Partners
CjCyL
In CJCyL we work to promote initiatives that ensure the active participation of Castilian and Leonese youth in decisions and measures that concern them, as well as the representation of the 49 entities of youth participation integrated with autonomic scope of action. We are located in Palencia, a small city in the north of the region of Castilla y León (Spain). We also function as an interlocutor of youth with the Autonomous Administration and any public or private institution. CJCyL participates in several activities in wich 25.000 youngsters are involved. The CJCyL manages the SIJPLUS system, the volunteering programme, job newsletter, the youth hostel “El Callejón”, the European Youth Card and coordinates and participates some European Projects. Some of these are GYMKHANA 5.0. and Radio Theater: Tales of Quarantine.
ASPAYM CyL
The ASPAYM Castilla y León Foundation began operating in 2004, twelve years after ASPAYM was founded in the region of Castilla y León, Spain.
Its main objectives are to promote autonomy, equal rights and opportunities and improve the quality of life of people with physical disabilities, allowing them a meaningful integration into society. In addition, ASPAYM CyL seeks to be a leading association, providing its target users with the tools to achieve that mission. This goal is achieved through the quality of its programs and activities, research and the appropriate use of new technologies.
ASPAYM CyL has a youth department focused on activities with young people. This department is an active member of the Regional Regional Youth Council of CyL, and it is also a member of the Permanent Youth Council of the Province of Valladolid. We are also part of the network of youth information points in the province of Valladolid, which makes ASPAYM the only youth organization with the diversity level that complies with all of the above.
The youth department of ASPAYM CyL develops a multitude of activities (advocacy, non-formal education, employment), as well as years of experience and multiple awards. Also the awareness project “Ponte en mis zapatos” (Put yourself in my shoes) is developed, whose main objective is the standardization of disability in schools, community centers, youth organizations, etc. In recent years, the organization has been committed to the use of gamification as a methodology in non-formal education activities. In this sense, ASPAYM CyL has developed board games, video games, escape rooms and manuals based on this technique to work with youngsters, always from an inclusive perspective in order to ensure equal access of young people with disabilities to all available resources.
The youth department of ASPAYM CyL develops a multitude of activities (advocacy, non-formal education, employment), as well as years of experience and multiple awards. Also the awareness project “Ponte en mis zapatos” (Put yourself in my shoes) is developed, whose main objective is the standardization of disability in schools, community centers, youth organizations, etc. In recent years, the organization has been committed to the use of gamification as a methodology in non-formal education activities. In this sense, ASPAYM CyL has developed board games, video games, escape rooms and manuals based on this technique to work with youngsters, always from an inclusive perspective in order to ensure equal access of young people with disabilities to all available resources.
CEIPES
CEIPES – International Centre for the Promotion of Education and Development is a non-profit organisation founded in 2007 and based in Palermo, Italy. It leads a Network of more than 8 European and extra European associations focused on Education, Training and Social Development. CEIPES has expertise on Education, Transfer of innovation and Project management in different European programmes tackling the Education and the capacity building of different target groups, from young people to adults, from women to unemployed, migrants and disadvantaged groups. It also promotes lifelong learning, vocational training and entrepreneurship with the aim of enhancing opportunities for youth and adults to improve and acquire competences and therefore boost their employability and inclusion. CEIPES has several links with public and private local and international stakeholders that can contribute to the achievement of project results in terms of dissemination, exploitation and sustainability of them. CEIPES can count on experienced staff composed of professionals with different competences and fields such as psychology, communication, training, international cooperation, social and cultural mediation, social assistance, ICT, digital manufacturing and law.
Rosto Solidário
Rosto Solidário (RS) aims to promote global citizenship and solidarity by reinforcing the human and social development of local communities. The main principles of Rosto Solidário are civic participation, social integration, solidarity, networking and partnership. The organization’s scope of work includes four main areas: International Cooperation for Development; Education for Global Citizenship; Volunteering; and Family-based Social Support.
Gender Equality, Human Rights and Social Inclusion are treated as cross-cutting issues in all the programs implemented. Rosto Solidário also takes Non Formal Education approaches to promote lifelong learning opportunities, following the Global Citizenship Framework.
RS’s legal status of public utility as an NGO was recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2008. RS is a member of the Portuguese NGDO Platform and is represented in the Working Group on Development Education and Global Citizenship.
At the local level, RS is a member of the local network ” The Social Network of Santa Maria da Feira municipality” (host to 115 organizations with social intervention programs – following the guidelines of the National Action Plan for Inclusion). Within this network, RS has been awarded four times with a recognition of its work in promoting voluntary work and supporting the development of local communities.
Adding at this level the perspective of global understanding of the world, as well as bringing participants the opportunity to participate in international learning mobility experiences, particularly aligned with the Erasmus + program, RS promotes and is a partner in the European Voluntary Service / European Solidarity Corps, partnership building activities, training courses and youth exchanges. RS is an accredited hosting and sending organization for European Voluntary Service projects since 2011. It is also a Eurodesk multiplier.