More information about the invovled partner organisations

Gemeinsam leben & lernen in Europa (Living and learning within Europe, short GLL)

is a grassroots, volunteer-led, civil society organisation based in Eastern Bavaria/Germany working on European level issues and interventions that benefit citizens locally, nationally and across the continent.

Through their activities and projects, GLL promotes volunteering, equal opportunities in education and work for everyone, combats discrimination and inequality based on gender, racial or ethnic origin, disability, age or other social factors. Raising public awareness for social and cultural issues and encouraging social commitment is the major focus of their projects.

Their main target groups are socially disadvantaged people such as elder people, less-qualified workers, unemployed, migrants, as well as immigrants, women, families, disabled people or people with health restrictions, because they are particularly affected by discrimination and inequality. GLLs goal is to promote their integration into society by means of the activities and measures of their association and active involvement of the various target groups.

As an expert in the field of volunteer work, GLL provides some innovative measures for promoting and supporting volunteer work within the community. GLL runs an online platform on volunteer workplaces, provides training as well as advice and support services for volunteers. Moreover, GLL supports other NGOs recruiting new volunteers, organises an annual volunteer fair or information sessions on volunteering, and initiated a lot of volunteer projects, where a lot of people with various backgrounds (age, gender, race, religion, education, profession) become active on local level. Volunteers run and implement most of our projects; a lot of them are unemployed or disadvantaged in some ways.

Local projects are linked on European level (e.g. through Grundtvig learning partnerships and Erasmus+), as the promotion of intercultural learning and understanding within Europe plus the exchange of best practices and face-to-face cooperation with European partners is a core issue within GLL.

For its efforts in the field of integration of migrants, promoting the European ideas and volunteering GLL had won many awards such as the “European Citizen’s Prize” of the European Parliament (2015), the award “Europa-Lillie” by the Europa Union Professional (2014); the “Active Citizens of Europa Award” by Volonteurope (2014).

Centrul de Volontariat Cluj-Napoca

The Cluj-Napoca Volunteer Centre or Centrul de Voluntariat Cluj-Napoca (CVCN) was legally founded, as an independent organization, in December 2004. The mission of CVCN is to develop voluntarism as a means of involving citizens in solving out the problems of the Cluj community.

Our vision is that of a solidary Cluj, in which all citizens get involved in solving the problems of the community, by offering their time, knowledge, skills, energy, talents and experience for a healthier, more beautiful community. We dream about a community in which getting involved in a volunteering activity represents an accepted and shared value, for all community members.

The objectives we are aiming at in our activity include:

• • increasing the number of volunteers within the Cluj public institutions and NGOs;
  • increasing the degree of the community involvement of Cluj citizens, through volunteering activities;
  • increasing the innovation degree in the area of volunteerism (by implementing volunteering pilot projects);
  • increasing the visibility of volunteerism among the citizens of our community.

The services offered constantly by CVCN, are deeply linked to its mission and objectives of promoting volunteering as an inexhaustible resource of citizens’ involvement in solving community problems. For this mean, CVCN is providing services for:

• • volunteers – campaigns and events to promote recognition of volunteering involvement, training sessions for volunteers,
  • NGOs and public institutions – recruitment and recommending volunteers, consultancy on volunteer involvement strategies, training and support for volunteer managers and
  • the community – development of volunteering programs, campaigns and events to promote volunteering.

Our organization in numbers

Since 2004, CVCN

offered its services to 140 de NGO’s and public institutions

• • recommended annualy aproximately 450 de volunteers; in total around 5000 volunteers
  • hosted 117 EVS international volunteers (majority of them in long term projects 12 months)
  • sent 201 EVS romanian volunteers abroad
  • ofered over 600 hours of training
  • organised  17 annual editions of National Volunteering Week
  • organised 10 annual editions of Gala de decernare a premiilor pentru implicare in comunitatea clujeana (event with over 300 participants)
  • organised around 180 public events in the volunteer field
  • implemented over 40 local/national/international projects, with 61 international partners
  • created various publications related to volunteering
  • has been awarded the prize for best volunteer centre in four editions of the National Gala of Volunteers (organized by Volum Federation) – 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
  • received the Prize for excelency in European Voluntary Service projects ofered by the Romanian National Agency, in  2014

CVCN has been an active resource centre for the volunteering movement in Cluj-Napoca, becoming a constant provider of quality volunteering programs for the community. Throughout its 16 years of activity the organization has managed to implement a large diversity of volunteering programs a0nd to offer support into raising standards in volunteer management in other local NGOs in Cluj-Napoca and the entire country.

