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The aim of Check-IN Organisation is to be a resource of information, training and access to lifelong learning opportunities for young and adult people in order to promote: social and communitarian integration; education and cooperation for sustainable development; personal competencies, interpersonal and social development; active citizenship; the respect for human rights;  gender equality;  tolerance, intercultural dialogue and solidarity between the peoples, among others.

The aim of Check-IN Association is to be a resource of information, training and access to lifelong learning opportunities for young and adult people in order to promote: social and communitarian integration; education and cooperation for sustainable development; personal competencies, interpersonal and social development; active citizenship; the respect for human rights; gender equality;  tolerance, intercultural dialogue and solidarity between the peoples, among others.
Check-IN has also a special concern for those young and adult people with less privileged access to information due to their geographical location, their economic status or their personal situation.
 

ETNIA is a Portuguese non governmental organization aiming to promote the cultures of the world in Portugal and beyond. Though Its main focuses are traditional cultures from Lusophone, Mediterranean an Latin countries, the organisation has always based its work upon a clear concern of promoting multiculturalism and north-south dialogue, seeing culture as a tool for reciprocal and multiple discovery and respect for peoples, minorities and local or regional expressions. As a natural evolution of its work, ETNIA has been also gradually involved in projects to explore links and interactions between culture, environment and development

The Portuguese-Greek Cultural Association “Parafonia” is a non-profit organization based in Lisbon. It was founded in November 2016, after the initiative of a group of Greek residents in the Portuguese capital, with the aim of disseminating various aspects of the Greek culture in Portugal and bringing the two peoples closer together. “Parafonia´s” mission is an inclusive society, where, under the cultural pretext we will build a dialogue and interaction between Greece and Portugal, but other cultures as well. We aim to create actions that could contribute to the familiarization of the locals with the language, culture and the Greek way of life, through cultural exchanges and also to establish a channel of communication between the competent authorities of both countries (local authorities, public services, embassies, cultural organizations and associations).

• Study and safeguards the environmental values through the implementation of demonstrative projects of a maintainable administration of the natural resources and of the accomplishment of scientific studies and practical actions of conservation of the nature;
• Promotion of the environmental education as an a little privileged one of educating the local populations, especially the more youths, in the importance of participating in the improvement of the existent environmental conditions, promoting a more balanced relationship between the potential natural present and the local communities;
• Implementation of a process of integrated development that involves different public and private, individual agents and collectives, in a logic of intervention multisectorial that motivates the increment and invigoration of a diversified group of activities, respecting the tradition and secular culture of the area (revitalizes the traditional activities and another of innovative character adapted to the conditions and existent resources);
• Valorisation of the local human resources and incentives of the constitution of a fabric diversified economic and enterprising through the materialization of technical cabinets of support and consulting, professional formation and managerial administration;
• Diagnose of local and regional lacks, and to involve and to capture interests for the definition of programs and projects capable to reach the ends of its satisfaction, redistributing resources and motivating the creativity with view to the solemnity-sustained development;
• Promotion of exchanges and cooperation among groups, especially the more poor and the ones that represent special lacks;
• Promotion of initiatives that seek the education for the development, at the level of the attitudes of the economics and political agents but also on schools and of the youths with private attention for the equality between men and women.

L'Association Faísca Voadora est une organisation à but non lucratif basée sur la rive sud du Tage (Setúbal). Fondée en 2018, sa mission est de promouvoir l’interculturalité et l’accès à l’apprentissage tout au long de la vie pour toutes les personnes, indépendamment de leur âge, de leur sexe, de leur religion, de leur apparence, de leur sexualité, de leurs capacités, de leur situation sociale ou économique, ou de tout autre critère de ce type. Faísca Voadora a aussi pour objectif d'explorer et d'expérimenter des méthodes innovantes d'éducation non formelle et informelle, et de créer et promouvoir des espaces de rencontre interculturelle, que ce soit au niveau local, national ou international. De manière transversale, l’association vise à promouvoir les droits humains et lutter contre toutes les formes de discrimination et d'exclusion, en se battant pour l'expression et la visibilité de toutes les personnes et en particulier de celles associées à des communautés exclues ou marginalisées. L’association a comme objectif de ● promouvoir des activités interculturelles, artistiques et pédagogiques sous différents formats, ● proposer des activités innovantes et expérimentales dans le domaine de l'éducation non-formelle et informelle, ● promouvoir l'accès à la culture, à la formation, à tous les processus d'apprentissage pour toutes les personnes à tout moment de leur vie et indépendamment de leur nationalité, religion, situation économique, culture, identité de genre, sexualité, ou tout autre critère arbitraire, ● promouvoir la rencontre entre les différentes cultures (qu'elles soient locales ou nationales), la coexistence au-delà des différences qui peuvent exister, et la compréhension mutuelle, ● agir en faveur des droits humains, promouvoir des actions concrètes et quotidiennes pour l'égalité, contre toute forme de discrimination et d'exclusion, pour l'expression et la visibilité de toutes les personnes et en particulier celles appartenant à des communautés exclues ou marginalisées.

Maumaus was created in 1992 as a non-profit institution focusing on teaching and promoting contemporary art.
The teaching component began as a School of Photography in the classic sense and developed into an internationally recognised Visual Arts School, where students gain experience in all techniques used in artistic expressions. Today the core activity of Maumaus comprises an Independent Study Program and an International Residency Program that offer international artists an intellectually dense and practically demanding atmosphere after their studies and first experiences in the art field; a place for cultural dialogue and the production of knowledge.
As a publisher, Maumaus translates into Portuguese relevant texts regarding how meaning is produced in the contemporary art world and publishes artists’ books.
Maumaus also produces projects and exhibitions that reflect on the specificities of their context and site, in and out museological structures.

The ASL's mission includes research in the field of music and expressive behaviour; the strengthening of Lusophony among Portuguese-speaking peoples; the creation and development of artistic groups; the production and dissemination of artistic works; pedagogy and training; the promotion of cultural events; and the promotion of networks and itinerancy between artists, researchers, trainers and other cultural agents from different backgrounds. Since its foundation, one of ASL's main objectives has been to contribute to co-operation between geo-culturally diverse countries, promoting the development of an identity based on traditions, common or not, oriented towards the future - creating a platform for communication between generations and groups with different habits and cultural heritages.

A Associação promove intervenções abrangentes que aliam a intervenção social e a educação global à música e à interacção entre comunidades pessoas e artes, desenvolvendo actividades nas seguintes áreas:
Investigação em Etnomusicologia;
  
Pedagogia / Educação Global através da música;
  
Cooperação cultural e técnica;
  
Concepção e produção de suportes de comunicação (livros, discos, vídeos);
  
Promoção de espectáculos
  
Concepção de Grandes Eventos e Festivais