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-===== A few words about us =====+===== Who we are =====
  
 ==== VIA BRACHY ==== ==== VIA BRACHY ====
  
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 Via Brachy is a French non-profit organization established at Toulouse, Occitanie. Since 1998, we aim at **empowering people**, enhancing **social and ecological projects** run by citizens and fostering **cultural dialogue** between people and organizations from various backgrounds. We organize mobility projects and non-formal educational activities in order to encourage **social inclusion** and to help people **find their way** in society. ​ Via Brachy is a French non-profit organization established at Toulouse, Occitanie. Since 1998, we aim at **empowering people**, enhancing **social and ecological projects** run by citizens and fostering **cultural dialogue** between people and organizations from various backgrounds. We organize mobility projects and non-formal educational activities in order to encourage **social inclusion** and to help people **find their way** in society. ​
  
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 ==== European Village ==== ==== European Village ====
    
-European Village is a Greek NGO established in Athens in 2006. We aims at spreading ideas and supporting actions regarding social and collaborative economy and sustainable development.+{{:​guide:​logo_european_village.png?​direct&​150 |}} 
 +European Village is a Greek NGO established in Athens in 2006. We aim at spreading ideas and supporting actions regarding social and collaborative economy and sustainable development.
  
 Our association empowers people through non-formal educational activities, sensitization events and vocational trainings. Our association empowers people through non-formal educational activities, sensitization events and vocational trainings.
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 Firstly involved in **intercultural dialog** and **exchange of good practices** in Europe through hosting and sending **European volunteers** (EVS) and participating in international meetings, we have extended our activities in the fields of **social innovation**,​ **living together**, **non-violent communication** and **poverty alleviation**,​ in order to meet the needs of people, still strongly impacted by the consequences of the **2008 global financial crisis**, and by the current migrant crisis. Firstly involved in **intercultural dialog** and **exchange of good practices** in Europe through hosting and sending **European volunteers** (EVS) and participating in international meetings, we have extended our activities in the fields of **social innovation**,​ **living together**, **non-violent communication** and **poverty alleviation**,​ in order to meet the needs of people, still strongly impacted by the consequences of the **2008 global financial crisis**, and by the current migrant crisis.
    
-From 2009, we run a **cooperative café** in an emblematic and popular borough of Athens, in which we organize **talks and debates** dealing with social current issues and free Do-It-Yourself workshops addressed to all target groups. ​+From 2010, we run a **cooperative café** in an emblematic and popular borough of Athens, in which we organize **talks and debates** dealing with social current issues and free Do-It-Yourself workshops addressed to all target groups. ​
  
 Since 2015, we also have strengthened our action towards vulnerable people by setting up an **itinerant and social food truck** (Nomadiki Kouzina) providing food and warmth to disadvantaged people. ​ Since 2015, we also have strengthened our action towards vulnerable people by setting up an **itinerant and social food truck** (Nomadiki Kouzina) providing food and warmth to disadvantaged people. ​
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 ==== FORME ==== ==== FORME ====
    
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 FORME is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation based in Palermo, Italy, since 2014. Our team is composed by project managers, educators, social workers, journalists and other actors active in the social and educational fields who strongly believe in **skills development** as a trigger for **positive social changes**. ​ FORME is a non-profit and non-governmental organisation based in Palermo, Italy, since 2014. Our team is composed by project managers, educators, social workers, journalists and other actors active in the social and educational fields who strongly believe in **skills development** as a trigger for **positive social changes**. ​
  
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 ==== N.E.W. LOOPS ==== ==== N.E.W. LOOPS ====
  
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 N.E.W. LOOPS is a Portuguese non-profit organization based in Algarve since 2014. We aim at creating a **network of change-makers** and establishing a **participatory educational platform** that can lead to **social, environmental and personal transformation**. ​ N.E.W. LOOPS is a Portuguese non-profit organization based in Algarve since 2014. We aim at creating a **network of change-makers** and establishing a **participatory educational platform** that can lead to **social, environmental and personal transformation**. ​
  
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 More on: http://​newloops.spajkit.com/​ More on: http://​newloops.spajkit.com/​
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 +==== CINERGIES ====
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 +Cinergies is a Greek social cooperative (5 co-funding active members) founded in mid-2016 whose purpose is to create and support **alternative narratives** to foster **equitable and sustainable pathways**.
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 +The cooperative specialises in **transmedia documentary production**,​ and explores **new mediums** to cover events, share the important **stories of our times** integrating **audio/​video/​photography** to research and storytelling.
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 +As a team, we gather a diverse set of people whose skills complement one another in order to document and recognize **how people actively resist and shape transformational pathways**.
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 +We aim to concretely enable know-how and capacity-building services to support and further **disseminate** the achievements of social economy and sustainability initiatives that often suffer from a lack of visibility.
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 +By **giving voice to people** that are disempowered by mainstream media, we provide an opportunity for people to become **actors** – agents– of change rather than merely spectators.
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 +More on: www.cinergies.coop
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