Dobrovolnické centrum

The Volunteer Center in Ústí nad Labem was established in 1999. The aim is to support, develop and professionalize volunteering. For more than 20 years of operation in the Ústí nad Labem Region, the Volunteer Center flexibly responds to the current needs of the community and connects 2 “worlds” – the first group are volunteers who give their time,

experience and competencies; and the second group is the world of the needy who need the help of volunteers. ÚSTÍ REGION is a structurally affected region; Within the new regions, JUST TRANSITION is one of the three affected regions in the Czech Republic. Lowest education, highest unemployment, outflow of intelligence, short life expectancy are signals of a region that is really needed. The city of Ústí nad Labem (96,000 inhabitants) is marked as a socially excluded locality and needs a high level of support. In 2019, the Volunteer Center was directly coordinated by 408 volunteers who worked for the community for 29,833 hours. 58 events were organized for the public. In 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic, extraordinary and intensive aid began – we established the Regional Coordination Center for Volunteer Aid for the Ústí Region: 739 volunteers were involved and worked 28,476 hours. Volunteers shopped for seniors, carried medicines, walked dogs, helped in hospitals and nursing homes. The volunteer center is part of the Crisis Staff in the region. The Volunteer Center is a member: VOLONTEUROPE – Director Lenka Vonka Černá is a member of the Board of Directors and represents the voice of volunteering in the countries of the former Eastern bloc. GOVERNMENT COUNCIL for NGOs of the Czech Republic – the voice of volunteering at the government level. COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY CENTERS OF THE NORTHWEST REGION (NUTS) – Intensive cooperation between volunteer centers to support the development of volunteering and a cooperation network. PANEL of humanitarian organizations of the Ústí Region – all humanitarian organizations meet regularly and cooperate in resolving crisis situations in the region. Our competencies and core values: Search for, train and involve volunteers in hospitals, help children and young people, in culture (museum, library, we are now preparing a ZOO), in sports. Inclusive volunteering is an essential issue for our professionalization of volunteering. We gained our first experience on how to train volunteers with mental disabilities and created Tips and Recommendations for inclusive volunteer training. The digitization of volunteering is a new phenomenon of pandemics and has taught us the training of volunteer trainers. We are now developing interactive digital methods and starting the transformation of digital volunteering management. Sustainable development and SDGs are linked to volunteering thanks to the mentoring support of the UN Prague Office. Our current main activities: We have completed the reconstruction of the ENTER22 Club – we open on June 1, 2021 and will serve volunteers, young people and the entire community in Ústí nad Labem. We arrange housing for the homeless and our special Housing First team searches for the homeless, prepares them for housing, searches for apartments and works on their dignified housing and recovery. Based on the decision of the Ministry of the Interior, we are now in the position of the Regional Volunteer Center for the Ústí Region and fulfill 10 strategic tasks for the development of volunteering in the Czech Republic: train coordinators and volunteers, organize Volunteer Days, Open Days, manage a new regional website www.dobrovolnictvi-usteckykraj.cz Even during the pandemic, we continue to develop cross-border volunteering in Germany and send Czech volunteers abroad; we are now working to renew accreditation. Volunteering is our world. We are part of Community Planning in the city of Ústí nad Labem and volunteering is a cross-sectional goal for all groups of people: people with mental  disabilities, seniors, disabled people or families.

EB projektmanagemernt GmbH

EB projektmanagemernt GmbH is a consulting organisation with more than 15 years of experience in the development and implementation of European and national projects.  On the content level, EB pm is specialised in the development and implementation of educational and regional development projects as well as network and cooperation development projects. In addition, EB pm is also active in human resource development and strategy development.

