➡️ Andrej Marušić, Principal of the AEI Dante

➡️ Petra Katana, Head of the International Cooperation and EU Projects Department

petra@dante-ri.hr

➡️ Antonela Marjanušić, Project manager in the Department for International Cooperation and EU Projects

antonela@dante-ri.hr

➡️ Ivone Mataija, Professional associate in the Department for International Cooperation and EU Projects

ivone@dante-ri.hr

➡️ Tina Šunjić, Professional associate in the Department for International Cooperation and EU Projects

tina@dante-ri.hr

➡️ Mirna Rubeša, Mobility coordinator

mobility@dante-ri.hr

➡️ Daria Mršić, Professional associate in the Department for International Cooperation and EU Projects

daria@dante-ri.hr

30 employees.

➡️ Neuza Simoes, European Project director/manager; neuza.simoes@amadorainova.pt

➡️ Ricardo Girão, Incubator and entrepeneuship Manager; ricardo.girao@amadorainova.pt

➡️ Ercan KÜÇÜKARSLAN, Project Manager

ekucukarslan@gmail.com

The Municipality of Lousada directs its action to achieve sustainable development, to promote and boost the council at the economic, social, environmental, and cultural levels, optimizing the use of available resources and striving for a public administration capable of responding to the growth objectives of the council and the needs of its citizens.

The Municipality mission is to define guiding strategies and execute the resulting municipal policies towards sustainable development of the municipality, contributing to its increased competitiveness, at local, regional, and national levels, through measures and programs in various areas of their competence, promoting the quality of life of its citizens and ensuring high standards of quality services.

In performing its functions and duties, municipal services should pursue the following objectives:

a) Conducting a full and objective way of projects, actions, and activities defined by municipal bodies, namely those consisting of investment plans and activity plans;

b) Achieving high rates of improvement in the delivery of services to the population, responding promptly to their needs and aspirations;

c) Modernization of technical services, accelerating the processes of decision making;

d) Dignifying and professional development of municipal workers, and their accountability.

The organizational structure:

Department of Administration and Finance

Department of Municipal Works and Environment

Department of City Planning

The Municipality of Lousada is also structured around the following flexible organic units:

a) Division of legal affairs and human resources;

b) Division of financial management’s;

c) Communication, heritage, culture, education and sport division;

d) Division of social action, youth, economic and tourism activities;

e) Division of planning and urban management;

f) Mobility and Equipment Division;

g) Environment Division and urban services;

h) Municipal projects service;

i) Information systems service and communication

➡️ Artur Pinto, Project Manager

artur.pinto@cm-lousada.pt

➡️ Jai Mexis, CEO & Founder 

jai.mexis@odyssea.com

➡️ Myrto Siapardani, Development Program Manager

maria.papadopoulou@odyssea.com

➡️Andrada Maria Safta, Project manager and Marketing and Communication Professional

andrada.safta@cpip.ro

➡️Samuel Bogdan, Project manager & Digital Media Specialist

sami.bogdan@cpip.ro

➡️ Damian Faeh, Innovation manager and project coordinator

damian.faeh@flyingteachers.com

➡️ Alexandra Pavlou, Project Manager

media@innoeusphere.com

➡️ Roberto Greco, President

grecor@didaxe.it

➡️ Gregorio Clavarino, Project manager

g.clavarino@itinerariparalleli.org

Our priority objectives are: to foster the active and democratic participation of adults with fewer opportunities, young people and minors (Italians and foreigners) in the decision-making processes that affect them and the community in which they live; to combat all forms of violence, including online, dictated by discriminatory motives; to promote wellbeing, culture and interculturalism and international cooperation among adult and young people; to promote intergenerational dialogue and the issues of citizenship off-line and on-line.

