Communauté de communes Sud-Corse – France
CCSC – Communauté de communes du Sud-Corse is a public institution for inter-municipal cooperation (EPCI). It is located in Corsica (France) in the Department of Southern Corsica with its head office in Porto-Vecchio. Its territory is composed of 7 communes: Bonifacio, Figari, Lecci, Monacia-d’Aullene, Pianottoli-Caldarello, Porto-Vecchio and Sotta, with a population of 20,657 inhabitants. It has a total of 19 competences grouped under the themes:Environment and living environment, Development and economic planning, Tourism development, Social and cultural development and planning, Spatial planning , Roads, Housing. The CCSC is laureate of the program of “positive energy territories for green growth” launched by the French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea to territorialize the energy transition policy and to give a strong impetus to encourage concrete actions that contribute to mitigate the effects of climate change, encourage the reduction of energy needs, the development of local renewable energies and facilitate the establishment of green networks to create 100,000 jobs over three years.
Website: cc-sudcorse.fr
CEDRU – Portugal
CEDRU – Centro de Estudos e Desenvolvimento Regional e Urbano (Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development) is a leading portuguese consultancy company in the field of territorial planning and studies at national, regional, local and urban levels. More than 30 years of experience in carrying out studies and plans in different domains and areas of intervention give CEDRU a diversified and deep knowledge capital recognized by the portuguese and international entities with which it has collaborated. In the past few years, CEDRU has become one of the most relevant players in the development of climate change adaptation policies in Portugal, mostly by leading consortiuns of university research teams and consultancy companies, but also as sectoral experts. Currently, CEDRU leads the consortia responsible for the development of the Metropolitan Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area and 3 Intermunicipal Adaptation Plans and is also developing 7 Municipal Plans for Adaptation to Climate Change. CEDRU is also a founding member of the Network of Municipalities for Local Adaptation to Climate Change, currently integrating its Management Secretariat.
Website: cedru.com
Evolve Global Solutions Ltd – UK
Evolve Global Solutions Ltd are an education consultancy. We provide training solutions and specialist advice to help raise standards in vocational education and training as well as professional development and corporate training in both the UK and worldwide. We have delivered successful projects in 28 countries worldwise including Africa, Middle East, SE Asia, Asia, Central Asia. We believe that learning, knowledge and skills are at heart of human development and wellbeing. When education and training is designed and delivered to a high quality, individuals, society and economies bloom and flourish. We want to share our expertise in designing learning solutions to ensure that every learning experience has the right impact and supports the development of healthier societies and economies. Our work is predominantly delivered through British Council, World Bank and now Erasmus+ projects. We have worked with colleges, universities, national agencies, governments, policy makers around the world.
Website: evolveglobal.co.uk
INFODEF – Spain
INFODEF, Institute for the Promotion of Development and Training, is a private and independent centre for Research, Development and Innovation whose mission is to design and carry out projects that contribute to achieve a sustainable and inclusive development through education, culture and innovation. The centre designs and develops innovative tools, methodologies, products and services that respond to current social and economic challenges and enable it to anticipate and drive the changes needed to achieve future goals and objectives in society. One of the main areas of expertise of INFODEF is the design of innovative methodologies and tools to support the activity of the professionals that work with specific target groups, such as young people, migrants, low-skilled adults, people with disabilities, offenders and other unprivileged groups. INFODEF has participated or coordinated several European projects in the field of innovation applied to youth, education and training, funded by the Lifelong Learning, Erasmus+ or H2020 programmes of the European Commission.
Website: http://infodef.es/
CSI – Cyprus
CSI employs professionals with over 50 years of collective experiences in the fields of Social Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Education, System Rationalization, Information & Communication Technologies, Global Health Process – Life Sciences, Business Forensic Intervention, Youth Development & Motivation, and Resource Realignment with Goals and Objectives. The Team enlists their experiences to support the identification of systemic problems and development and implementation of smart and sustainable solutions to difficult social problems. These solutions are developed through various layers of interaction with stakeholders. We believe that quality of life improves when the process of social innovation is leveraged to attain social justice, solve systemic problems and develop solutions that may provide opportunities for individuals and organizations.
