Partners

Estonia, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Lithuania, Romania and the Netherlands. Seven partners that are involved in the Grundtvig project "People and Places". A mix of diverse cultures will meet regularly in Europe to create intergenerational solidarity between older person and youth. The European thought will be supported by bringing together "People" from a range of diverse European countries and asking them to work together in different cultural "Places". The working styles and the unique difference in cultural background of each participant will guarantee the realization of a cross-European intercultural dimension.

The following partners are involved in "People and Places": 

Richter is a non-profit organization from the beautiful city Den Helder, the Netherlands and it's led by a team of volunteer professional with experience, dating over 30 years back, including education, social work and arts. Richter's aim is to bring people (young/old) together and to make them aware of the many possibilities on a national and international level. Richter constructs creative spaces and innovative activities to improve skills and assist understanding of present, and develop a visions for the future; all such process being based on detailed academic research. Richter has planned and participated in Grundtvig programmes and performed a range of European trainings program in Erasmus+ (formerly known as Youth in Action). Critical thinking and self-understanding are vital elements in any effective development, whether personal or social and its programmes reflect this approach. 

For more sensible Richter information click here.

The Spanish organization Kamira S.Coop was constituted as first cooperative of socialinitiative from Navarra in February of 2006. Nowadays Kamira.s staff involves 120 professionals from different fields: Social, educational, pedagogical, psychological, legal, economic, business. Kamira provides interdisciplinary interventions, equipped for every user who is attended. Kamira has got a social character and non-profit purpose. More specifically Kamira S.Coop has a particular expertise in providing non formal education aimed to adults and youngsters through the arts. Moreover, Kamira S.Coop focuses on providing psychosocial and educational support over several programs within our community. For more information click here

The Territorial Permanent Center, with the prison Cavallacci”, is a part of the Secondary School “Tisia D’Imera” in Termini Imerese, a little town near Palermo.The institute is located in a part of the territory in which, as some factories closed down, the socio economic conditions are poor and the unemployment rate is very high.Here, every day, it’s necessary to fight against scholastic leaving and the possibility that some adolescents get exploited for criminal activities.The C.T.P. is an important point of reference for adults and adolescents disadvantaged economically and even deprived culturally. With educational activities, it promotes and facilitates the integration of persons at risk in the normal, social and educational circuits and in the job field. It is a point of reference for foreigners (in particular African and Asian refugees) in the area learning the Italian language. Please go here for more information.

The Association "Renasterea Botosaneana" is an independent organization (NGO) for youth, non formal eduction and local development, working on voluntarily basis situated in Botosani, a town in the Noth East part of Romania. "Renastrerea Botosaneana" is a dynamic organization aimed to promoting both social and economic developemtn within the context of cultural realities in Romania. We aim to do this by promoting the value of genuine democracy, providing assistance for the local yoith including those from the surrounding rural communities, establishing efficient startegies twrds local and regional development, contributing to the European integration of our town by means of multicultural projects, encouraging youth exchanges, establishing / taking part in international educational projects, being a member of the European youth4media network e.v. (www.youth4media.eu) an european association aimed at develping existing partnership in the area of participative youth media in order to create a stable and suinainable network of noncommercial media, cultural and educational institutions. Since 1999, our NGO has been also involved in various transnational youth and educational projects. 

 

The Turkish organization Aktif Eğitimciler Derneği is a non profit organization led by a group of volunteer teachers. Its aim is to get teachers together for communication , to understand students and their needs, share ideas about education and make brain storm with each other to improve education. The other aim is to give scholarship for poor students  in every region of Turkey and provide them to look at the life in different aspects. Aktif Eğitimciler Derneği organizes meals and different kinds of organisations for teachers and students to learn their needs and desires, to share their feelings and what they want with each other; also prepares trips to travel different regions in order to see their schools, life styles, social life’s, cultural and economic situations etc. Aktif would like to create an atmosphere for cooperation between different people and cultures in Europe.  

From Vilnius, Lithuania the partner is the Institute of Psychology and Management. The institute is a non-profit organization founded on 25th of July in 2008. It facilitates applied research, provides continuing education for adolescents, adults and professionals, coordinates community education programs.The Institute provides practical solutions with achievable, measurable benefits to people through the provision of a comprehensive range of innovative services, excellence of personality, health, work, career, interpersonal communication, critical thinking, self-development, teamwork, and life itself. This aim we realize by implementing different kind of projects in close cooperation with cultural and informal education workers, schools, local authorities. For more information about our organization, please click here. 

 

Harju County Entrepreneurship and development Consultancy (HCEDC) is an institutional part of the public supporting system in Estonia. Our main goal is to initiate and implement projects aimed to contribute to the local development in Harju country, including capital Tallinn. We are reliable partners to our local authorities, non-profit based sector and also entrepreneurs. HCEDC has a co-operation contract with Enterprise Estonia and Union of Harju County Municipalities and we are financed by the state and local partners. Our mission is to support regional development in our county by promoting community based activities and active citizenship. We offer services and training to local authorities, non-profit organisations and entrepreneurs. We advise and organize trainings how to start an organisation, role of the board members, composing of strategies and actions plans, project proposals. Last year we started a co-project with entrepreneurship department to share Estonian experience on social entrepreneurship with Georgia and to support Georgian NGO’s with start-ups. For more information about HCEDC, please go to