FO-Aarhus
Denmark

Association for Adult Education

FO-Aarhus is a non-government, non-profit organization established in 1973 to provide non-formal adult learning and counseling to the citizens of Aarhus. Its expertise lies in non-formal education and specialized programs that help disadvantaged groups – e.g. immigrants, unemployed people, people with learning disabilities, dyslexics, people with mental issues – to enhance their quality of life and to integrate (or re-integrate) into society and the workforce. In 2020, FO-Aarhus acquired the old Journalist College building, which is now being transformed into Kulturhus Bunkeren, a house for organizations helping citizens with disabilities, people with mental challenges and the unemployed. In this project, the Skejby Rangers, a project of FO-Aarhus is helping the local implementation by being in charge of transforming the old journalist college into a gathering place for citizens in the local community.

Solution is an NGO based in Paris developing innovative actions to promote social cohesion through non-formal education. It aims to boost social inclusion among young people by through activities that foster mutual acceptance, stimulate human interests by offering cross cutting activities, design educational programs to open people's minds, and strengthen fair dynamics between generations and cultures. Solution operates in a multicultural and socially complex environment: in the east of Paris, there are more than 70 different ethnic communities whose young people may face economic difficulties, as well as social and labor exclusion. Solution's mission is to deliver non-formal education, bringing together different publics and thus stimulates intercultural and intergenerational dialogue while promoting the acquisition of soft and hard skills useful for professional and social purposes.

DINAMO
Belgium

Adult Education by Volunteers

DINAMO is a volunteer organization, with its origin within the Cultural House de Warande. It organizes non-formal education for adults with volunteer teachers and experts. A professional team of 5 members directly volunteers, responsible for over 250 activities a year. About 180 volunteers are teachers and instructors, the others help with administration, reception, assistance for target groups. The average participant enrolls in about 2.3 activities a year, which means DINAMO counts about 6,000 registrations a year. DINAMO offers people a program of creative courses, language classes, cultural trips, and sports exercises. It is the largest provider of personal growth and development in the region of Turnhout, and provides a sustainable source of volunteer work.

A non-government organization that supports people with disadvantaged backgrounds through the development of humanistic education values, representing a way of enhancing the integral development of the individual, both personally and collectively. It aims to contribute to the creation of educational environments, practices, and research where the social, emotional, and cognitive areas can be developed, to fulfill human potential. Its target groups are marginalized communities, elderly people, adults, and families, as well as people with disabilities. It develops activities aimed at meeting their needs, with a view to acquiring or deepening knowledge and skills.

Synthesis
Cyprus

Center for Research and Education

SYNTHESIS is a pioneering organization that initiates and implements projects in alignment with Agenda 2030 and focuses on social impact, with a focus on social inclusion and social cohesion. It is the leading organization in the country in social entrepreneurship and social innovation. It founded HUB NICOSIA, an educational center, and a community of organizations with cultural, environmental, and social objectives, targeted at reducing inequalities and promoting quality education. As an accredited VET educational institution and adult education provider SYNTHESIS offers training and develops educational materials relevant to sustainable development goals (SDGs): quality education, environment, and climate change, sustainable agriculture, global education, including responsible production and consumption, sustainable cities, and communities.

Established in 1975, GUREAK's mission is to be competitive in all its business initiatives and programs focusing on the creation of sustainable job opportunities adapted to the limitations of disabled people. It is a not-for-profit special employment center, applying labor and job situations to disabled people and based on organizational structures like those of local trade and business environments. GUREAK operates in the industrial field through subcontracting (automotive, electronics, plastic injection) in five companies and twenty production plants and service sector (direct advertising and promotional marketing, industrial cleaning and gardening, hotel and catering trade, petrol stations, vending or industrial laundry services). As part of the Gureak Group, Gureak Itinerary designs and develops pathways to employment for people with disabilities. It provides counseling, training, etc. Itinerary training is a training and development center providing training services in several specialties.