PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
Embercombe ( United Kingdom )
"Embercombe is a charity and social enterprise established to champion a way of living that celebrates the opportunities inherent in this challenging time and that inspires people to energetically contribute towards the emergence of a socially just, environmentally sustainable and spiritually fulfilling human presence on earth. Embercombe runs inspiring and transformational programmes for people from all parts of society, for the disadvantaged and the affluent, for children and adults, for the engaged and the disengaged, and works with groups and organisations that could not be more diverse – schools and multinational corporations, universities and activist groups, disadvantaged youth and local councils – frequently bringing those people together."
Johannes Moeller, Higher Education Programmes, Embercombe
www.embercombe.co.uk
Jessie (jessie at embercombe.co.uk) and Gail (gail_the_whale at live.co.uk).
Casa da Horta ( Portugal )
"Casa da Horta is a cultural and ecological association. We were born in 2008 and the aim was to create alternatives to capitalism, dreaming to create a more sustainable world with more respect for people, animals and the environment. We have a place for workshops, movie projections and also vegetarian meals. We organize and apply direct democracy and try to decide matters by consensus."
Casa da Horta, Associaçao Cultural
www.casadahorta.pegada.net, Email: casadahorta AT pegada.net
Tel: 222024123 / 965545519 / 937267541 / 916472466
Rua de Sao Francisco, 12A, 4050-548 Porto
(Perto da Igreja de Sao Francisco e Mercado Ferreira Borges)
Work in Progress ( Italy )
"Work In Progress -WIP- is a no profit organization created by a group of young people who have decided to promote active participation among young people through local and european activities."
Contact: wip.lecce AT gmail.com
WIP promotes youth mobility, active participation through youth exchange programs for young people and between young people from Europe. Wip is strongly opposed to discrimination based on race, color, sex, creed, ethnicity or nationality.
Wip supports local initiatives aimed to promote the culture and traditions of Puglia and are characterized by constant search for dialogue between cultures and peoples. It allows to develop an awareness of peace, international cooperation and mutual understanding. Wip collaborates with other local groups supporting and informing young people, immigrants and disadvantaged people, helping and encouraging participation in all activities in progress.
Officinareale Cultura Coltura e Labortoire des Senses ( Italy )
« officinareale cultura coltura e labortoire des senses » invites you to a journey in the Mediterranean culture with a research and study project of natural ressorces promoting them through a creative approach.
The aim of “Laboratory of sense” is to bring ideas together, to exalt sensations with natural elements, and to share experience. The sensory adventures are laboratories in open air or inside thanks to salvage of sensory perceptions. Its a tool that reinforces mind, observation, listening, imagination... to train fantasy.
"LIFE- ecoCreActive Plattform" ( Luxembourg )
LIFE works as an independent self-organized ecoCreActiv Youthplatform and wants to give the youth a forum to participate at life, politics and society and take action on different topics concerning sustainability, friendship and creativity. In general our aims are a really sustainable future, creativity, friendship and activism. The national group is splitted up in different working groups with different fields like Youthtour (tour through schools to bring informations to students about how our world works, why there is still hunger an wars and how it could work with fair trade for example), genetics, Initiative for a honest drug prevention, Critical Mass, meeting place "Infoladen", the alternative magazine “Queesch”,… LIFE is hosting national and european volunteers and also a sending organisation for European Voluntary Service.
LIFE a.s.b.l.; 53, Ellergronn; L-3811 Schifflingen
tél. : +352 26 53 28 95, fax : +352 26 53 28 96 , e-mail : life [AT] lifeproject.lu website: www.lifeproject.lu
Together France
Together is a Non-governmental, non-profit voluntary organization. It was established in France in 2003 by few passionate people, who believe in what they do: cross European cooperation and networking among civic organizations and the values and mutual learning such cooperation brings.
These people wished to use their experience gained throughout numerous international programs and work experience in alike organizations in several European countries and wanted to create an open forum facilitating international meetings on different topics, bringing together different targets and thereby supporting networking among people and organizations with similar interests.
Together Estonia
“Together Estonia” is one of the independent representatives of Together networking organisations (www.network-together.eu). It is a non-political, non-profit making youth organisation created by young people leading an active social life, believing in cross-European co-operation and intercultural experience, and wishing to get more experience in this field through developing various projects in the frames of the European Programme Youth in Action.
Its main aims are giving youth possibilities for creative development, spreading of European culture in the field of international youth exchanges, European Volunteer Services, promotion of realisation of cultural, art and sport projects, spreading information about and for youth.
In order to achieve its aims, “Together Estonia” organises activities and develops projects based on non-formal education, organises seminars, information days, exhibitions, performances, various sport and culture activities etc., as well as co-operates with other similar organisations of Estonia and other countries. Special attention of the organisation is paid to the involvement in active participation of youth with special needs.
Together Czech republic
Together Czech Republic is a member of Together network, works on pan-European basis and recognizes the values of networking principles. Therefore it supports creation of new and development of existing partnerships among civic organizations from already 15 European countries including organizations from Commonwealth of Independent States and Middle East.
The target group of Together and it's partners is in general civic society and specifically young people, being the generation that is " to make a difference". We believe deeply that active participation of young people can empower them their friends and the society around them.
EFM ( Poland )
Europejskie Forum Mlodziezy
