Auxilium is a non-profit research and development organisation based in Graz, Austria’s second largest city in the south-east of the country. It was founded in 2004 with the aim of better networking the Austrian province of Styria with the neighbouring regions of Slovenia, western Hungary, northern Croatia and north-western Italy and to jointly tackle innovative developments in the fields of education, culture and social affairs. In doing so, the focus is primarily on the best possible integration of changed technical, social and political frameworks with formal and informal learning. In recent years, an increasing number of projects have been carried out on the use of immersive technologies (VR, AR, XR) and the use of escape rooms in education, as well as on promoting the Green Deal objectives and the integration of refugees at various levels.
All employees have a solid academic background in pedagogy and/or social sciences and meanwhile Auxilium has participated in over 50 transnational cooperation projects and has also built up extensive expertise in EU project and quality management.
Website: www.auxilium.co.at/en/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/verein.auxilium
Citizens In Power (C.I.P.) is an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization from Cyprus that addresses the needs and demands of people through their involvement in social and civic life, by simultaneously providing them innovative material and free trainings related with a variety of fields, such as education (including on-line education), inclusion, entrepreneurship and business, culture, labour market and lifelong learning.
CIP mainly aims at the development of education, entrepreneurship and lifelong learning in Cyprus and abroad. To achieve these targets CIP has an ongoing collaboration with the leading universities, schools, NGOs and research organizations in Cyprus for the development of projects, trainings and educational material. CIP retains a valuable network of professional trainers and educational experts experienced in both formal and non-formal education.
Website: www.citizensinpower.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/citizensinpower
Instagram: www.instagram.com/citizensinpower
Twitter: www.twitter.com/in_cip
low-tec gemeinnützige Arbeitsmarktförderungsgesellschaft Düren mbH is a non-profit organisation founded in 1996 as a daughter general partner of the protestant community in Düren. We offer for individuales work training possibilities in cooperation with the employment agencies and regional companies. low-tec supports and trains low-skilled and disabled people in vocational meausres on the process of choosing professions on getting launched into jobs or occupation requiring formal training. We deal with national and transnational projects creating opportunities to qualify disadvantaged and unemployed people. Several projects as IdA- integration through exchange or Interreg support the individuals to get integrated into the training or into labour market through transnational mobility and work experience abroad. low-tec has about 200 employees working at three locations in Düren, Aachen and Eschweiler. low-tec qualifies yearly more than 1500 persons for the labour market in the age 16-60+ in different sectors. Many unemployed people in the region of Düren, Eschweiler and Aachen have difficulties to be integrated into the job market, to find a job or vocational training. By qualifiying youngsters and adults to develop social and professional skills, to improve their self-esteem and the motivation, low-tec is very succesful by integration of participants into the labour market. low-tec promotes different types of education and the culture of personal developement, physical and moral, proactive attitude and participatory culture, culture integration in diversity, equal opportunities and globalization, in terms of respect for identity. Our organisation embraces diversity and multiculturalism and our work serves local community and promotes values like tolerances, respect and is focused on the needs of others. Local partners are job centers, the municipality of Düren, Aachen and Eschweiler, economic development institutions, the university RWTH in Aachen, entrepreneurs, industry and trade chambers, ministries etc.
Website: www.low-tec.de
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowtechome_
4Civility Institute is a not-for-profit institute dedicated to civility, ethics, alternative dispute resolution, mediation, restorative justice, and behavioral transition. To provide for the study of and training in conflict management and in training and services to prevent and correct incivility, bullying, harassment, fraud and other negative behaviors and encourage positive constructive relationships in schools, workplaces or other institutions. The 4Civility Institute provides best-practices skill sets, reporting tools and training in techniques to deal constructively with conflict, to correct and build proper relationships and to move all participants to improve personally and professionally.
Website: www.4civility.org
Founded in 1990, SPEL means “Society for the Promotion of School Establishments”. It was constituted by a group of experienced teachers, who wanted to create schools that would not only teach the students but also assist them psychologically and socially. Therefore they created a school for VET and they strategically located it in a region of high unemployment and social problems.In its 29 years of existence, SPEL expanded their good practices by acquiring participations in other schools located in problematic areas.These schools are now administered by a team with experience in working with youngsters and adults of difficult backgrounds and the principle-of-action is the engagement of all the school staff in providing case-to-case solutions to the problems of the students.
Website: www.spel.com.pt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SPEL1990/
Ovar Forma is the owner of Escola Profissional de Cortegaça, a VET School. It aims to develop learning, investigation and formation to contribute to the development of the citizens through an adequate preparation to active professional life; promote the approach between schools and enterprises; analyse regional necessities in terms of learning; promote learning opportunities and cooperate with the national and foreign institutions in the development of VET. Progressively, the professional qualification provided by the institution became an important means to face the competitive market, which is demanding more qualified human resources. This institution provides the answer to this new need, enabling students to obtain a better qualification more oriented to the world of work.
Website: www.eprofcor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/escolaprofissionaldecortegaca
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/instaeprofcor/
INDEPCIE (National Institute for Personal Development, Coaching and Emotional Intelligence) is an organisation dedicated to specialised training and research in the field of human development. To this end, we research and implement Emotional Intelligence, Coaching and Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) techniques with scientific rigour. From there, we apply our training programmes to people, either individually or within the framework of their teams or organisations, seeking their maximum development and the improvement of their results in any field. In addition, INDEPCIE works in the development of international projects within the framework of the EU Erasmus+ programme, researching and developing applications of coaching and EI in areas such as employment, entrepreneurship and adult education. Set up as a cooperative, INDEPCIE is part of FAECTA, the Andalusian Federation of Worker Cooperative Enterprises, which brings together 440 companies throughout Andalusia, cooperating and actively participating in all the actions and activities it promotes for the development of social economy enterprises.
Website: www.indepcie.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Indepcie
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/indepcierasmus
Blue Beehive is a non-governmental, non-profit organization aiming to promote education and culture through non-formal training.
They offer workshops on various topics for young people, focusing on diversity, inclusion, and social awareness. They collaborate with associations and the Municipality of Ibi to include disadvantaged groups in their programs.
Blue Beehive’s mission includes encouraging educational activities, fostering multidisciplinary knowledge, empowering individuals through education, promoting cultural and sports projects, and improving digital competencies. They specialize in educational innovation and technological development with a focus on social responsibility.
Blue Beehive develops projects related to cultural exchange, education competency improvement, socialization for disadvantaged groups, and promoting service-learning.
Website: www.bluebeehive.eu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beehive.blue.3
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blue_beehive