Microkosmos is an independent, non-profit, international organization established in 2016 in Italy. Microkosmos aims to promote diversity and interculturality and raise awareness of different cultural expressions and their values to encourage the development of cultural interaction to bring people closer together and close the cultural gaps. Microkosmos aims to promote:
1. Activities that help people improve their creative thinking and awareness of cultural and educational diversity in Europe, and in parallel to reinforce the EU identity.
2. Cultural accessibility through adapting and transcribing the cultural, scientific and legal texts.
3. Publishing activity through releasing and/or distributing books, multimedia tools, studies or research.
4. Artistic creation and Interculturalism.
The organization operates based on the principles of social solidarity with an interdisciplinary method for the cultural growth of the person – of any ethnicity and origin – favouring instruments of interpretation of the different artistic and socio-cultural realities. The philosophy is to recognize the individuals and provide them with tools, knowledge and a voice. Microkosmos annually organizes innovative seminars regarding the cultural heritage and the arts addressed to young people, people with disabilities, (im)migrants and refugees in collaboration with the University of Turin.
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MYARTIST is a social cooperative enterprise, founded in 2018, specialised in the provision of services of general interest or the reintegration, through work, coaching/counselling, and mentoring services, of disadvantaged and marginalised artists (disabled, long-term unemployed, former detainees, addicts, etc.).
MYARTIST offers management, coaching, mentoring, and counselling services to graduates from “art schools”, and invites companies to “adopt” an artist and to undertake his or her operating costs (to create a painting, a sculpture, to organise a photographic exhibition, etc.). Myartist brings creative talents into contact with companies of excellence. From the synergy between the company and the artist, an unprecedented art collection is born, an exceptional and innovative testimonial of an entrepreneurial artist identity.
In that way, MYARTIST aims to engage art as an important tool for fostering dialogue among diverse peoples, cultures, and worldviews to encourage tolerance and solidarity in the defence of human rights, underlying the importance of the relationship between the artist and the most compelling issues of our time.
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Coconut Luxembourg’ is an NGO that forms part of the pan-European network ‘Coconutwork’. Our mission is to empower youth aged 18-30 for personal, educational, and career growth while fostering active citizenship and intercultural dialogue to strengthen partnerships between Luxembourg and other Euro-Mediterranean countries.
We achieve this by supporting young people’s active involvement and participation and offering programs in civic education, youth empowerment, and volunteer engagement. Our organization has a rich history of involvement in various projects under the Erasmus+ framework.
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Association RESOPA – Réseau Solidaire & Participatif (Solidary & Participative Network) is a French organisation that works with youth through non-formal education and international mobilities on topics related to social innovation, sustainable development, and youth participation in community development.
Since 2018, we have been working locally in the Auvergne region on several projects (workshops, public events also dubbed citizens’ cafés (café citoyens), and group discussions, including campaigns) on issues related to sustainability such as eco-friendly lifestyle, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and local development.