Partner

Nara SK (Slovakia)

NARA-SK is an association of waste producers, design offices and developers of technical solutions, universities, scientific and research institutes and experts in waste and water management, municipalities (towns and villages), civil associations and non-profit organisations dealing with circular economy in order to cooperate and promote each other. NARA-SK develops its activities with advisory, educational, promotional, publishing, information and mediation activities, especially for its members and partners. An important part is education and education of public administration and population in the field of circulatory / waste management applications, technical solutions for biodiversity rehabilitation, adaptation measures to mitigate the consequences of climate change, low carbon economy and the application of products and technical solutions for construction using recycled materials and recycled materials.
NARA-SK reports to the concept of zero waste.
www.narask.sk

GoDesk (Italy)

GoDesk is a coworking and an innovation space placed in Potenza. GoDesk is a shared workspace designed to inspire, to cut down fixed costs of companies and professionals, to promote exchanges among coworkers, clients, to improve their skills and knowledge in a way to stimulate innovation.
Designed to run ideas into affordable and sustainable manner, GoDesk is also very active as business accelerator as it offers a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration opportunities. The mentorship programmes or some of services for startups, freelancers and small enterprises delivered are based on the educational strategy of WBL (Work Based Learning), such as involving learners working for an employer, job shadowing, sharing entrepreneurial experience, apprenticeship, internship and others as such.
In collaboration with local public organization, GoDesk is developing also a incubator programme providing startups with workspace and business development services – including accounting, branding, and intellectual property training – in a rent-based model offered to young ventures in a custom package.
Most part of the incubation program uses the approach Worked based Learning giving to the new startup different opportunity to improve his or her skills and experiences through Apprenticeship, Internship, Mentorship, Job Shadowing or Business visit and many more.
www.godesk.it

Sykli (Finland)

Somos Más has been founded in Bogotá, Colombia in 2003, and has expanded to Madrid in 2011 funding Somos Más SL in 2015. It is an award winning organisation working with Governments, private sector, NGOs and volunteer organisations, to develop internal and external communication tools and strategies, support awareness raising, bringing forward a vision of a powerful and networked civil society with higher outreach and participation.
Somos Más deep experience in designing participative processes through collective intelligence strategies, methodologies and dynamics as well as through web 2.0 technologies (including online tools for CI, extensive knowledge of platforms and CMS for websites).
www.sykli.fi

Future Fashion Forward and Circular Berlin (Germany)
FFF e.V:

Future Fashion Forward e.V. (FFF) promotes education about the textile and fashion industry. It places particular emphasis on sustainability, environment, social standards and social justice.
The long-term vision for FFF is the establishment of a platform that informs the population about the grievances in the garment industry and thus contributes to a positive change, both in the producing countries and in Germany.
https://future.fashion/
Circular Berlin (Circular City e.V.)
Circular Berlin is a non-profit, with the objective to accelerate Berlin’s transition towards a circular city, by developing the local circular economy agenda and its implementation, though research, community-building and practical programmes.
http://circular.berlin/de/

Somos Mas (Spain)

Izmir Manifaturacilar, Tuhafiyeciler ve Benzerleri Odasi (Turkey)

We are Chamber of Izmir Dry Goods and Haberdashery. The Chamber of Izmir Dry Goods and Haberdashery, is a non-profit, semi-official public organization with a legal entity. There are 1300 registered small and medium sized enterprises (sme) in-house. We have nearly 1500 members (40 – 70 age). Our Education Center , entered into service in 1993. Within the establishment, we have initial vocational education courses for the graduates of vocational training centers and universities and the employees of the firms in the sector. Centre, partner institution at the same time The Chamber of Izmir Izmir Dry Goods and Haberdashery. We have experience in a EU Projects regarding adult education, “active aging”, “solidarity through generations” and we will come with our knowledge from entrepreneurship field to fulfill the relation between education and labor market that will be present as a topic into this project.
Izmir Chamber of Izmir Dry Goods and Haberdashery organizes vocational trainings for adults in cooperation with Izmir Iskur (turkish employment organisation) covering entrepreneurship, industrial designing , machinery, computer-aided fashion design, diesinking etc . It also contributes training programs of persons with disabilities and clears the way for having a job. In cooperation with relevant institutions sector the chamber also organizes and prepares variety of courses and programs for vocational education
www.izmirtmbo.org

CRN e.V. – coordinator

The Comparative Research Network was founded in 2007 and worked since then in the field of adult and vocational education. The CRN Network is specialised in training activities within the fields of intercultural competences, intergenerational learning, mobilities and migration. Additionally the CRN is specialised in creating and performing evaluation and dissemination processes to identify smart practices.
CRN lately gained through various projects both as coordinator and participant expertise in game design in education, storytelling and community reporting, where the network is currently carrying out training for a number of target groups.
Due to CRN being organised as a transnational network, it has an international scope. At the moment it employs 3 permanent and around 6 freelance staff, and has a network of more than 120 members, located in almost every European country. As a NGO CRN is non-profit oriented and performs crucial part of its work on a voluntary bases.
Major target groups of the CRN are beside trainer marginalized groups, such as persons living in remote rural areas, seniors and unemployed. Generally CRN is seeking to link social science with civil society actions – that is why CRN joined itself various local, national and transnational networks.
www.crnonline.de