Parasol Foundation is an educational institution that works and operates mainly for seniors but also unemployed, youth, people at risk of social exclusion.

Its main aim is to provide seniors with a variety of educational challenges and opportunities for many years. Parasol Foundation is an institution with the aim to take part in educational projects to find possibilities of personal development of our learners and staff.

Our main activity is language teaching, we run language courses (English, German) for different groups of learners.

Parasol organizes many activities for seniors from language and ICT courses to book reading workshops, film festivals, walking tours, discussion meetings in order to involve as many seniors as possible and help them in beeing active.

Solution: Solidarity & Inclusion is an NGO based in Paris developing innovative actions to promote social cohesion through non formal education. The objective of the association is to boost social inclusion among adults by proposing several kinds of activities allowing to foster mutual acceptance, stimulate human interests by offering cross-cutting activities, design educational programs to open minds and strengthen fair dynamics between generations.

Solution focuses on the following areas:

• Integration of disadvantaged groups on the labor market

• Entrepreneurship as an opportunity for people with fewer opportunities

• Integration of migrants in the society

• Women empowerment  

• Gender equality for everyone 

• Intergenerational dialogue

EDUFONS is a non-governmental and non-profit civil society organisation which was established to strengthen social community through lifelong education, informing, promotion of active democratic citizenship, respect for diversity and earning key competences.

It is located in Novi Bečej (Serbia), a small town from a group of underdeveloped rural areas.

The major aim: To promote lifelong education through different levels of learning (formal, non-formal and informal) that develop key competences in people.

The mission: To contribute to the strengthening of the community through the promotion of democratic citizenship, positive valuation differences and non-formal educational programs creating the best conditions for lifelong learning for all citizens.

EDUFONS deals with social inclusion and education with the emphasis on marginalised groups by using tools of non-formal education and methods of intercultural learning.

Gramigna ODV is an Italian Association that offers social inclusion and Sustainable Development for disadvantaged people in social farming (refugee, migrants, people with psychiatric disorders, prisoners).

We develop educational projects for people and for schools on environmental sustainability issues, rural development, and social integration.

We work on cooperation with local, national and international partners.

The Gramigna ODV promotes Sustainable Development, inclusion, empowerment, employability, informal learning, restorative practices, diversity, intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, common values of freedom, tolerance, and respect for human rights as well as aims on enhancing media literacy, critical thinking and sense of initiative of young people.