We have several business areas that we offer: Project management (from the development of an idea to its completion) including process support (reference projects: SPARK, HARRAGA, EES AA, BioCrime, WOM365), in the development of regionalised learning opportunities and in the preparation of international and national studies (reference projects: Feasibiliy study Syria, Community Education Facilitation, Pro Vol), in the development of training curricula (reference project Community Education Facilitator, ProVol, further training series on the Alpine Convention) as well as in personnel and strategy development (Unternehmen für Mädchen, Lebenswelt Beruf, Gender Career Management).

We see ourselves as a development and implementation institution that offers implementation and dissemination work in addition to development work. Furthermore, we are active in further education. Here we are focused on the transfer of competences, where the content is exclusively focussed on areas where we have practical experience. This includes training in the areas of project management, process management, European and national funding, cooperation and network management, human resources development, employer branding, gender mainstreaming, equality and diversity management.

As a small company with 6 employees, we work exclusively across organisations and often in an international context.

75% of our turnover comes from projects we carry out ourselves, 25% from consulting projects.

Centrum dobrovoľníctva

Center for Volunteering (CD) was founded in 2000, in the Banska Bystrica City, Central Slovakia. Its mission is to develop volunteering, to increase the quality of life in the community and to build civil society. Centre is based at the Matej Bel University and it is actively participating in the community life and important actions. It cooperates with local municipalities, schools, NGOs as well as businesses.

Main activities of the Center are:

• • Resource center offering services for volunteering. CD is one of the 8 volunteer Centers in Slovakia. It is also a member of the Platform of Volunteer Centers and Organizations in Slovakia. As a service center it provides services for organizations which work with volunteers and for people who want volunteer. These services include: training, mentoring, administrative assistance, assistance with the recruitment of the volunteers for various projects and NGOs, supervision, strategic planning, research and evaluation.
  • Promotion of volunteering and volunteer organizations. Since the establishment of the volunteer center, the promotion of volunteering is one of the main and regular activities. It includes campaigns, workshops, discussion clubs and forums about volunteering. CD is the coordinator of Volunteer days in Banská Bystrica since 2009.
  • Acknowledgement of volunteers/volunteering. CD organizes traditional events “Heart on Sleeve” every December and “Voluntary Week” every September to raise awareness about the importance and value of volunteers in Banská Bystrica region.
  • Research and publication about activities focused on volunteering, but also on youth policy and youth work. In these areas we cooperate with many experts, mainly form Matej Bel University.
  • Long term volunteer programs – CD is running several long term volunteer programs in Banska Bystrica City. These programs are focused on children, youth, people with disabilities and seniors.
  • European Voluntary Service – Center is accredited for hosting, sending and coordinating of EVS projects.

Center is able to run its programs and projects with the help of passionate and professional volunteers and project managers. By delivering above mentioned services we have contributed to creating an environment in which CD’s team is able to translate into practice the theoretical knowledge in the field of management of volunteers and volunteer programs. We are one of the important stakeholders in the community and we are valued for our proffesional approach and good project results.

CERCIOEIRAS

CERCIOEIRAS – Cooperative Education and Rehabilitation of Citizens with Disabilities, CRL is a Cooperative Social Solidarity and Public Utility (Order Published in the Gazette Series II No. 193 of August 23, 1985 . ), Headquartered in 7th Street June 57 , 2730 174 Barcarena , being recognized by the Instituto António Sérgio Cooperative sector. By order of August 7, 2013, Camões – Institute for
Cooperation and language is registered as a Non-Governmental Development Organization (NGDO).

Our Vision: To be an organization of excellence and a reference in constructing an inclusive society.
Our Mission: To include, educate, rehabilitate and take care, through life, our clients and their families, with excellence and sustainability. Our Values: Respect for the Person; Quality and Excellence; Cooperation, Social Responsibility; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Environmental Responsibility and Diversity.

