COORDİNATOR OF erasmus+ from your balcony to the green future
CERD Centre for education and regional development
The CERD was registered and approved as a nonprofit organization in 2022 and started its operation in Svidník in 2022.
The Purpose of C.E.R.D. NGO
The Centre will engage in education and educational research activities to enhance the well-being of people and the resilience of businesses in economically disadvantaged regions.
Main Activities of C.E.R.D. NGO:
1. Professional training and career development mentoring in regional areas.
2. European-funded programs focusing on regional development and the enhancement of skills within marginalised populations.
3. Supporting regional authorities to gain funding to support regional growth.
4. Educational research to identify skill/knowledge gaps within regional areas.
5. Mentoring and consulting new and existing businesses within disadvantaged regions.
Our Vision
The quality, reach and significance of research produced in CERD is a vibrant research environment to be world-leading. It can achieve this by:
• Offer a home to academics, research staff, and research students, thus, developing a culture and environment that enables world-class research.
Bring together a community of researchers that can transform lives and communities, changing practice and thinking across the globe.
Assist with various tools to discover what drives our researchers to connect globally, push disciplinary boundaries, take risks, ask the big questions, and improve the world around them.
Their Values:
• They are academics, researchers, collaborators, partners, and colleagues accountable for their work.
• Despite various circumstances, they will always, individually, and collectively strive to do the right thing, guided by research ethics, moral purpose, and values.
• They have a learning mindset, not only reading and listening, but they practise different fieldwork, thus, bringing research data together from various fields and dimensions.
• Inclusion is their purpose, and they believe and value inclusion in research.
Partner Organisations of the Erasmus+ Project “From Your Balcony to the Green Future
AKGÜN YARATICI FİKİRLER DERNEĞİ
Founded in 2023, ACIA was founded by teachers to improve the digital, environmental, economic, and social adaptationskills of adults, youth, disabled adults, refugees, and immigrants internationally.*Organises training and events for adults to improve themselves at national and international levels.*Conducts training and activities to increase the personal skills of disabled people.*To carry out activities for the future of young people prepare projects for the future of young people and participate ininternational projects in this field.*To help disseminate, exhibit, protect, and develop the results obtained from project activities and ensure culturalcommunication between people living in Europe.*To provide educators interested in adult education the opportunity to work and give lectures, seminars, and courses to allwilling adults, regardless of their age and whether they are disadvantaged or not. Digital and Environmental Education:ACIA carries out studies, training, and activities focused on digitalization and combating climate change. These initiativesaim to increase the skills and awareness of adults, youth, disabled people, refugees, and migrants at both national andinternational levels.Dissemination and Exhibition of Project Results:ACIA will facilitate the dissemination of our project by disseminating, exhibiting, protecting, and developing the resultsobtained from the project activities.Social and Cultural Activities:The organization can organize various social and cultural activities, including competitions, exhibitions, and awarenessinitiatives related to climate change, refugees, and digitalization.Agricultural Activities:ACIA carries out activities related to plant climate and combating climate change in line with the objectives of the project.
Partner Organisations of the Erasmus+ Project “From Your Balcony to the Green Future
RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA SAVINJSKO-SALESKE REGIJE, D.O.O.
Development Agency SAŠA (DA SAŠA) serves as a key developmental and connecting body in its region. It collaborates directly with regional and municipal authorities, companies, other development agencies, non-governmental organizations, and stakeholders who are committed to contributing to local and regional development.
The agency identifies developmental priorities, seeks potential areas for improvement, encourages all actors to collaborate on problem-solving, and guides them toward achieving common goals.
DA SAŠA focuses on four main areas of operation:
Support and promotion of regional development
The just transition process for the SAŠA region
Entrepreneurship
Tourism development
In addition, the agency supports municipalities in preparing and implementing local priority projects. It also participates in various regional, national, and EU-funded projects and activities.
DA SAŠA is a member of the Interreg Europe project PLASTIX, which promotes industrial transition towards resource efficiency and co-innovation in European regions. Within this framework, DA SAŠA contributes to our project through its expertise in waste recycling.
A significant part of its work is dedicated to sustainable tourism development, particularly in the Upper Savinja Valley. The regional strategy also places strong emphasis on sustainable development, local food production, and biodiversity conservation—key aspects that align well with the goals of our project.
DA SAŠA is also a partner in the CoVE BeeLieve – Centres of Vocational Excellence project, focusing on green solutions and engaging rural communities. Its involvement ensures greater inclusiveness by supporting the active participation of the rural population in our project.
Partner Organisations of the Erasmus+ Project “From Your Balcony to the Green Future
shelter international e.V.
Founded in 2017 in Bremen, Shelter is a non-governmental, non-profit organization committed to fostering dialogue and cooperation in various fields including education and training, youth empowerment, active citizenship, social inclusion, environmental protection, health, peacebuilding, nonviolence, personal development, human rights, sustainable development, social justice, employment, entrepreneurship, and other social issues.
Shelter actively promotes intercultural exchange with the aim of recognizing and respecting cultural diversity, cultivating European values in all their forms, and defending human rights. We carry out civic and social inclusion activities that embrace diversity and contribute to addressing the common social challenges of European societies.
We believe that engaging young people in civic activities and international exchange programs is a powerful and effective way to broaden perspectives, reduce prejudice, and combat social exclusion and disengagement.
In addition, Shelter organizes a range of training programs to raise environmental awareness. These include educational sessions on sustainable agriculture and plant-growing techniques, as well as hands-on workshops on ecological farming. Our aim is to equip both young people and disadvantaged adults with knowledge and practical skills related to climate change and environmental sustainability.
Shelter also supports the social integration of migrants and refugees by offering training in sustainable agriculture and horticulture. These programs help participants develop competencies in the agricultural field and increase their employability.
Through our workshops, trainings, and community events focused on plant-growing and sustainability, we strive to raise environmental awareness and actively contribute to the fight against climate change.