Interactive Didactics: "Auxilium!" Simulation Game

Civil Protection didactic tools and training activities are of basic importance to spread knowledge and foster the resilience of communities. By promoting the culture of peace and solidarity, one can lay the foundations of communal life that will allow people to face individual and social challenges. The University of Florence has proposed to reappraise didactic peace games as a modern way to train Civil Protection Operators by creating a prototype peace-based electronic game entitled "Auxilium!" which was designed as the conclusion of the First Level "Coordination of Civil Protection Activities" Master's Course and developed by Giunti Press. "Auxilium!" is a dynamic peace game where participants compare their capabilities to manage human resources while facing disasters by cooperating, thus reversing the traditional parameters of adult and youth games. "Auxilium!" represents a powerful and effective tool to spread the knowledge of Civil Protection and of the culture of peace by highlighting the role of dialogue and teaching how to cooperate and share goals in order to overcome problems.