Scope of work and areas of expertise:
Our area of expertise is to provide intervention and support to people with intellectual disabilities, promoting social inclusion, quality of life, adapting the context in the domains of their lives. For this, we have several responses/services, as it follows:

• • Early Childhood Intervention – Support focused on the child and family, including preventive and rehabilitating actions, namely in education, health and social areas. CERCIOEIRAS is part of the National System for the Early Childhood Intervention (SNIPI).
  • Special School Of Education – Support to children (7 to 18 years old) that don’t have the appropriate response in regular schools, promoting a more specialized educational response.
  • The Occupational Activities Centre – is a social response which aims to promote quality of life, respect for the individual expectations and needs as well as promoting the clients’ personal and social autonomies through occupational and inclusion activities. This social response is designed to intellectually handicapped people over the age of 16.
  • The Residential Unit – is an equipment to lodge handicapped people who cannot live, temporarily or definitely, with their family. It also provides temporary support during the weekends and in August (vacation period).
  • Inclusive Resources Center – we belong to the national network of the inclusion Resources Center, in accordance with the principles of inclusive social education and equality of opportunities.
  • Bank of Equipment and Technical Aids – a rental service for the elderly, disabled or people with reduced mobility that gives response in the council of Oeiras. It enhances the quality of life of this people and their families, minimizing the impact of exclusion and promoting the equality of opportunities.
  • Activities of curricular enrichment – collaboration with the regular schools
  • Project Growing being different – a social Project developed in Mozambique that identifies and evaluates children with disabilities in local communities, provides counselling and formation to professionals and families. 

Jaunuoliu dienos centras

Jaunuoliu dienos centras (JDC) is a social service institution that was established in 1996 by Panevezys Town Council in Lithuania.

We provide daily activities for disabled youngster’s severe and moderate physical and intellectual impairment over 18 years of age. These activities include small work tasks, drama, art, sport, IT, and informal education. We also provide social care for our clients.

Our mission is to foster the uniqueness of each person while working towards the integration of disabled people into society.

We give a lot of importance to links with the community and organize special activities such as a theatre festival, sports competitions, and Christmas activities. JDC is constantly seeking to develop through professional staff development, creating new activities that lead to development opportunities for disabled people and cooperating with organizations in other countries, adopting good practices from abroad.

At the moment the institution joins 70 users with various types and degrees of disabilities: users with mental, mobility, speech problems, and long-term diseases. The age of our users is 18- 45 years.

The staff 43 people: social workers, assistants of social workers, auxiliary and administrative staff.

The Institution was founded to ensure a steady occupation for the mentally disabled young people, to advocate and promote their rights and interests, and to offer a wide range of social services and support, to improve their educational, vocational, and living skills. We organize non-formal educational, cultural, sporting activities and social events, offer free of charge transportation with adapted vans, free of charge use of modern computer technology and internet access, free of charge photocopying and enlarging educational materials, organizing personal assistance, offer advice and help related to educational, vocational and living matters. We collect information on the educational and living conditions of disabled students and make efforts to improve them. We raise public awareness about issues related to people with mental disabilities and encourage positive change for all disabled people. We cooperate with similar organizations home and abroad.

ASOCIAZIONE UNIAMOCI ONLUS (Palermo, Italy)

“Uniamoci Onlus” is a no profit organization that works in the field of integration and social assistance of young/adult people with disability fostering their full inclusion in the society. The Association was created in Palermo on 26/03/2008

The objectives of Associazione Uniamoci Onlus can be summarized as follows:

• • empowerment of our users with disability with the development of soft and practical skills that can be spent in volunteering activities and/or in a work context
  • international cooperation in the field social inclusion of people with disability
  • promotion of European mobility, active citizenship and volunteering
  • social awareness about inclusion, active citizenship and environment protection

The headquarter of the organization is a PROPERTY CONFISCATED TO THE MAFIA received on free loan by the Municipality of Palermo; it is in the neighborhood of Brancaccio: here administrative activities and educational activities are held. From its creation till today, about 200 adult people with disability benefited of the services provided by the Association.

Its main activities are:

• • Daily offer of educational and socialization activities, in a group setting and pursuing personalized objectives, for adult people with disabilities,
  • biweekly street sweeping activities with an inclusive group of volunteers, volunteers and professionals in the social field through the implementation of stages abroad, partnerships and projects about volunteering
  • hosting of transnational activities (youth exchanges, staff and student trainings) where our users and volunteers are actively involved
  • management of the web radio “Senza Barriere” and the on-line magazine “Disabile in…forma”
  • implementation of seminars, workshops and international conferences, creation of publications and guidebooks on the theme of inclusion of people with disability and arising awareness activities through the active involvement of volunteers and people with disability.

