International Cooperation Department
We promote communities’ active participation to co-create an inclusive, sustainable and cohesive planet by valuing individual potential and protecting each person’s right to self-determination.
Through collaborative and multilevel processes, we encourage fair economic and social growth by fostering pathways of mutual learning and transformation. Together with communities, we create spaces for dialogue and action, experimentation and collaboration, where everyone can fully express their abilities and contribute to change.
Mission
To promote social justice through transcultural, participatory and transformative approaches in order to promote civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights, and to foster a fair and sustainable social growth.
Approaches
I nostri approcci si sviluppano nel confronto e nella pratica quotidiana, come strumenti per generare insieme conoscenza, connessioni e trasformazione.
Capability building
Con il termine capability building intendiamo un processo volto a creare le condizioni affinché persone e gruppi sociali sviluppino le capacità effettive (capabilities) di scegliere e realizzare i propri obiettivi di vita, in modo libero e informato.
In contesti segnati da disuguaglianze strutturali, esclusione sociale o marginalizzazione, il nostro obiettivo non è semplicemente trasferire competenze o risorse (capacity building), ma rafforzare le libertà sostanziali delle persone: la loro reale possibilità di scegliere, partecipare, incidere sulle decisioni e costruire alternative di vita dignitose e sostenibili.
Ricerca-azione partecipata
La ricerca-azione è per noi un modo di costruire conoscenza insieme alle persone, a partire dalle loro esperienze, domande e visioni.
La ricerca diventa così un processo collettivo di apprendimento e trasformazione, in cui ogni soggettività contribuisce alla definizione di nuovi modi di comprendere e vivere le comunità. Attraverso il confronto e la co-creazione, si generano spazi in cui prospettive spesso rese invisibili trovano riconoscimento e voce, alimentando consapevolezza critica e azioni capaci di rispondere ai bisogni e alle aspirazioni reali dei territori.
Approccio trasformativo
Crediamo che il cambiamento non sia soltanto questione di strumenti e risorse, ma di relazioni, potere e significati.
Lavoriamo per facilitare processi che intervengano attivamente sulle strutture sociali che producono esclusione e disuguaglianza, favorendo il riconoscimento reciproco e l’emergere di nuove forme di partecipazione e di giustizia. Immaginiamo e cerchiamo una trasformazione collettiva che nasca dall’incontro, dalla riflessione condivisa e dalla possibilità di immaginare e costruire alternative sostenibili e inclusive.
Approccio transculturale
L’approccio transculturale ci invita a superare i confini rigidi tra culture per esplorare gli spazi di incontro, apprendimento reciproco e co-creazione che si aprono nella collaborazione.
In questi spazi prendono forma linguaggi nuovi, visioni comuni e pratiche che trasformano tutte le persone coinvolte. Riconosciamo la pluralità come risorsa e la differenza come elemento generativo, coltivando relazioni fondate sull’ascolto, sul rispetto e sullo scambio, in un movimento continuo di reciprocità e trasformazione condivisa.
Aree d’intervento
Social Economy
We promote alternative economic models based on sustainability, integrating environmental, social, and cultural dimensions.
Main activities
- Entrepreneurship education and training, with a particular focus on social entrepreneurship, to increase employment opportunities in the territory.
- Capability-building actions to improve collaboration mechanisms among the public administrations, social economy actors, and policy-makers, aimed at supporting the social and labour inclusion.
- Promotion of transnational cooperation networks between enterprises and innovation hubs.
Governance and Participation
We promote pathways that foster self-determination and awareness of rights, encouraging active and transformative participation in public life and supporting the empowerment of groups at risk of social exclusion.
Main activities
- Promotion of processes that generate personal and collective awareness through the development of individual capabilities.
- Capability-building pathways for civil society organizations to strengthen their role in promoting participation.
- Support for the experimentation with educational and awareness-raising methods focused on strategic communication and digital activism, to broaden participation and improve access to information.
Cultures
We promote equitable access to cultures and value cultural diversity as a means to foster social inclusion and social justice.
Main activities
- Promotion of equitable access to cultures and the enhancement of cultural heritages through community-engaged initiatives that celebrate cultural plurality and raise awareness of social justice.
- Awareness-raising and educational activities to support cultural and creative enterprises, emerging artists, and civil society organizations, strengthening the role of cultures in social inclusion and active participation.
- Promotion of transnational networks and mobility for artists and artistic collectives.
