Meet the partners

AALBORG UNIVERSITY AAU

Aalborg University (AAU) At AAU we believe, that knowledge can and shall change the world. That is the reason why AAU is a university with high ambitions. We seek knowledge in a interaction with the world around us, while being orientated about real problems and missions that we seek to solve with sustainable solutions.

With Aalborg University’s problem-based approach to research, researchers help solve challenges and achieve new insights across traditional disciplines with the common objective of creating a sustainable world.

SINEGLOSSA

Sineglossa is a cultural organization that fosters new sustainable development models in response to global challenges by applying the processes of contemporary art.

Our approach is inspired by the idea of a "New Renaissance” Through contamination between humanities and science, we seek beautiful, sustainable and inclusive solutions. That is why we work within hybrid ecosystems involving artists, scientists, entrepreneurs and humanists – but also universities, public administrations and local communities.

We believe in the essential social role of culture and are committed to promoting culture-based innovation.

We want to experiment and share new tools for interpreting and transforming the present, capable of confronting its complexity. To redefine the values that guide our choices and imagine, together, other possible and more humane futures.

Sineglossa develops projects in a constitutionally and ambitiously European dimension.

We are official partner of the New European Bauhaus, an environmental, economic and cultural project launched by the European Commission in January 2021, which aims to combine design, sustainability, accessibility and investment to realize the European Green Deal.

EINURD

Einurð ehf. was founded in 2010 and has done consulting, strategic planning, editorial and project management. Einurð is offering assistance for projects related to social development, innovation and education. Einurð was nominated as one of the 30 most beautiful words in the Icelandic language, and a comment on it on the page of the competition states that the word sounds exceptionally stately and beautiful and that "the word combines in a beautiful way a little stubbornness, a little idiosyncrasy and a lot of determination."

Einurð advises companies, non-profit organizations and entrepreneurs on concept work, project development, international cooperation and financing related to social innovation and educational work. We have considerable experience in application work for national and European funds such as Erasmus+. We have also undertaken the project management of international and national projects related to education, training, curriculum development and social innovation.

IC GEOSS

Education Centre Geoss Ltd., Litija, Slovenia is a successor of the People’s University of Litija with more than 50 years of experience in the field of education.

We conduct both formal and non-formal programmes for adults. We have elementary school for Adults, 11 secondary school programmes and 6 higher education programmes from the fields of mechanics, logistics, computer science, preschool education, marketing, economics, business studies etc.

We offer a comprehensive range of educational programmes: from elementary school for adults to secondary and tertiary education programmes, as well as numerous non-formal education programmes (general education, training and courses). In recent years, increasing attention has been given to various projects that develop and encourage lifelong learning among different target groups, especially those with fewer opportunities (elderly, rural residents, migrants, persons with intellectual dissabilities, unemployed) and to implementation of social and digital agenda and territorial cooperation. At our work we follow the local, regional and wider national and European needs. There are approximately 1000 adults included in various educational programmes at our centre each year, of which there are between 400 and 500 participants in formal education programmes.

The goals of our organization are to improve learning outcomes through quality teaching and learning process, to train and engage mentors and teachers towards innovative and holistic approach towards learning, to empower and increase the self-esteem of the participants involved in adult education, to increase equity and inclusion for all vulnerable social groups with fewer opportunities, to target the socially excluded, early school leavers and less qualified adults, immigrants and intellectually disabled people. We are actively involved in our social environment and we are going to continue to bring economic and social improvements to our environment through the sustainable development of human resources skills and knowledge on multiple levels, which will be accessible to all people equally.

Our organization is actively involved in empowering the people from different groups of adults with fewer opportunities, encouraging them on personal and professional level through implementation of multiple formal and non-formal educational programmes, individual and group targeted approaches and methods challenging their points of views and promoting lifelong learning as a value which can bring changes and improvements in people’s lives.

FUNDACIÓN CIBERVOLUNTARIOS

Fundación Cibervoluntarios is a Spanish NGO of international scope focused on promoting an inclusive digital transition and eliminating the digital divide. A global pioneer in the creation and management of a technology volunteer network, we provide free training in digital skills to thousands of people a year, we promote social innovation and the empowerment of citizens through the use of technology. From Fundación Cibervoluntarios we want to ensure that all people have, equally, the opportunity to access, learn and use technology to promote their autonomy, strengthen their rights, enhance educational innovation with digital tools or improve their employment opportunities and foster social participation. With this goal in mind, we facilitate the acquisition of digital skills for citizens in a close, simple, practical and free way.

To achieve this, we have a network of more than 2,800 cybervolunteers and we collaborate with more than 1,600 organizations (NGOs, Associations, Municipalities, Universities, Primary and secondary schools, etc.) to be able to reach any point in Spain. Fundación Cibervoluntarios provides experience in international projects, currently working in ongoing Horizon Europe, Next Generation Internet and Erasmus + European initiatives. Our main strength in European projects is piloting and testing solutions with ICTliving Labs, user-centric research, Dissemination & Communication activities, and UX design.