7 G. Seferi
17234 Dafni-Ymittos
Greece
- International/Cultural relations
Cosmos of Culture is a non-governmental, non-profit, cultural and educational Organisation ( Reg. No 141680701000/2017) which exists since 2002 but reorganised in its current form in 2017 and located in Dafni-Ymittos, a suburb of Athens- Greece. There are two part-time employees and more than 20 volunteers, active work for the ngo. The budget for a year is around 20.000 euros and our sources of funding are donations, membership fees, fees from seminars, workshops and events. We develop concrete projects according with our vision and mission, cultural exchanges, art and culture workshops, seminars for adults, cultural events to know other countries better through intercultural dialogue.
We are members of Culture Action Europe Network and Gallery Climate Coalition Network.
We involve to our activities other greek ngos and foundations like Caritas Hellas, Greek Forum of Migrants, Growth Hub Greece, Jazzy Nomads, African Network in Greece and many artists and cultural operators.
Its aims in general are cultural, art, educational, environmental, and social.
Further actions are encouraging dialogue of cultures, intercultural dialogue, cultural exchanges, the development of the arts for all, human rights, the protection of the environment and ecosystems and tackling climate change. In addition, carrying out social interventions for equality, inclusion, and tackling poverty for sustainable development and social cohesion.
It seeks the participation of every interested party without discrimination in projects that relate to its vision and goals as mentioned above. This will obviously contribute to better quality of life and sustainability that will result in unity, peace, and harmonious society for all social groups without exceptions.
Furthermore, it emphasizes on children and young people, developing special projects for vulnerable social groups with the tools of arts (such as music, theatre, dance, photography, etc.), educatioν, lifelong learning and cultural exchanges.
Main activities of Cosmos of Culture are: a) the operation of cultural center “CosmoSpace” with activities centered on culture, arts, expressive creation and dialogue, b) cultural, artistic, educational and social interventions to help improve the quality of life, sustainability and promote culture and the protection of the environment and c) special actions for children, young people and vulnerable social groups.
We develop four main ongoing projects:
Cosmo-Dialogue: It employs Art, Rights, and Non-formal Education as tools to highlight Dialogue as a key axis of peaceful coexistence, sustainable development and tackling poverty.
The heART project: It focuses on young people from vulnerable social groups living below the poverty line and the objective is to create a safe meeting place for free lessons and workshops will be held applying music, dance and visual arts.
The African House: It is about the creation of an African educational Museum for art and culture and a digital archive and library for African issues with free access.
Ef-Zin Greece: We link the present to the past as well as to future perspective. We organize cultural exchanges, cultural visits and walks, seminars and workshops as well as events focusing on Greece.
Members of Cosmos of Culture have worked for years issues such intercultural dialogue and the dialogue of cultures, they are from differrent cultural bockground and the involve actively in greek civil society.
We can bring into the network our experience and knowledge, make concrete proposals and contribute to events and calls.
One of our main aims is about the dialogue of cultures and intercultural dialogue so it is important for us to participate in internationals networks such as ALF network and collaborate with organisations all over Mediterranean district. We believe this is the true spirit of Dialogue.
It is very improtant for us networking and have contacts with a variety of organisations and get an immediate and trustworthy image of more active stakeholders internationally. It will be also ideal to develop projects and organized events, workshops, cultural exchanges with other organizations.
