Paola, Italy
Paolab is a social promotion association formally established in 2006. Since 2010, we have taken our first steps into activities increasingly focused on international mobility, initially within the Youth in Action Programme and subsequently within the Erasmus+ Programme. Over the years, we have partnered in numerous projects, with our members serving as volunteers, participants, facilitators, and leaders in initiatives promoted by various organizations. In this way, we have enabled countless young people to discover different cultures, travel, learn, and become proactive actors within the social fabric.
Our activities focus on sustainability, the promotion of sustainable development, and civic engagement, carried out through initiatives and events in the fields of art, literature, and scientific conferences. This blend of experiences and expertise forms the foundation of our approach to strategic partnerships, combining internationally oriented actions with activities in the Municipality of Fuscaldo, through close cooperation with local stakeholders.
Paolab is active in the field of youth policies and because of that organized several projects and initiatives with schools and other organizations to do laboratories of art and literature with kids and young people.
Another field in which is strong the activism of the organization is the environment. Paolab did a lot of efforts by coordinating and organizing several projects and initiatives to promote the sustainable development. Fostering the policy of the 4R (reduce, recycle, reuse and recovering) was adapted in diverse situations. Promoting a development that enriches safeguard of the culture and territory is one of the goals of the organization.
CET PLATFORMA SKOPJE
Skopje, North Macedonia
CET platforma Skopje is a voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental association of citizens with mission to: strengthen civil society on local, national and European level, promote and protect the human rights, perform activities which encourage moral and civic values, strengthen inter-ethnic relations, empower youth in society, advocate for social inclusion of vulnerable groups, promote non-formal education and offer support, education, training and mobility opportunities to young people.
CET platforma Skopje was established in January 2016 by young, motivated, competent and experienced youth workers, leaders, activists and experts who are active in the civil sector and youth work from 2008. CET platforma Skopje is the Macedonian branch of CET platform network that has member organisations in Serbia, Croatia, Poland, Montenegro, Slovenia, Kosovo, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Latvia.
The vision of CET platforma is to fulfil a broader social interest, to act and achieve objectives in the areas of civil society, democratic order and institutions, civic values, human rights, media, non-formal education and vulnerable categories of citizens in society. We strive to stimulate and sustain the personal, professional and social development of the local youth and to foster their active and responsible participation in educational, social, cultural, political and economic life in the communities they live in.
We aim through our work and activities to provide space for intercultural learning and to give opportunities to youth to personally develop during the activities we prepare for them.
ASOCIACIÓN TILIA
Ciudad Real, Spain
Tilia is a youth association created at the beginning of 2021 with the objective to promote the social and sustainable development of young people and people with different profiles at risk of social and economic exclusion and to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals from a youth perspective.
Our specific goals include the promotion of youth participation, non formal education, sustainable development, cultural diversity, solidarity and inclusión in our local community in Ciudad Real, Spain, as well as at European level through youth mobilities and other relevant projects.
We raise awareness among society about sustainable development with focus on environmental-friendly practices, diversity, equality and social justice and we have few ongoing projects along these lines. Additionally, in the future we aim to support the development of competences for constructive use of new technologies and social media among young people.
In the mid-to-long term we aim to empower and encourage youth and people from diverse backgrounds to develop their own youth and social entrepreneurship initiatives, thus supporting their social and economic inclusión, particularly strengthening their implication and integration in their local communities.
