V.Grybo g. 7, Vilnius LT-10313 Lithuania
10203 Vilnius
Lithuania
- Youth and education
Management organs: Association are general meeting of members, president, the council of Association. Sources of founding: contributions from founders, members, donations and assets from sponsors; material and financial assistance from Lithuania, foreign countries and international organizations; funds and assets from other organizations for target projects and programs; incomes from Association events and other services; other lawfully received income and assets. Association organizes seminars, conferences, publishes methodological literature in social emotional education, performs sociological, psychological researches. The members of Association are individuals and organisations (schools, kindergardens, public organizations, etc.)
The main mission of association is disseminate best practice in social emotional education in the country, implement programs and tools for education, conduct research, recommendations and suggestions and organize cooperation between all members of Association. The main objectives of Association: - to bring together organizations, educational institutions and socially responsible companies implementing social emotional education programs, together to share work, organize information events and exchange experiences; - To carry out research, to make proposals and recommendations for the overall strategy of Lithuanian social emotional education, its development and implementation in the Lithuanian education system; - Create a collaborative platform for educators, educators and those responsible for social emotional education in the organization to share good practice, gain knowledge and inspire each other; - To spread the culture of social emotional education in the country, to find partners in foreign countries, in business and other sectors as well as to cooperate with non-governmental organizations.
Main activities/projects: - national conferences in social emotional education; - the training program of lecturer in social emotional education; - national friendly olympiad "Elephant" for children in social emotional education; - publication of a manual for the development of emotional intelligence and social emotional competences.
Association members are very active in empowering youth; we are working for inclusive and empathetic societies - and first of all at schools - to fight the lack of trust and intolerance what is still very common in our educational system.
We would like to spread ideas of ALF Network in Lithuanian educational system, encourage young people to develop leadership skills, create opportunities for them to create intercultural dialogue, build partnership with other foreign organizations to share experience in creating more tolerant society.