Website: csicy.com
ISTANBUL GOVERNORSHIP – Turkey
Governorship of Istanbul is in charge of regulating and supervising general administration in Istanbul. Governorship of Istanbul implements instructions and orders from ministries ensuring promulgation of government decisions and implementation of laws and regulations. GOI is the highest administrative authority in the city and serves in various fields with about 300 civil servants.
National and international projects are carried out by the European Union and Foreign Relations Office on behalf of the Istanbul Governorship. Priority is given to supporting disadvantageous groups such as people with disabilities, immigrants, NEETs and unemployed adults within the projects. In this context, GOI has cooperations with several public institutions, universities, training centers, vocational education centres, and NGOs for youth and adults. GOI provides training on topics needed through its Continuing Education Center.
www.abmerkez.com mobilizing local potential, for the implementation of the idea of a union with a more dynamic and more innovative structure in the enlargement processes, through which the European Union has been going, and regarding the democratization process in accordance with EU policies.
Website: www.abmerkez.com
MEATH PARTNERSHIP – Ireland
Meath Partnership is a county-wide local development company responsible for the design and implementation of local, rural and community development programmes in county Meath. We focus on building the capacity of communities through the delivery of a range of services and initiatives tackling persistent incidence of exclusion and disadvantage, playing a strategic role in the development of the County. We are a not-for-profit charitable organisation. Our activities are guided by a bottom-up approach directly responding to the needs of our target groups, customers and local partners. We are funded by national and EU funds and currently employ 33 people.
Website: meathpartnership.ie
CWEP – Poland
Centre For Education And Entrepreneurship Support (CWEP) is an non-governmental organization founded in 2004 by group of entrepreneurs, teachers and social activists from Rzeszów. CWEP cooperates with businesses and educational institutions. Mission of CWEP is to increase the quality of education training at all levels and in all its forms as well as to promote entrepreneurship in order to foster integration of any social group regardless of gender, age and ethnic origin. The aim of the CWEP is to promote and implement the best solutions that serve this purpose. Particularly, the aims are to improve accessibility, quality and efficiency of education of all people, to promote and contribute to adult education, life-long learning, e-learning and the usage of new technologies in education and entrepreneurship. The Association works with many partners from Europe in order to strengthen economic position of enterprises and provides on-line platform for companies.
Website: cwep.eu
SYMPLEXIS – Greece
Symplexis is a Greek non-for-profit organization that strives to ensure equal opportunities for all through actions and measures that build skills, empower and promote active engagement and participation focusing on the most vulnerable categories of the population and particularly those with fewer opportunities. Symplexis’ mission is to elevate social cohesion through integrated actions and project-based activities that aim at promoting the inclusion of disadvantaged groups at risk of marginalization and exclusion, while promoting and protecting the rights of various types of population groups that face discrimination focusing on the empowerment and support of victims, awareness raising and information sharing at all level. Symplexis’ activity builds on user-led approaches and interventions around the following axes of expertise: upskilling, capacity building and empowerment, as well as social and economic inclusion of vulnerable groups, protection and promotion of human rights, child and youth development.
Website: https://symplexis.eu
AEVA – Portugal
The Association for the Education and Valorisation of Aveiro Region (AEVA) (www.aeva.eu) was founded in 1998 as a non-profit organisation to meet the needs of local businesses in tackling skills mismatch by bringing education and the working world closer together. In this scope, AEVA is an umbrella association of competences with 13 brands, including the largest private VET school in Portugal, EPA (www.epa.edu.pt), and offers various education IVET, CVET, TVET and RVCC paths, targeting both young and adult people, most of them facing fewer opportunities.
Website: aeva.eu