Who are the sending organisations?

All the partners involved in the project support and facilitate, through their active participation, the project objectives and also, european citizenship, intercultural dialogue and social inclusion.

Hellenic Youth Participation (based in Athens, Greece) stands for intercultural dialogue, non-formal education, mutual understanding and solidarity.

The main aim of the group is to promote human rights through non-formal education and experiential learning. They train different age groups (teenagers, young adults, parents, youthworkers, facilitators, teachers) in order to inspire and stimulate European citizens to become active parts of their local and European community. They wish to motivate them to become involved and to raise awareness about current values like equal opportunities, social inclusion and cultural diversity. 

Through their projects they aim at the promotion of non-formal differentiated learning and the importance of personal development. 

HYP is active on a local, national and European level.

They were awarded the silver prize in the volunteer competition for Greece for their contribution in education in 2016 and 2017. Due to the recent humanitarian crisis in Greece, they are working to create a network of activism of young people in order to know where and how to be active. 

Gaziantep Local Youth Group (Gaziantep Yerel Gençlik Grubu) is established on the 1^st December of 2014 by youth in Gaziantep.

Vision: motivated people creating the world inspired by each other, care and cooperation.

Mission: encourage people to care about their lifelong learnig

Goals:

I. Implement non-formal education;

II. Find a bridge between formal and non-formal eduation;

III. Develop creative thinking;

IV. Support youth in identifying their skills and abilities;

V. Encourage entrepreneur thinking;

VI. Promote the cooperation between young people;

VII. Organize personal development trainings, culturel events, outdoor activities, job fairs, seminars for students and abroad opportunities.

European Foundation for Education and Sport (Europejska Fundacja Edukacyjno-Sportowa ) is an organization working since 2014, mostly on international level. 

Their mission and the main goal is to promote creation of positive environment for development of NGO sector and civil initiatives focused on human rights, civil society development, promotion of European values especially in the field of multiculturalism and intercultural dialogue, also through sport. 

Working towards development of Europe EFES pay special attention to international cooperation and sharing those values with non-EU countries. They also focus on strengthening cooperation between NGOs, business environment, and authorities in order to empower the process of removing sociocultural obstacles in social integration and support the inclusion process. 

EFES vision is reaching synergy which will give greater possibilities of having impact of actions directed to European society. They want to achieve active participation of individuals in life of local communities, faith that one can have influence on the direction of social development, which will help us strengthen relations between European citizens, based on basic European values such as tolerance, equality, peace, democracy.

Main goals:

I. Promotion of European Citizenship and its values; 

II. Creating environment to develop ideas and activities supporting intercultural dialogue; 

III. Fostering active participation in social life of individuals; 

IV. Removing obstacles in social inclusion process; 

V. Sharing good practices with organizations from Europe and non-EU countries; 

VI. Supporting and creating actions supporting European integration, socio-economical; 

VII. Supporting local institutions and organizations and building partner networks between 

development and all forms of education public administration, NGOs, companies on local and international level.

DESES-3 is an organization that works with young people, offering them opportunities of comprehensive training programs, while giving priority to those who are unemployed or have a cultural, social or economic disadvantage. 

They aim at social inclusion and thus provide the space and projects that will allow youngsters to develop their social skills. 

DESES-3 works on different topics depending on their respective goals. 

I. Organize and disseminate training activities and information events on the topic of Health and Disease Prevention. 

II. Inform, sensitive raise awareness and manage activities related to the environment. These aim at environmental protection, educating the public, disseminating useful information and ensuring an enjoyable time for their participants. 

III. Carry out activities such as courses, seminars and training days regarding leisure time and more. 

IV. Contribute to the personal development of individuals and help them to achieve their full potential – physically, intellectually and socially – as citizens. Attention is given to those who are most in need of assistance. These could be people unprivileged socially, culturally, economically, physically, mentally, ethnically etc.

V. Develop Actions and Programs for Social Intervention and Integration. 

VI. Carry out Activities, Classes, Camps, Youth Exchanges, Tours, and trips with and for children and young people, linking to the areas of Formal and Non-Formal Education. 

VII. Develop all kind of activities in Free Time and Non-Formal Education. 

VIII. Promote activities, programs, projects relating to societal integration and the incorporation of immigrants into our society. 

IX. Develop proposals and actions on gender equality, providing support to women, and promoting their inclusion and equal participation in society.

Scambieuropei is a Cultural Association dedicated to youth formed by a group of young people specialized in a wide range of fields, including but not limited to: non-formal education, international cooperation, communication & marketing and social work. 

The mission of Scambieuropei is to provide and promote mobility opportunities for young people in order to help them improve their work and/or educational skills. It undertakes several initiatives to promote and enhance active European citizenship, intercultural communication, social integration, media and journalism.

Scambieuropei also serves as a recruiter and professional mediator, helping match young adults seeking employment with European companies and NGOs, activating SVE's and internships throughout Europe. 

One of Scambieuropei main objectives is to promote the concept of “European citizenship” through the exchange of good practices and multicultural learning. That is why since 2010 they became an accredited EVS sending and coordinating organization.

Furthermore, Scambieuropei works with mobility activities for VET learners as hosting and coordinating organization. In this case, their aim is to provide young people with practical tools and knowledge about EU programs in order to develop their own initiatives.

Scambieuropei portal www.scambieuropei.info attracts over 800.000 viewers per month, the number of followers on our Facebook page totals well over 100.000, while their newsletter has more than 26.000 monthly subscribers.

In the Summer of 2011, they launched their online magazine dedicated exclusively to European Culture and trends which now serves as an excellent medium for users/ community members on the move to share their exchange experiences. 

If you want to know more about our project partners, please check the following links:

- Hellenic Youth Participation [Greece]

- Scambieuropei [Italy]

- Europejska Fundacja Edukacyjno-Sportowa [Poland]

- DESES-3 [Spain] 

- Gaziantep Local Youth Group [Turkey].