which the association gives value back to the city.
ORBITA · Casa della Partecipazione Kalsa
Orbita is a public asset activated through a collaboration agreement with the Municipality of Palermo.
Sementor
Sementor is a path for people who want to start a business but don't yet have the tools to take the first step.
ZERO · attrezzi condivisi
ZERO is Palermo's first Library of Things: instead of buying, you borrow.
![Coworking neu [nòi]](/uploads/progetti/progetto-1788437819097.webp)
OngoingCoworking neu [nòi]
neu [nòi]'s coworking is the project everything else grew out of: since 2012, in the former stables of Palazzo Castrofilippo, in the heart of the Kalsa, we've been sharing desks, time and mutual care. We don't rent workstations — we build relational capital through everyday work, a shared kitchen, and do-ocracy.
- Launched
- 27 January 2012
- Location
- Via Alloro 64, Palermo — former stables of Palazzo Castrofilippo (18th century), Kalsa district
OngoingSementor
Sementor is a path for people who want to start a business but don't yet have the tools to take the first step.
- Launched
- 2012
- Location
- neu [nòi] coworking, via Alloro 64, Palermo
OngoingSpazio all'Arte
Spazio all'Arte brings exhibitions, installations and photography out of the museum and into everyday life: since 2012 the walls of our coworking — and now Orbita too — have hosted work that people stumble across between a call and a coffee. Around 30 events a year, always free.
- Launched
- 27 January 2012
- Founders
- Michelangelo Pavia (architect) and Giusi Affronti (art historian)
OngoingEducazione Digitale e Manualità
Four paths bringing together hands-on making and digital awareness: Build & Bond teaches wood self-building and electrical circuits, Digital Dojo supported teens at risk of dropping out of school, Arduino Club is an informal biweekly workshop, and with Teatro Atlante we build the theatre's own seating stands alongside its students.
- Launched
- 2020
- Location
- neu [nòi], via Alloro 64, Palermo
OngoingMercolEdù · sorsi e discorsi
MercolEdù is neu [nòi]'s informal-education and civic-debate format: a social aperitivo paired with a horizontal discussion, open to the public, on everything from artificial intelligence to nuclear energy, from universal basic income to urban planning. No stage for lecturers — just sips and talks.
- Launched
- 2020
- Location
- neu [nòi], via Alloro 64, Palermo
OngoingSportello Didattico · Supporto allo Studio e Inclusione Digitale
A free, safe, welcoming space for anyone who needs help with schoolwork or digital skills. It's not just an after-school programme: it's a path to strengthen study methods and communication skills for people coming from difficult circumstances, now hosted inside Orbita, the Kalsa's Casa della Partecipazione.
- Launched
- 2020
- Location
- Orbita, via Alloro 95, Palermo (moved from via Alloro 64 in October 2025)
![Book Club neu [nòi] · Leggiamo insieme](/uploads/progetti/progetto-1788437535970.webp)
OngoingBook Club neu [nòi] · Leggiamo insieme
neu [nòi]'s Book Club is a monthly collective reading space, where the book is really just a pretext for talking about everything else — glass of wine or spritz in hand, no academic hierarchy allowed to referee.
- Launched
- 2021
- Location
- neu [nòi], via Alloro 64, Palermo
OngoingMeet and Code · Innovazione Digitale
Meet and Code is the European free digital-education programme — backed by TechSoup and Amazon Future Engineer — that neu [nòi] brings to Palermo every year with workshops for young people aged 8 to 24: from generative AI to acoustic sensors, from 3D printing to interactive street signage.
- Launched
- 2024
- Location
- neu [nòi], via Alloro 64, Palermo
OngoingORBITA · Casa della Partecipazione Kalsa
Orbita is a public asset activated through a collaboration agreement with the Municipality of Palermo.
- Sito
- orbitapalermo.it
- Launched
- 20 April 2025 (Collaboration Pact approved, Council Resolution no. 31)
- Location
- Via Alloro 95, Palermo — former Museo della Scuola, Kalsa
OngoingHackathon Sicani
Three participatory events bringing the Hackathon method outside Palermo, into three towns in the Sicani area, to build enterprise culture in one of Sicily's inland territories. 120 participants involved in 2026.
- Launched
- 2026
- Location
- 3 towns in the Sicani area
CompletedWoW · Working Women
WoW is neu [nòi]'s path toward professional self-determination for unemployed women: six months of mentoring, self-care workshops and illustrated storytelling, built on the belief that no business can hold up without a solid personal balance underneath it.
- Timeline
- April 2024 – March 2025
- Location
- neu [nòi] coworking, via Alloro 64, Palermo
CompletedH2Oh! · La verità sull'acqua pubblica di Palermo
Nine months to challenge a widespread belief: that Palermo's tap water isn't as good as bottled. Through blind tastings, civic theatre and certified scientific analysis, H2Oh! reached 300 citizens and secured the first concrete transparency commitment from AMAP, the city's water utility.
- Timeline
- 15 January – 14 October 2025
- Location
- Palermo — Piazza Magione, Giardino Inglese, city schools