The main beneficiaries of its work are work are 20 young and adult people (aged 18 – 40) with physical, cognitive and/or mental disability. It has 3 long term employees: 1 Coordinator, 1 educator and a responsible of communication and social media; furthermore, it has around 10 short term employees, based on the needs of the current projects and it has the support of around 30 volunteers among senior volunteers, young people, people with a social disadvantage, volunteers of the European Solidarity Corps and adults who are volunteers as alternative measure to detention

During the years Associazione Uniamoci Onlus created local and national partnerships and cooperation in order to realize several social actions:

• • it realizes project activities in the social field with the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
  • Department of Youth and the National Civil Service; the Regional Department of Family and Social Policies; Fondazione con il Sud;
  • it is accredited with the University of Palermo for the hosting of trainees who are students at the
    Education Sciences, Political Science, Economics Faculty.
  • it is partner of the following institutions: the University of Palermo and Catania, the Center for disabled students at the University of Palermo, Association Porte Aperte, Hryo Organization, the solidarity center Don Giosuè Bonfardino, Silene cooperative, Euromed Carrefour Sicilia – Europe Direct and several local schools.
  • it is founding member of Federazione Sociale Italiana per le Disabilità.

Furthermore, at European level, Uniamoci Onlus implements the European social policy within the Erasmus+ Programme, spreading the European values at a local level, the principles of inclusion at an international level and contributing to the exchange of good practices among European and extra-European organizations that are active in field of social inclusion of people with disabilities, youth and more in general in the social field.

ATEMPO

atempo is a is non-profit association and independent from parties and the church. The goal of the association is equal treatment of all people in our community. atempo was founded in the year 2000 by Walburga Fröhlich and Klaus Candussi.

Until know, atempo has grown to a group of four interconnected organizations: the association atempo, the non-profit atempo GmbH, the non-profit nueva GmbH and the CFS GmbH. atempo has 80 employees – 25 percent of which are people with disabilities – and is among the leading social corporations in Austria.

atempo is also one of a few specialised European course providers who already trained more than 100 professionals from over 20 European countries in the use of iPads and tablets in school education and adult learning. Structured courses of atempo focus on different fields and possibilities to use and integrate new mobile devices into school and adult inclusive education.

atempo Betriebsgesellschaft mbH is a private non profit organisation owned by the non profit atempo association. atempo offers various training and learning facilities for people with learning difficulties and disabilities in Graz, Austria and several services for assisting members of this target group to get jobs on the first labour market. On the other hand, atempo offers services and products which obtain their particular quality out of the fact that people with learning difficulties and disabilities are involved in
their production and delivery.

The aim of all atempo activities is to work towards the equalisation of people with learning difficulties and disabilities. Besides, atempo works to remove barriers that make it difficult for people with learning difficulties and disabilities to take part in society as equal citizens. In its work within many European project partnerships, atempo cooperates with many similar organisations and initiatives all over Europe.
Our department “Education and Career” provides vocational training measures which are aimed at including people with disabilities in the first labour market. Our trainings are very much based on learning with the computer and focus particularly on how to use the computer for information and communication. Comprehensive practical training together with our Jobcoaches is also part of the
learning programme. The department “Capito” produces information products which are “easy to read” or “easy to understand” and barrier free in terms of technical accessibility. The new focus currently is on the capito App, a digital tool to get “easy to read” texts on your smartphone. atempo also developed “Nueva”, a model to define, evaluate and describe the quality of services out of the perspective of service users. At the moment, the method is long term tested and implemented in 5 Austrian federal countries, in Italy (South Tyrol) , Germany (Berlin) and we are running the “Unique” Project to test the Nueva program in 5 European countries. 