➡️ Giovanna Maciariello, Legal representative

maciariello.giovanna@gmail.com

➡️Carme Ors Puig, Secretary,

carmeors@gmail.com

CEIPES is structured in different departments with specific expertise in line with the sectors addressed, as follows:

1) Innovation, Technology, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurship

2) Human & Civil Rights

3) Art, Culture, Design and Gamification

4) Well-being, Sport & Disability

CEIPES’ structure also includes a COMIT department - dealing with all the activities related to ICT, dissemination and communication - along with the “Rise Lab - Center for Innovation, Empowerment and Networking”, which manages CEIPES’ ANG in radio, the Pocket Cine-theatre, the STEM Lab with its additive manufacturing technologies (3D Printing) and the MADE (analogue digital empowerment museum).

CEIPES ETS is also an Employment Agency, accredited by Sicily Region to provide employment services such as: orientation; skills assessment; job support; recruitment; internship placement.

Website: www.ceipes.org

PIFs with details on the different sectors addressed: www.ceipes.org/pif

➡️ Musa Kirkar, President

kirkar@ceipes.org

➡️ Ana Cristina Pereira, Project coordinator

anacristinap7@gmail.com

➡️Filipe Lopes, CEO

filipegarlopes@gmail.com

Through its decades of importance in the Austrian adult education system and its international contacts, the Retzhof has left its mark on adult education in Austria and beyond. Its location makes the Retzhof particularly interesting for cross-border cooperation and meetings.

The organisation plans and organises seminars, symposia, conferences, congresses, workshops and cultural events on current social issues, as well as activity days for schools and special offers for senior citizens. Its guiding principle is lifelong learning.

➡️ Polonca Kosi Klemensak, Padagogical management & Erasmus+ Coordinator

polonca.kosi-klemensak@retzhof.at

The Adult Education Centre Ajdovščina is a public institution founded by the Municipality of Ajdovščina, specializing in adult education and lifelong learning in the Vipava Valley. With a team of 10 professionals, the Centre has a rich, 60-year tradition and annually serves over 1,500 learners from diverse backgrounds, including unemployed individuals, elderly people, youth without formal education, and immigrants.

Scope and Areas of Expertise

Non-formal Education: Programs in work training, general education, and social inclusion.

Social Inclusion: Focus on vulnerable target groups such as individuals with low literacy levels, the elderly, and those with special needs.

Intergenerational and Lifelong Learning: Programs fostering cooperation and knowledge-sharing between generations.

Digital and Green Education: ICT literacy, e-learning, and environmental education.

Career Counselling and Personal Development: Individual and group career guidance using creative and psychological techniques.

Key Program Offerings

Lifelong Success Training: For individuals with up to 10 years of education.

Basic Competences Development: Enhancing fundamental skills for adults.

Digital Literacy Programs: For elderly and unemployed participants.

Project-Based Learning for Youth and Adults: (e.g., PUM-O and PRODUK) Empowering social and labor market integration.

Intergenerational Learning: Programs that encourage collaborative learning and community-building.

Green Education: Environmental programs like "Back to Nature," aimed at promoting sustainable practices.

Collaborations and Achievements:

The institution works closely with various stakeholders, including municipalities, libraries, employment services, and local businesses, to deliver impactful programs. It has extensive experience managing European and national projects funded by the European Social Fund and Slovenian ministries.

Mission and Vision:

The Centre is committed to enhancing lifelong learning opportunities and fostering professional and personal development through innovative, high-quality educational programs. Its mission emphasizes professionalism, individual approaches, and creating a cooperative, future-oriented learning environment.

➡️ Eva Mermolja, CEO

eva.mermolja@lu-ajdovscina.si

➡️ Meta Furlan, specialist adviser

meta.furlan@lu-ajdovscina

Our mission is to promote feminism and self-care within Austrian society. Given that our area is predominantly rural, networking plays a vital role for both our team and the women we support, enabling us to foster stronger connections and opportunities.

➡️ Eva Surma, Project manager

eva.surma@gmx.at

➡️ Tahereh Babakhanie, Participant

shirinbabakhanie22@gmail.com

With over 150 full-time employees and around 1,000 course leaders, we hold more than 6,000 events a year. In addition to our adult education courses, these include educational vacations, guided tours and excursions, a variety of lectures and some free information events. VHS Frankfurt conducts exams in various areas and organizes study trips. Panel discussions, concerts, readings, and theater performances take place on our adult education stage.

