About the project

Cesie ets

CESIE ETS is a non-governmental organisation, established in 2001, inspired by the work and theories of the Italian sociologist Danilo Dolci (1924-1997). CESIE ETS contributes to the active participation of people, civil societies, and institutions through the implementation of projects on various thematic areas, towards the promotion of growth and development, always valuing diversity in the respect of ethics and human development.

Our MISSION is to promote growth through innovative and participative educational approaches. As a European centre of Studies and Initiatives, the organisation is dedicated to the promotion of research and development so as to increase and improve future-oriented innovation processes in educational, social, economic and cultural spheres believing in the cross-cutting of organisations cooperating within heterogeneous fields and sectors.

Društvo Humanitas
Center za globalno učenje in sodelovanje

Humanitas – Centre for Global Learning and Cooperation is a non-governmental, non-profit and independent organisation working in the field of global learning and support programmes for children and local communities since 2000. It is the leading organisation in the field of global learning in Slovenia, cooperating with both Slovenian and international partners.

The main goal of Humanitas is to raise awareness of global interdependence and the role we as individuals play in the world by educating and informing about global challenges.

By promoting solidarity, responsibility, justice, and respect for human rights, we aim to encourage people, especially young people, to become actively involved in both formal and informal contexts and participate in shaping a society based on social and environmental justice.

Ekumenická Akademie, Z. S.

Ecumenical Academy (EA) is an NGO established in 1996 in the Czech Republic with the vision of a socially just, sustainable and tolerant society. EA works on human rights and finding solutions for economic, social, gender and ethnic inequalities. EA supports alternative forms of economic democracy, such as the social solidarity economy (SSE), fair trade, and co-operatives. EA has more than 28 years of experience in non-formal education, cooperation with universities, campaigning on responsible consumption and alternative economic models and creating good practice examples of the SSE.

EA is developing educational programmes for schools and other non-formal education actors focusing on human rights, global citizenship education, sustainability, economic democracy, food sovereignty, degrowth, climate change and youth participation. EA is using creative, participatory and alternative methods and has also experience in projects and activities involving artists and artistic methods or components.

EA is also combining theoretical and practical expertise – by creating good practice examples of Social Solidarity Economy – EA is running a fairtrade shop in Prague and co-founded Fair & Bio Roastery – a cooperative coffee roasting house as social enterprise, in both employing disabled people. Or running an own podcast – Fair & Bio Podcast – bringing interviews with people and topics not much present in the Czech media landscape.

Fundacja Kupuj Odpowiedzialnie

Buy Responsibly Foundation is a nationwide organization focusing on sustainable development and environmental protection, responsible consumption and production, as well as respect for human rights and environmental principles in business. We have been active since 2002: first as a programme of the Polish Green Network, and since January 2014 – as an independent foundation.

Our mission

Our goal is to raise awareness of Polish citizens, and increase their ability to make environmentally and socially responsible consumer choices and to increase the influence of Polish consumers over Polish companies and global corporations in order to improve their environmental protection and human rights standards

 How do we do this?

We try to show who and under what conditions produces the goods that we buy every day. We investigate whether their production did not have a negative impact on people, animals and the environment and, together with you, we are looking for ethical and ecological alternatives. We implement informational and educational projects, we work with teachers and other NGO’s, we also interact with business and governmental and administrative structures. So far, we have carefully analyzed the problems related to the production of clothes, toys, wood and paper. Currently we are also focusing on electronics and food. We organize conferences, seminars, meetings, debates, film screenings, happenings, exhibitions, festivals and trainings. We have produced several publications including guides for consumers, non-governmental organizations, business people, as well as manuals for teachers and educational brochures for children and youth.

Fundacja Sztukmistrze

The Sztukmistrze Foundation is a non-governmental organization established in 2010 to develop and promote the contemporary circus in Poland. We design and implement pedagogical, artistic and socially-engaged projects. In recognition of the commitment and quality of work, in 2018 we received the Lublin City Award for Promoting Culture. We have an experienced team that is not afraid of challenges – in 2012 and 2017 we organized the European Juggling Convention in Lublin, the largest travelling contemporary circus festival in the world (budget of 2 million PLN). In recognition of the importance of the event and the quality of its organization, we received a medal for the 700th anniversary of the City of Lublin. 

We work all year round, carrying out international, national, regional, as well as municipal and city district activities. We conduct systematic workshops using the method of circus pedagogy (including for people at risk of exclusion), we produce festivals and perform. 

Since 2016, we have been implementing the project Migam ze Sztukmistrzami, conducting workshops and making our events available to the Deaf community through translation into Polish Sign Language. We systematically conduct Polish-German meetings for young people on human rights, where we use various artistic means (music, graffiti, circus). For our project “Station Diversity” we received the Polish-German Youth Award 2017-2019. 

Sztukmistrze Foundation began as a grass root initiative of youth artists and activists, who specialized in art of contemporary circus and circus pedagogy.

Through the years our team devoted much time and work into development of the language of acrobatics, juggling and other circus skills as means of communication. We have always put circus arts in the center of our actions, but mainly not in the sense of professional artistic development – we are first and foremost a group of artist-pedagoges.

