FILOXENIA - Centre for Intercultural Youth Exchanges Programs

National Network
Greece
Address

Nemeas 9
KRYONERI - KORINTHIAS
Greece

Telephone
+302742051082
Fax
+302742051085
E-Mail
emmanuel@filox.org
E-Mail (2)
filoxenia@filox.org
Website
http://www.filox.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1995
General Information
FILOXENIA,the Greek word for "hospitality" is a Greek NGO. It runs a Youth Centre in the rural area of Kryoneri and supports local youth and cultural structures in many towns and villages around. Activities: Youth Information, Youth free-time and creative activities; Promotion of alternative forms of tourism & sustainable development; International Youth Exchange Program; training seminars; EVS and Leonardo Da Vinci; Grundtvig; Cooperation with schools, development of multimedia projects. Networking: Youth County Council of Korinthia; Corinthian Youth Centers network; EVS Network “Creative Cooperations”; LABORATORIUM “ Network for Employment in the Third Sector”; coordinator of Ecocitizens European Network for Environmental Education and Intervention.
Mission and Objectives

* To support adolescent communication and the development of a European Identity in a Europe without borders, racism or xenophobia
* To encourage youth and adults mobility in Europe and out of Europe through EU and International Youth program
* To support honorary work and voluntary services
* To offer training opportunities for youth and adults,
* To initiate interest and concern for the environment and ecology, as well as the encouragement of ecological and agricultural tourism
* To promote the preservation of cultural heritage through direct involvement of adolescents in cultural activities
* To inform young people and young farmers

Main Projects / Activities

Youth free time activities.
Educational programs with schools: intercultural learning, human rights education, arts, environment, etc.
Intercultural projects: international and European youth exchanges, European Voluntary Service, European training courses and seminars, anti-racist campaigns.
Training course: for European volunteers and trainees, youth workers, educators, responsible of associations.
Environmental education and action: in the region of Kryoneri and Stymphalia.

Contact (1) Full Name
Emmanuel Mappus