What is the general context of each organisation involved?
(A) (Greece) The
K.E.M.O.P. (FAMILY EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE TRAINING CENTRE), is an officially recognized charity foundation located in Nafpaktos Greece. It was founded in 1992.
It is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO), recognized by the Ministry of Labor to supply accompanying support services to socially disadvantaged groups (in social exclusion) in the region of Western Greece.
It
cooperates with the Greek Ministry of Labor and with the local authorities of Nafpaktos, with the Prefecture of Aitolo-Akarnania and with the regional authorities of Western Greece, especially in Prefecture of Achaia.
It also cooperates with Vocational Training Centers (K.E.K.) as KEK EFPYRIDES - Aitoliko, MASTER KEK - Agrinio (Prefecture of Aitolo-Akarnania); KEK OLYMPIAKO - Patras (Prefecture of Achaia); KEK DELTA - Pyrgos (Prefecture of Ilia).
KEMOP "Platon" has established a large database of potential external collaborators or experts such as (psychologists, sociologists, social workers, philologists, teachers of primary and secondary school, floriculturists, accountants, lawyers, engineers, etc.) for the projects of vocational training.
The main objective of the centre is the offering of supportive social services to people in need and unemployed persons, especially social exclusion groups.
(B) (Holland) The goal of stichting
Gek Op Werk is to promote the participation of people with a psychiatric background in regular labour without exception.
To achieve this goal "Gek Op Werk" offers courses that help people with a psychiatric background to find and keep a job, organize seminars and reintegrate people to regular work, using the supported employment method.
The targetgroup of "Gek Op Werk" is most of the time at high risk of exclusion or already isolated. The low participation in regular labour makes that a substantial part of the targetgroup, generally they have poverty and suffer from other social problems. This is next to the psychiatric problems or the psychiatric past a cause of exclusion. Immigrants suffer up to 6 times as much from psychiatric diseases, and the combination of higher age and a psychiatric disorder can be disastrous for participation in society.
(C) (Poland)
Miejski Osrodek Doradztwa Metodycznego, (MODM), is a public state run institution managed by Municipal Council in Bialystok. Our prime function is to support the professional advance of persons active in the field of education. Caring for teachers' development, we organize and conduct various courses thanks to the competent and highly qualified staff of teachers - consultants; we gather methodological advisors of the city Bialystok: experts, educators and certified teachers. The courses we organise include: competence courses, advancement courses, computer operating courses, workshops, seminars and methodological conferences, teacher staff training and counselling. We can also prepare and perform diverse training sessions and workshops taking into consideration the individual needs of the schools and other educational institutions.
We actively cooperate with educational authorities, the institutions connected with education, autonomous authorities and universities and colleges.
We popularize the knowledge of the European Union and cooperate with other educational subjects within the framework of European educational projects.
(D) (United Kingdom)
Newtown Community Centre is a major provider of community service and provision for the locally cultural diverse community of the Newtown, U.K.
Ladywood constituency is part of Birmingham city council and is located mainly within the inner city of Birmingham. Ladywood constituency comprises of four wards, Aston, Ladywood, Nechells and Soho, Newtown being in the Aston Ward. Ladywood Constituency has a diverse multicultural population with minority communities forming 62% of the population.
Ladywoods engagement strategy states that
"We will consult and engage with citizens and partners through meaningful participation to meet local needs for all, thereby creating community cohesion, promoting civil renewal and achieving the objectives of flourishing neighbourhoods by ensuring that there are no hard to reach groups in the Ladywood Constituency".
Newtown Community Centre provides formal and informal education for the local and wider community. The centre is split into various departments, Youth and community with appropriate programmes, play centre providing after and out of school programmes and adult education for formal and personal developmental opportunities.
(E) (Austria) The
"Österreichische Bibliothekswerk" ("Austrian library Association") with headquarter in Salzburg/Austria is a non-profit and non governmental organization that represents the interests of about 1.200 member's libraries. Nearly 7.000 librarians work in these public libraries, most of them voluntary.
Our purposes and tasks are consultation, education, support and representation of librarians and their libraries. In various projects we work to establish supportive networks.
The "life traces" project is the initial point of our interest in this Grundtvig project: Up to now we have been very successful in motivating libraries to start activities that bring different generations and cultures together. "Creative steps to social activation" should become a central element to reach also sections of the population, that are more distant to our society and bring them in contact with public institutions and involve them in learning processes. In an international interchange "Creative steps to social activation" should help us to develop the strategies and measures to reach those population groups.
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