Volunteering Matters

Volunteering Matters, formerly known as CSV, is a national charity leading UK volunteering in policy and practice. We know that people are experiencing social isolation and huge inequalities in their communities. We also know that by investing in people through volunteering we can reduce inequalities and isolation to build stronger more inclusive communities.

By focussing on four areas of work; disabled people, older people, young people and families we inspire our committed and ambitious volunteers to power change in their communities. We do this by delivering targeted, innovative and professional programmes nationwide.

Our vision is of a society where everyone can participate to build strong and inclusive communities. Our mission is to enable people to take an active role in their communities.

Mezigenerační a dobrovolnické centrum TOTEM, z.s. (Plzeň, Czech Republic)

Intergenerational and Volunteer Center Totem, z.s is a non-governmental organization founded in Pilsen in 1999 and working in the social sphere. The mission of the organization is to create positive and functional interpersonal relationships within the family and also within the wider context of civic society. Totem provides social-stimulation services, stimulation programs and others, particularly voluntary projects that aim to our long-term goals.

Long-term goals and lines of activity are:

• Promotion and dissemination of the idea of voluntary assistance and development of voluntary work, Providing social-stimulation and educational activities for seniors in order to keep their mental and physical health and postpone the time when they are fully dependent on the help of others,
• Prevention to address threat to child and youth development, help children and youth to deal with difficult situations in their lives and mitigate the impact of these situations on a child’s life,
• Intergenerational projects to create healthy and natural environment for social coexistence of all generations.

The organization has extensive experience in European Voluntary Service projects, with accreditation received in 2001. They have been sending and hosting volunteers from different European countries since then. They also participated in the Grundtvig senior volunteering project from 2012 to 2014. Since their founding in 1999, they have been actively promoting the idea of voluntary aid and organizing programs and projects to facilitate volunteering. In 2015, they had 291 active volunteers, including 110 senior volunteers, working in the Pilsen region. They offer regular meetings called “Dobrokavárna,” providing information about volunteering opportunities, supervision with specialists, and support for organizing volunteering projects or sharing experiences. They provide full assistance to volunteers in working with their 44 partner organizations. Additionally, they are implementing the Sousedé plus program based on the Austrian project Zeitbank 55+ in Czech regions. They also strive to motivate seniors who are part of their social-stimulation service to become volunteers themselves and prepare programs for other clients with the organization’s guidance.

StadtLABOR Graz

StadtLABOR Graz (www.stadtlaborgraz.at) is a private non-profit research and innovation platform in the context of sustainable urban development. The goal is to raise the quality of life in cities / city district by fostering urban innovations at different levels of society. StadtLABOR strongly cooperates with the whole range of urban actors. All activities are strongly led by the core principles of open innovation and living labs. StadtLABOR Graz is member of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL www.openlivinglabs.eu), strategic partner of the European SEISMIC project (www.seismicproject.eu) and is engaged in many other national and European networks: the Austrian smart city community (www.smartcities.at), the European PREPARE network of experts in sustainable consumption and production (www.prepare-net.com) or the Austrian Green Tech Cluster ECO World Styria (www.eco.at).

Büro der Nachbarschaften BdN (Office of the Neighbourhoods)
The Office of Neighbourhoods is an entity under StadtLaborGraz. A place of neighbours. A place where you can meet easily. A space for ideas, negotiation and community. As urban district center this is a place for information, participation, interaction and community. Specific objectives are: to improve communication and networking; to set up communication structures; to deal with conflict issues with respect to prevent conflicts; to discover existing problems as well as potentials; to identify risks and opportunities; to disseminate information; to create places for opportunites and to increase the quality of life for all the citizens in the district; to secure long-term financing; to strengthen cooperations with other city district centers and similar (local) initiatives and to exploit synergies. The target groups are: 60+, families, children up to 12 years, migrants, asylum seekers, vulnerable groups, men and women, transidentities, local initiatives, municipal institutions, political representatives, property developers.

