Edufons

Serbia

EDUFONS – Centar za celoživotno obrazovanje focuses on three areas: Education, Empowerment and Development, and is dedicated to fostering a culture of continuous learning across all age groups and walks of life, inspiring positive change and innovative initiatives. Founded by a group of enthusiasts, it works as an initiative to strengthen the social community through lifelong education, information, social inclusion, promotion of active participation, respect for diversity and acquiring key competencies. EDUFONS is located in Novi Bečej (Serbia), a small town belonging to a group of underdeveloped rural areas and offers skills enhancement programs catering to different stages of life, from young people seeking career development to seniors exploring new hobbies.

The mission: to empower individuals of all ages to embrace lifelong learning as a fundamental pathway to personal growth, professional development and community enrichment.

EDUFONS urges the necessity of gaining key competencies and achieving everyone's right to education with the belief that it has a fundamental role in the growth of every person and a decisive impact on the social and economic development of the community.

The central guiding idea for EDUFONS is that continuous learning improves individual lives but also contributes to the betterment of society as a whole, so its efforts are aimed at promoting lifelong learning. EDUFONS believes that education should not be confined to formal schooling but should extend seamlessly throughout one's life, so it aims to create an inclusive and supportive learning ecosystem that encourages curiosity, critical thinking and skill acquisition.

All initiatives and projects that EDUFONS undertakes are primarily based on the previously examined needs of its target groups and the local communities it serves, so a large part of them is directed towards art as a means of empowerment, strengthening of rural areas, promotion of local resources and food produced from local sources.

Gramigna

Italy

Gramigna ODV is an Italian Association that offers social inclusion and Sustainable Development for disadvantaged people in social farming (refugee, migrants, people with psychiatric disorders, prisoners). We develop educational projects for people and for schools on environmental sustainability issues, rural development, and social integration. We work on cooperation with local, national and international partners.

Gramigna ODV promotes Sustainable Development, inclusion, empowerment, employability, informal learning, restorative practices, diversity, intercultural and local action for people with vulnerabilities

Akademie für politische Bildung und demokratiefördernde Maßnahmen

Austria

Akademie für politische Bildung und demokratiefördernde Maßnahmen is a non-profit association for the promotion of political education. The academy was founded in 2017 with the aim of promoting equal opportunities.

Through international cooperation and a wide range of educational offers for schools, companies and public institutions, we support the personal, school and academic development of children, adults and disadvantaged people.