The range of courses is divided into eight major program areas, which are replanned and organized every six months by the teams of the four departments - "General Education", "Work and Career and Central Office for Educational Projects and Advice", "Languages" and "Social Cohesion".

➡️ Danijel Dejanovic, Director

danijel.dejanovic.vhs@stadt-frankfurt.de

➡️ Tugba Yilmaz, Erasmus+ Coordination

tugba.yilmaz.vhs@stadt-frankfurt.de 

➡️ Jana Freudenberger, Project coordinator, political adult education

jana.freudenberger.vhs@stadt-frankfurt.de

➡️ Doris Juričev, Erasmus coordinator

doris@adria-school.hr

The mission of e-Nable Greece is:

the utilization of new technologies such as 3D Printing, 3D Scanning, Mechatronics, and IT applications for the design, production, and evolvement of assistive devices & educational material and the education of the wider audience so that everyone can act as a multiplier and promote the active role of citizen in local communities.

Concerning direct beneficiaries of our mission, thus people with disabilities, our main target groups are:

1) people with upper limb disability,

2) people with Visual Impairment and

3) people with a mild form of Autism.

Concerning indirect beneficiaries of our mission, thus people who want to act as multipliers and be active citizens, our main target groups are:

1) teachers/trainers/families of people with disabilities,

2) people related to inclusive education in any sector and

3) people from any background who want to adopt the role of active citizen.

➡️ Thanos Mitzifiris, Co-founder

thanos@enabling.gr

Through working with decision-makers and adult education providers, more opportunities for education and training will be supplied, particularly for vulnerable population groups to improve their living conditions. Likewise, DVV International helps to support the integration of socially disadvantaged and ethnic minorities in order to increase the possibilities for their democratic participation. The scope of work is the promotion of employment, the support of the socially disadvantaged and marginalized population groups, the creation and development of sustainable adult education structures, the improvement of the quality and range of adult education offers and the expansion of public awareness of the adult education sector in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In light of the prospect of accession to the European Union, the integration of adult education in regional, European and international technical cooperation is supported as well.

➡️Dženita Džano, Director

dzano@dvv-international.ba

➡️Marina De Luca, Vice Principal

marina.deluca@cpia5torino.edu.it

➡️ Massimo Lorusso, Teacher and Digital Coordinator

massimo.lorusso@cpia5torino.edu.it

➡️ Grazia Francavilla, Teacher

grazia.francavilla@cpia5torino.edu.it

CPCD is dedicated to the mission of strengthening civil society in Bosnia and the Western Balkans by supporting good ideas, empowering and coordinating civil society organizations and media, and creating conditions for democratic dialogue and cooperation among civil, government, business, and academic sectors to build a free and open society in line with citizens' needs, in order to contribute to the vision of a democratic society where all actors freely and responsibly fulfill their roles.

CPCD is recognized for its SMART Center for Adult Education, that is accredited by the Ministry for Education, Science, and Youth of Sarajevo Canton, emphasizing its commitment to lifelong learning and skill enhancement. CPCD provides a broad range of professional services. This includes capacity-building support for civil society organizations (CSOs), government institutions, and private enterprises.

CPCD operates in line with strategic goals across four key program areas:

Enabling Environment for Civil Society: Strengthening legislative, financial, and operational frameworks to bolster the capacity and sustainability of the civil society sector, with a focus on CSOs, media, and academia in BiH and the Western Balkans.

Citizen Participation in Decision-Making: Establishing, enhancing, and promoting mechanisms that enable vibrant civil society participation in decision-making processes at national, regional, and EU levels.

Active involvement of CSOs in EU integrations: Enhancing the role of BiH civil society organizations in the EU integration process through network creation, capability building, promoting cross-border cooperation, and establishing effective mechanisms for CSO participation.

Organizational Development: Strengthening internal capacities and institutional frameworks to support CCSP's mission and strategic objectives, fostering an efficient relationship with government and business sectors and developing civic activism.