Kuopio Settlement Puijola ry (KSP)

Kuopio Settlement Puijola ry (KSP) is a local NGO working for the social wellbeing of local inhabitants in the city of Kuopio, in Eastern part of Finland. It was established in year 1995 and it is a part of wider network of settlement movement in Finland and worldwide. Settlement works, according to its values, to support the sense of community, to increase the participation of local inhabitants and to support them in their daily lives, also to encourage people take responsibility about their own lives and thereby increasing their social capital. Kuopio Settlement Puijola works for life management of local inhabitants for instance by running community houses, supports youth work by organizing after school clubs and social youth work, assists those most vulnerable to find employment and supports people facing hardships in their lives.

Multicultural activities were started in the framework of settlement in 1999 as there was a need for organizing support, free time activities and education for refugees in the area of Kuopio during the 1990´s. Ever since, the multicultural work of the Settlement Puijola has developed into the leading form of work and also into a leading multicultural center in the region. The multicultural Centers’ (Kompassi) aim is to offer alternative channels for social integration into the society, help immigrants in various life situations and offer possibilities for active membership equally for everyone. Kompassi’s activities are based on trust, respect and being easily approachable. The activities highlight the local and other language learning, peer support, trust towards one’s own individual resources and encouragement towards moving ahead in life. Kompassi’s target groups are immigrants of Kuopio region and their own associations, couples living in a multicultural relationship and Finnish people interested in multiculturalism. Kompassi helps also people working amongst immigrants. Within the project, Kuopio Settlement Puijola will participate actively in all activities and will be the responsible partner for evaluation. Working also with refugees and working closely within a local community, KSP can represent that specific target group and local based community work in this partnership.

MAROM

MAROM was founded in 2002 with the mission to revive and reinterpret Jewish culture and traditions. Promoting democratic values and active civil participation in social issues, fighting racism and anti-Semitism, and celebrating multiculturalism was part of our mission since the beginnings. In the past 15 years MAROM members created and participated in various social, educational, art and civil programs in Hungary and across Europe. Between 2006-2012 MAROM co-directed Sirály, an independent community and cultural center in the historic Jewish quarter of Budapest. In 2013 it opened its own community place, called Auróra, a self-sustaining
collective, in the disenfranchised 8th district of Budapest. MAROM is run by a small core team, and a larger group of volunteers (ca. 150 volunteers a year) Through its various programs (local festivals, discussions, movie screenings, etc.) MAROM reaches ca. 12 000 people yearly. MAROM is also part of international networks, such as MAROM Europe.

Members of MAROM Budapest has participated on international seminars since its early years. We have participated in two Grundtvig partnerships (the last one was between 2013-15, called Silent heroes). We have also had two Youth in Action projects: one was called Volunticipate, which brought together Jewish and Roma youth leaders in a one week summer gathering. The other one was a youth initiative, involving Roma youth, applying drama pedagogy methods. Currently we are in two partnerships: 1. Enter the void is a partnership exploring the opportunities of youth culture in urban locations 2. SENSES is a partnership about social enterprises.

Centrum dobrovoľníctva

Centrum dobrovoľníctva (Volunteer Center) was founded in 2000, in Banska Bystrica City, Slovakia. Our mission is to increase human potential, to improve the quality of life through volunteering and so to contribute the building of a civil society. Centre is actively participating in the community life and important actions. It cooperates with Matej Bel University, local municipalities, schools, NGOs as well as businesses. Center has a quality standard mark for management of volunteers.
Our goals are:
– to motivate people for volunteering
– to increase awareness and interest of people in volunteering
– to raise the credit of volunteering in the eyes of wide public
– to improve the quality of volunteer management within volunteer involving organizations
Our main activities are:
Service for Volunteering
Promotion of volunteering
Training and supervision for volunteers and volunteer involving organizations
Annual award ceremony for volunteers through the prize called Heart on a Sleeve
Research in the area of volunteering and youth
Implementation of our own projects and programs
– Lean on Me – mentoring volunteering program
– volunteering of seniors at the University Library of Matej Bel University
– Intergeneration volunteering programme for seniors and pupils (teaching each other)
– volunteering of secondary school students
– volunteering of unemployed people
– service learning
– My world is yours – volunteer program in Special school for children
– Spojivko – teaching program for children

Centrum dobrovoľníctva

Adresse: Ružová 4038/13
974 11 Banská Bystrica, Slowakia
Telefon: +421 907 130 817