Fuori 

Essere fuori; parlare o agire in modo privo di logica

FUORI is italian and means wild, outdoors, and unlogical. We are searching for FUORI and combine our cultural and social science background with artistic research. We work FUORI and question socio-cultural constructions by involving people in participatory processes. We work FUORI and meet people of different ages and backgrounds. We are expanding meeting places of the social norm. We bring FUORI to places on the cultural periphery, to theatrical and public spaces. We are FUORI and engaged. We are political. We interfere, don’t stay outside! 

FUORI is an artistic association founded in 2020 by Luigi Guerrieri and Christina Rauchbauer, based in Vienna. Since its founding, FUORI realized four big artistic projects, that are participatory, reach a cross-generational audience and received local and international funding OLE OLE OLE (site specific in football cages), MISENTO (Dschungel Vienna, cooperation: Thank you for the compliments Switzerland), FLOWERS (WUK performing arts) and MY ELECTIONS-MY EU (Erasmus+, Südwind).

In “My Elections – My EU!” Christina Rauchbauer researched activistic and discursive formats, aiming to support young people in finding their own artistic and political decisions and means of expression. Christina Rauchbauer understood her role as an artist accompanying and holding the space for the needs and initiatives of the participants. Dealing with topics of climate change and migration, she also incorporated methods of self-care into the process.

Kud Kulturno Umetniško Društvo Transformator

The beginnings of the KUD Transformator Association date back to 2010, when the theatre-activist group Transformator was formed. The KUD Transformator Association was founded in January 2012 out of the need to expand and upgrade the theatre-activist mission, mainly but not exclusively in the techniques of theatre of the oppressed, for which the members of the theatre-activist group had previously received training (mostly as trainers or trainers of trainers in the techniques of theatre of the oppressed). An important part of the agenda of the association are theatre productions closer to classical theatre and performances for children and families.

The main activities and objectives of KUD Transformator Association are to bring together socially responsible individuals working in the field of performing, musical and visual arts, to spread the knowledge and use of the arts through collaboration, and thus to encourage creativity and creative action, and to respond to social realities. We are committed to sustainable development and a culture of dialogue and we encourage the active participation of oppressed people and groups, spreading awareness of social responsibility and aiming to empower as wide a range of people as possible to express it. In the social and cultural-artistic field, we cooperate with organisations and informal groups in Slovenia and abroad.

Prosvěta S.R.O.

Prosvěta Ltd., based in Prague, Czech Republic, is an independent film production company founded in 2015 by Ivona Remundová and Filip Remunda. We produce feature-length documentary films, short films, and spots for NGOs and impact campaigns. Our major projects include film development and production, book publishing, event organizing, as well as campaign setup and support for non-profits and activists. For creative and ethical reasons, we do not focus on commercial advertising. We collaborate with both established and debuting filmmakers from the Czech Republic and abroad.

We also partner with graphic designers, authors, journalists, academics, political scientists, visual artists, online marketers, students, and volunteers. Our company currently employs 4 core staff members and works with various freelancers and volunteers on different projects. Most of our work relates to documentary production (both audiovisual and pure audio). We also produce podcasts in-house and for other media organizations and NGOs (including Czech Radio, Institute of Documentary Film, etc.).

As an independent audiovisual company engaged in cultural activities, we’re committed to mentoring students of film schools and young people interested in film, helping to nurture the next generation of documentary filmmakers.

Südwind Verein für Entwicklungspolitik und Globale Gerechtigkeit

Südwind is an Austrian non-profit human rights organisation headquartered in Vienna that has been campaigning for global justice and sustainable development since 1979. With regional offices in Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Styria, Upper Austria and Lower Austria, Südwind implements development education projects and information campaigns. The editorially independent Südwind-Magazine focuses on international politics, culture and development and highlights global interconnections and their effects.

Originally founded by the Austrian Youth Council for Development Cooperation, youth work has always been at the heart of Südwind’s mission, alongside formal education and awareness raising. Südwind has coordinated the Erasmus+ projects “Hatebusters – Youth against Hate”, “My Creativity – My Power”, and “YouPart”, and has also been a partner in “YouRoTrip – Youth for Climate”, among numerous other projects focusing on work with (disadvantaged) young people. These initiatives have been co-financed by Erasmus+, EuropeAid, AMIF, CERV, and other EU programmes.

Teatro Atlante Cooperativa Sociale Arl

Teatro Atlante has distinguished itself over a journey of more than 12 years for its research, production, and training activities in the field of theatre. Its headquarters are in Palermo, where it organizes theatre and music festivals and cultural initiatives. It is committed to spreading theatrical culture among new generations by collaborating with schools of all levels, promoting training workshops for students and teachers, and working with local institutions.

Teatro Atlante is also involved in social issues, bringing its activities to support disadvantaged individuals facing economic and cultural poverty, collaborating with organizations and associations in various sectors. It brings theatre to prisons, hospitals, and places of social hardship and marginalization. The company is dedicated to the enhancement of urban spaces, creating itinerant performances, parades, street performances, using theatre as a tool to engage communities, revitalize abandoned areas, and renovate historically significant sites.

Since 2010, Teatro Atlante has carried out its activities with the support of the Department of Tourism, Sport, and Entertainment of the Sicilian Region.

Teatro Atlante is accredited by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities for the promotion of Creativity Themes within the national education and training system.