JANUSZ KORCZAK PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Janusz Korczak Pedagogical University in Warsaw was established 1993 by the Polish Association for Adult Education as a non-public University according to the Polish law. The University has been growing dynamically since then and has become already one of the largest non-public universities in Poland. It has developed, since its establishing, a very strong regional structure which is its main feature.
Pedagogical University has since its establishing a very strong internationally oriented policy and co-operates with other European Universities in accordance with the membership of Poland in the European Union. The University has been Member of various networks and Projects within the Socrates Program: EUCEN, European University Continuing Education Network and EuLLearN. We contain contacts to several European Universities previous within numerous Socrates Projects in the field of University Continuing Education and currently within the Lifelong Learning Program.
REZEKNE ACADEMY OF TECHNOLOGIES
RTA Rezekne Academy of Technologies was established on July 1, 1993. RTA is a state funded higher education and science institution of the Republic of Latvia which implements the study programs as well as is engaged in scientific, research and artistic creative work.
The aim of RTA is to provide academic and professional higher education in compliance with the science development level and cultural traditions of Latvia being competitive in the European education space; to develop culture, science and education in Latgale region and thus in the whole Latvia.
ECOISTITUTO
Ecoistituto is a private research institute ed in 1989. Ecoistituto activity focuses on sustainable development and on education following a multidisciplinary approach finalized to promote effective and sustainable results (people livability). Ecoistituto collaborates with schools and governmental institutions organizing courses, seminars, and workshops on sustainable development, cooperative business, environmental education, and wellness and healthy behavior.
For the last 14 years, Ecoistituto organized an annual international conference in collaboration with IPSAPA (Interregional Society for Participation in Agribusiness Landscape and Environmental Management) and the University of Udine about the themes of the “landscape mosaic”.
In 2005, Ecoistituto created the series of publications “Living in places”, devoted to the local cultures and until now 15 issues have been published.
MANRA
Mancomunidad de la Ribera Alta is a local organisation that brings together all the municipalities in the region of Ribera Alta. It consists of 35 municipalities that group a population of more than 220,000 inhabitants, distributed over an area of 979.5 km².
The Mancomunidad manages different services of interest for the municipalities that comprise it, constituting a body of local scope where the debate those issues affecting the peoples of the region becomes possible.
The Mancomunidad is responsible for: promoting effective services seeking the improvement of the entire population´s welfare, promoting actions before institutions and public and private entities aimed at the improvement of services, participating, organising and collaborating at a regional level on events that aim to publicize our region, cooperating, participating and promoting the dissemination of study materials from our region which are written in our language.
Ecoistituto has been created in 1989.Ecoistituto activity focuses on sustainable development and on education following a multidisciplinary approach finalized to promote effective and sustainable results (people livability). Ecoistituto collaborates with schools and governmental institutions organizing courses, seminars, and workshops on sustainable development, cooperative business, environmental education, and wellness and healthy behavior.
The members of Ecoistituto are University professors (especially from the Udine University), professionals, experts, and researchers engaged in different scopes: youth and adult education, quality evaluation, agribusiness, ecology, sociology, psychology, social anthropology, architecture, geography, social pedagogy.
INCLUDE
The Interdisciplinary Network of Special and Inter-cultural Education, «INCLUDE » is a scientific association that was founded in 2011 to promote inclusive policy in formal and non formal education environments, in accordance with the principles of the UN Conventions against Discrimination in Education and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The ultimate goals of INCLUDE network are i) to improve the quality of the life of children and families facing the risk of exclusion from the educational system as a result of disabilities and xenophobia, ii) to promote changes in social attitudes and perceptions towards diversity, and iii) to contribute actively and effectively to the creation of a truly "school for all".
INCLUDE views inclusive policy as an holistic possess . According to holistic approach each system (social, physical, linguistic, chemical etc) is a set of interacting or interdependent components that work as a whole. Interventions in neighborhood that are designed to include children with special needs and /or different cultural background are at the heart of Include 's activity but simultaneously are operate in several levels : a) improve all children's (typical and special need's or different sociocultural backgrounds ') socio cognitive skills through innovate (ICT based games with special emphasis on robotics, STEM education etc.) , b) support and empowerment SEN children's or different cultural backgrounds' families, c) support and strengthen their educators, d) produce scientific results through action research e) inform and sensitizing the community on issues of acceptance and equal participation of all children in community life.