The inter-territorial and transnational cooperation project “Pugliesi in the world” (Axis IV, Measure 421, RDP Regione Puglia 2007-2013), set by a network of 19 Local Development Agencies (LAGs), including the Terre di Murgia LAG, in collaboration with the Pugliesi nel mondo Office – Welfare Department of the Puglia Region and the General Counsil of the Pugliesi nel Mondo, provides, among the other activities, the creation of a Regional Network of Emigration Labs.
Each Emigration Lab is aimed at promoting some initiatives whose purpose is to restore the historical and cultural bond between the local communities and their respective migratory phenomena, by building a bridge between the emigrant communities scattered across the world and their countries of origin.
Another aim of the Labs is to reconstruct the main aspects of the migration phenomena in each LAG’s territory through the collection of historical records. All the collected records have been digitized and are available on the Regional Network of Emigration Labs’ web portal.