CPCD's extensive experience and multidisciplinary expertise, coupled with its numerous partnerships with organizations and institutions, position it as a vital stakeholder in BiH's social and economic development.

➡️ Dajana Cvjetković, Program manager

dajana.cvjetkovic@cpcd.ba

Organization of functional and permanent education in order to innovate knowledge of managing and expert persons in economy

The KS Chamber of Commerce is an accredited organizer of adult education.

It has an accredited program for adult education

Realizes informal education for adults

Implements local and international projects

He advocates the idea of ​​lifelong learning

He is working on the improvement of legal regulations in the field of adult education.

➡️ Darko Vujović, Director of Centre for Economic Development

darkov@pksa.ba

➡️ Adnan Kovačević, lawyer

➡️ Meliha Abdulahović, Director

novazanimanja@gmail.com 

In less than a decade, Mundus has become a reference entity in Europe in the field of international mobility.

The main focuses of our organization are:

• To promote the internationalization of VET centers and enhance their capacities to work in a international context

• To provide learning opportunities and enhance cross-cutting and technical skills for young people promoting their employability.

• To provide capacity building for professionals and organizations

Through the diversity of projects that we carry out (more than 55 projects mainly in the E+ Program), we have established several links with schools, public bodies, and civic institutions that help us in forming strategic partnerships and projects, with the goal of improving the quality of education and youth services at the local level. We have supported vocational schools, local NGOs and other social actors through numerous projects under Erasmus+.

➡️ Béatrice Bellet, Director

bbellet@mundusgroup.com

Prioritizing learning over teaching, it emphasizes a pedagogy of discovery and invention through methods of experimentation and scientific rigor. Making the school an open system for innovation and audacity in the field of art, while seeking to combine technical, scientific, and artistic skills with appropriate civic, ethical, and aesthetic education for its students, are our founding principles. 465 Students, 86 Staff

➡️ Elodie Teixeira, Management - working in adult education and training

eteixeira@arvore.pt

non-for-profit organization established in 2012 in Warsaw, Poland to support social

innovation, encourage entrepreneurship development, adult education and support

individuals who want to change reality and have an impact on the economic and

social development of Poland and United Europe. FIIW activities are centred around

supporting and expanding the idea of democracy, financial education, access

to education and knowledge, ICT tools, lifelong learning, support for migrants, refugees, entrepreneurs and innovation.

FIIW provides especially support in the area of social and vocational activation,

entrepreneurship, social innovation, VET, school education and financial education through projects that include training, online courses, seminars, conferences, workshops, mentoring sessions and other educational events, mainly for socially excluded groups of beneficiaries. Since the activities are mainly directed at groups of adults, youth, and migrants and many

of them are from the marginalized and often neglected members of our society, the Foundation provides all of its services free of charge to its participants.

FIIW has been involved in disseminating innovation, entrepreneurship, self-fulfillment and financial independence among various groups since its creation, particularly those economically excluded. The Foundation has been active for over 13 years, implementing several educational and social activities. FIIW has an official public entry in the Register of Training Institutions and Employment Agencies. The Foundation has a team of 12 full-time employees and 30+ trainers and methodologists, experts and mentors

who constitute a team of specialists creating training programs, providing professional support to vulnerable groups, and consulting and mentoring services. We have broad experience in launching educational platforms and project management with public funds including EU funds like ESF, ESF+, and Erasmus+. Within the organization, a group of

many specialists cooperates permanently in all fields of education e.g. training, finance, social work, social campaigns, entrepreneurship, vocational counseling and innovation. FIIW embraces an area of the entire Poland, which confirms the range of implemented projects as well outside Poland in the international projects delivered with other countries. The main recipients of our activities are people at risk of social exclusion, including people with low education, threatened with / or unemployed, disabled, youth, and many others using the help of social institutions.

➡️ Krzysztof Jaszczuk, Chairman

fiiw@fiiw.pl

Rightchallenge activities are aimed to ensure quality and access to non-formal education and to overcome the deficits in access to lifelong learning in Portugal, while promoting the valorisation of human capital and generating value in organisations by providing integrated training services.

