Supporting youth innovative minds for cultural and creative entrepreneurship

Artit (www.artit.net) is a Software as a Service (SaaS) arts & culture organization founded upon the belief that art is a powerful educational tool that facilitates self-expression and triggers change. Fusing arts and culture with education, we bring forth new ways to address today’s global challenges of ecology and society. We use arts as a means to educate and raise awareness on today’s global challenges, on issues around sustainability, social inclusion, entrepreneurship, as well as mental health, creativity and wellbeing. In this spirit, transnational collaborative partnerships are a key way that Artit stays socially engaged and practices its commitment to inclusive, thriving societies. Artit has adopted a multi-stakeholder partnerships approach, working with organizations in the public and private sectors, as well as with creators around the globe, to design and implement futureproof and creative actions that are essential to drive social change, for a more inclusive, creative, and sustainable world. To do so, we design and implements innovative projects at both national and international level. Our areas of expertise include: Creativity & Entrepreneurship: focusing on reskilling & upskilling and social entrepreneurship through arts as a means to foster people’s creativity and sense of initiative. Social Inclusion: supporting marginalized groups to integrate into society, including migrants, refugees, victims of violence, trafficking, and other vulnerable populations. Sustainability: creating educational tools to address climate change and raise awareness on the importance of green living. Mental Health & Wellbeing: promoting mental health, empowerment, and wellness.

INCOMA is a training and research centre based in Seville (Spain) with extensive know-how and experience in the development and coordination of international cooperation projects mainly funded within the framework of EU programmes, especially in the field of education, training and research. The INCOMA group is composed of a multicultural and committed team with relevant experience in transnational cooperation projects funded through different EU programmes (including Erasmus+, AMIF, H2020, EaSI or ENI), as well as through other international programmes (such as EEA grants and several national initiatives promoting mobility for educational purposes in EU countries). INCOMA’s activity is especially devoted to the development of social innovation projects, with special focus on targeting groups at risk or with special difficulties to enter the labour market, namely young people, women and citizens with a migrant background.

The Association of Integration and Development (SIR) was registered on 21st June 2001 in Kielce, Poland. For more than 20 years SIR has implemented about 60 projects funded from the European Union Funds. SIR has been actively involved in various initiatives

SwIdeas is a value-driven organisation and our aim is not to generate profit but to make an impact. We believe in sustainability, diversity, collaboration, and added value. When working with clients and partners, our aim is to support those who provide value not only for themselves, but also for their societies and communities, and to empower business owners and organisations to do so. SwIdeas is an entrepreneurial multicultural organisation bridging and partnering with small-scale enterprises, NGOs and other organisations to provide expertise within start-up, international development, social and sustainable development, and advisory services. We are a globally aspired, yet regionally rooted organization incorporated in Sweden.

KMOP is one of the oldest civil society organisations in Greece, established in 1977 with the mission to contribute to effective social policy design and to implement impactful programmes that build resilience, combat inequalities, and promote inclusive and sustainable social growth. KMOP studies, analyses, proposes solutions, and makes policy interventions to address contemporary social challenges based on fairness, innovation, sustainability, and balanced development. KMOP’s work focuses on a wide range of thematic areas such as Health Promotion & Wellbeing, Human & Fundamental Rights, Education, Civil Society & Democracy, Social Inclusion & Employment, and Arts & Culture. During the last 15 years, KMOP has successfully delivered more than 300 initiatives, while more than 65,000 people have benefited from its projects and services.

APROXIMAR is a Social Solidarity Cooperative, created in 2006, aiming to enhance people, communities and organisations’ human and social capital as a strategy to strengthen their capacity to take advantage of the existing and emergent challenges and opportunities. The mission is accomplished daily by co-designing and developing tailor-made social innovation, good practices exchange and transfer driven projects, besides delivering its own pack of empowering and capacity building services: training, consultancy and social intervention.