Discover our initiatives
- All
- Adult
- Advocacy promotion and campaigning
- ANNA LINDH FOUNDATION
- Art and Culture
- Best Practices
- Capacity building
- Community development
- Cooperazione Locale
- Creativity
- Educational drop out
- ENI CBC MED
- ENPI CBC MED
- ENPI Italie-Tunisie
- Entrepreneurship and employment
- EUROPEAID
- Gender and sexuality
- Governance
- Health Food and Sports
- Higher Education and Research
- Innovation in Education
- Intercultural Dialogue
- Intergenerational Dialogue
- International Cooperation
- Migration
- Mobility Initiatives
- Multilingualism
- OER and New Media
- Open educational resources (oer) and new media
- Prevention initiatives
- Rights and Justice
- Rights equality and Citizenship
- Risorse educative aperte (OER) e nuovi media
- School
- Science technology and energy
- Social inclusion and integration
- Socio-cultural Promotion
- Sustainable development and environment
- Volunteering
- Youth
SECURE – Safeguarding and Empowering Children on the Move in Child Protection Centers at the Southern European
RESET – Redefining research management structures and research career development to accelerate Green Growth in Lao PDR
Rainbow Schools – Training teachers in LGBTIQ issues and Introducing a Whole-School Approach to Fight Discrimination Against LGBTIQ+ Students in Europe
RELIEF – InteRvening EarLier In life for hEalthier liFestyles: An evidence-based approach to reduce exposure and use of emerging tobacco products among school children
AMALTHEA – EnAbling a Model-driven deep understAnding of the roLe of gender Towards a Holistic solution against Extremism and radicalisation Activities
NEST – Sensitive and responsive parenting in the first 1,000 days: Nurturing Empowerment, Support and Training
MinDiShield – Combating online minority-related disinformation leading to radicalization and violent extremism
ECLIPSE – PrEventing and Combating onLine and offline hate speech and dIsinformation through multidisciPlinary innovation, education, and awareneSs in Europe
HERITAS – Valorisation du patrimoine culturel à travers des parcours participatifs citoyens et la création d’itinéraires de tourisme communautaire
InnoCoop – Enhancing policy instruments fostering innovation-oriented business cooperation of rural SMEs
BOTTOM-UP TALKS – Preventing teen-dating and school-related gender-based violence and promoting psychological well-being from the bottom-up
SEEDbridge – Social Entrepreneurs Exchange Development – Building Resilient and Innovative Digital and Green Enterprises
Get Political – Igniting Youth Active Participation in Political and Electoral Processes through Political Literacy and Knowledge
Choose-Life – Implementing a drug-(ab)use prevention program & shaping youth policies with disadvantaged young people for psychosocial well-being promotion
ABCinEnergy – Advanced tools for Behavioural Change in energy consumption for Higher Education Stakeholders
CivicChampions – Empowering civil society organisations and activists championing human rights and democratic values in the EU
Hatedemics – Hampering hate speech and disinformation through AI-based technologies to prevent and combat polarisation and the spread of racist, xenophobic, and intolerant speech and conspiracy theories
TINKER – an auThentIc learNing and gender inclusive frameworK for tEaching infoRmatics in schools across Europe
RE-GRAD – Reforming Undergraduate Education for GReen and Sustainable Development in Armenia and MolDova
MEDUSA – Empowering youth and youth workers to recognize and respond to cyber violence by transgressing gender stereotypes
Love Act – Living positive and intersectional sexuality education for gender-based violence prevention
EU CARES – EUropean Collective narratives for Reconciliation and trauma healing through youth engagement and Storytelling
SCIREARLY – Policies and Practices based on Scientific Research for Reducing Underachievement and Early School Leaving in Europe
CREATE – promoting CultuRE as A Tool to Empower citizens from disadvantaged backgrounds and enhance social cohesion
COMMUNITY LINKAGE – Improving gender-based violence service provision through the empowerment of migrant women as community-based mentors, trainers and agents of change
D-Upskill.50 – Smart toolkit for supporting adult workers and adults educators in the educational digital upskilling pathways
LEAGUE – Limiting online sexual Exploitation and Abuse Gender based on Underaged boys by Educating experts
THRIVE@WORK – Training programme for well-being at work for HR managers that want their organisations to thrive
Stars4SD – Supporting youth entrepreneurs in meeting Sustainable Development Goals through a peer certification system