Rightchallenge recognises that non-formal education and lifelong are extremely important to develop social, emotional and cognitive competences, while promoting the individuals’ personal fulfilment and well-being. As an organisation who strives for the holistic development, we promote and develop positive transformations in society and facilitate the access of learning opportunities for citizens who face educational attainment obstacles.

Our specialists have a wide range of expertise in education, training, youth, sport policies and networking activities. We create resources and curriculum (both in online and face-to-face environments) to support educators to address the needs of their target-groups.

Our network of research groups, universities and other educational institutions allows us to develop and organise courses, meetings and conferences to participate actively in the non-formal education debate. Our interventions promote human resources development and capacity building in the fields of education, training, youth and sport activities.

Rightchallenge develops a social intervention by promoting institutional training of social actors and qualifying stakeholders for an effective intervention and for strengthening of the social sector.

➡️ Marisa Esteves, Director

rightchallengeassociacao@gmail.com

➡️ Goran Zajić, Assistant to the Academy President for Financial Operations and Development

gzajic@politehnika.edu.rs

➡️ Aleksandra Nastasić, Assistant to the Academy President for Quality Assurance and Accreditation

anastasic@politehnika.edu.rs

➡️ Ana Popović, Professor of Applied Studies, Environmental Engineering, apopovic@politehinika.edu.rs

➡️ Mia Maslać, Erasmus+ Coordinator

miamaslac10@gmail.com

At Brainery Academy, we believe in the power of shared expertise and the beauty of lifelong learning. Our mission? To ignite curiosity, foster inclusivity, and empower individuals from all walks of life. From riveting courses meticulously crafted to meet the pulse of our community's interests to engaging conferences and debates on pressing societal and health issues, we are dedicated to keeping our learners at the forefront of their educational journey.

But our mission extends beyond the classroom walls. We strive to create community cohesion. In fact, the Association has also "adopted" the Pecile Village (area of our town), to help traders to enhance the neighbourhood atmosphere through the organization of themed events capable of attracting people of all ages.

Brainery Academy is active, with 30 years experience, in planning and managing projects at local, regional, national and European level; moreover, it participates in many “calls” for adult education in a non-formal context.

We believe in the importance of NON FORMAL LIFELONG LEARNING to achieve personal fulfillment, self-confidence and well being in a non-formal, multicultural, multigenerational education ambience.

We organise courses and activities for adults (mainly elderly people), people with fewer opportunities and undereducated learners, we are also an accredited center. We can organise weekly workshops or study weeks in our region.

Some of the activities proposed at our association are: debate (Italian classes & English lessons), public speaking, foreign cultures, foreign languages, yoga, gym, swimming, gym at the park...domestic finance, photography, CAD, IT courses, fashion, make-up & well-being, healthy cuisine, dance, music ....

Among our staff (mostly volunteers) there are teachers, doctors, psychologists, nutritionists, yoga/pilates trainers, writers...

➡️ Mariella Ciani, president

mariellaciani55@gmail.com

➡️ Lavinia Pezzetta, project officer

edu@braineryacademy.it

➡️ Raffaela Kihrer, Secretary General at European Association for the Education of Adults

raffaela.kihrer@eaea.org

We provide basic, intermediate and advanced educational programs, thus satisfying needs of different groups of our citizens – from those who have never used a computer before or haven’t dreamt of controlling a robot, to those who want and know how to program a smart home. Our Centre gathers children, young people, adults and elderly people. Through our activities, we want to instill into everyone a desire for research and knowledge and encourage them to solve challenges that we face every day as individuals and as a society thanks to their creativity and team spirit. 

We are particularly sensitive to the most vulnerable groups of our society and are always ready to go the extra mile for them so that they too can realize their potential and take advantage of given opportunities. 

We see technical culture, and especially the digital and technical literacy of citizens, as an integral part and foundation of individual and community development. 

➡️ Hana Galogaža Lanča, coordinator of youth programmes and PR expert hgalogaza@ctk-rijeka.hr

➡️ Zagorka Prce Veseli, executive directress, zprce@ctk-rijeka.hr