Performers Go Online – Performing artists learn how to create audiovisual material from their home and promote it online during the pandemic
SMARTEL – Improving the process of education through the development of e-learning multimedia platform and smart classrooms
Opportunities4autism – A spectrum of opportunities: training field professionals on how to recruit and support individuals with autism at the workplace
CHOICE – Increasing young people’s motivation to choose STEM careers through an Innovative Cross-disciplinary STE(A)M approach to education
InnovAgroWoMed – Social Innovation in the Agri-food sector for Women’s Empowerment in the Mediterranean Sea basin
ICU-RERE: ICU-Knowledge Triangle, Innovation: Reinforcing of Education- Research E-Health & Medical Links
INTERBA – INTERnationalization at Home: Embedding Approaches and Structures to Foster Internationalization at Western BAlkans
MoreThanAJob – Reinforcing social and solidarity economy for the unemployed, uneducated and refugees
HEAL – enHancing rEcovery and integrAtion through networking, empLoyment training and psychological support for women victims of trafficking
IDEA – Interactive toolset supporting Development of Educators of Adults’ skills in Boosting Entrepreneurship among NEETs
HOPEFUL – Extending teacHers’ cOmPetences in the effective teaching of literacy, numeracy and digital skills to rEFUgee chiLdren
HEI4Diversity – Building Capacities to Prevent and Respond to any Form of Violence against the LGBTQI+ community in Higher Education Institutions in Europe
DREAMS – Fostering diversity in primary to secondary school transition to prevent early school leaving
IN2STEAM – Inspiring Next Generation of Girls through Inclusive STE(A)M Learning in Primary Education
BASE Migrant and refugee child-friendly support services in cases of sexual and gender-based violence
Sport Has the Power to Change the Europe! European Sport Volunteers as a Social Leader and Social Innovator – ESVOL
REC – Reflect Experiment Capture Experimental Filmmaking to Prevent Violence and Empower Disadvantaged Young People
CIM – Promoting Creativity and Innovation Management in an innovative blended learning and validation programme at the interface between higher education (HE) and business
ACTIVE BUSINESSES – Comprehensive practice led survey on health and physical activity promotion in businesses
SupportVoc – Development of a Generic Support Services Model to enhance the Rights of Victims of Crime
INTELed: INnovative Training via Embodied Learning & multi-sensory techniques for inclusive EDucation
SSaMs – Training Sports Students as Mentors to Improve the Educational Attainment of Boys and Young Men
BBChina – Master Programme on Bio-Based Circular Economy: From Fields to Bioenergy, Biofuel and Bioproducts in China
E-COURSE- EnhanCing the ParticipatiOn and Learning Performance of Migrant and RefUgee Children in PRimary School Education
SUCCESS – Strategies to Utilise and Cultivate positive Characteristics & Employability Skills in Schools
CONVEY – Counteracting sexual violence and harassment: Engaging Youth in schools in digital education on gender stereotyping
ARRC – ACTION FOR CHANGE: Achieving Resilience, Recovery and Choices for women and children following domestic violence
Employskills – The Development and Enhancement of Employability Skills for Young University Graduates of Cyprus
European implementation of CAPPYC – Cannabis Abuse Prevention Program for Young Consumers and evaluation of their results using a scale measuring attitudes towards drug use
SEHSI – Regional sustainable development on the basis of eco-human synergetic interaction (multidisciplinary training course for MSc, PhD and LLL students in engineering)
REPLACE 2 – Researching Female Genital Mutilation Intervention Programmes Linked to African Communities in the EU
CLIMATE CHANGE – Communicating Ecological Responsibility in a Multicultural Environment: Communication Techniques for Mobilizing Youth – Action on Climate Change
EurAsia Wings – Youth and enterprises from Europe and Asia working together to share good practices on environmental issues through Art
CVE – Corporate Volunteering – The Corporate Volunteering as a bridge between the world of work and the world of schools
TESD – Tools for Equal Sustainable Development – Let’s maximize the role of Young Women in Sustainable Development
YoMiWoE – Newsletters on young migrant women, their rights and the realization of those rights in European countries
The World Is Only One Creature – Research & exchange of Good Practices in the field of fight against racism & xenophobia










































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































