Hasova 3093/1
14300 Prague
Czechia
- Environment/Sustainable development
The organization was established as an enlargement of existing network of the orgaisation Eurogems from Italy. The organization starts to implement its first projects. One of them is the youth exchange organised by turkish coordinator and soon we are hosting the turkish group of coordinators in frame of Grundtvig project. Main partners from Meda countries are in Jordan- Leaders of tommorow, Israel - Minorities of israel, Palestine - Old City Association and Lebanon - Jeunesse les frontiers
The association is voluntary non-profit organization, operating within the territory of the Czech Republic and in other countries with a legal entity under the Czech law. The organization is open to all individuals and institutions, regardless of political, social, religious or other orientation.
International Educational Center GEMS was established in 2011 with focus to provide international experience to young people.
IEC GEMS is open to all young people and also to youth workers and teachers, without any discrimination with special support to young people coming from socially disadvantaged background, also those from institutional care.
IEC GEMS is member of Anna Lindh Foundation and member of Youth4media network.
The organization is based in Prague, but cooperates nationally a regionally with bodies in rural areas. In addition, IEC GEMS is working on the youth field from 2011 with focus on involving socially excluded young people, also for those who became from the socially disadvantaged background. Some projects were organized in cooperation with correctional residential homes and participants from institutional care are given chance to participate in international projects.
Basic aims:
- create EU opportunities for our target groups to better improve their awareness of the European dimension and European citizenship
- support international cooperation and intercultural understanding
- promote lifelong learning opportunities and to help the development of individual interests and positive life attitudes
- support prevention of risky behavior mainly for children and youth
- strengthen an international cooperation in order to share knowledge, ideas and experience to better develop activities
- create equal opportunities, employment and fight social exclusion
support rural development and healthy lifestyle
International Educational Center GEMS has been a partner in a series of non-formal learning projects under ERASMUS+ Programme. As a leader has organized 11 KA1 (YE, Trainings, short and long term EVS) and 3 KA 2 projects, for example YE Sport window, Training “SEE – Sample EU Entrepreneurs, KA2 project USTEP – Using Sport to Empower People (www.ustep.org), FOLLOW YOUR WAY (www.followyourway.org), COOLIVING (www.cooliving.info)
Currently the organization is closing one KA2 project: COOLIVING (with the aim to share experience and to promote healthy habits, explain the importance of daily physical activity, healthy eating, the importance of nutrition, food consumption and production) and supports young people to submit their Solidarity corps project on local level.
We can share our experience from coordination of already finished project “USTEP – Using Sport to Empower people”, https://www.ustep.org/media/videos/ (testing new approaches and implementation of good practice in the Youth field, Education and Employability),or from project FOLLOW YOUR WAY, www.followyourway.org, the project was focused on career guidance and youth work with the aim of Best practice Exchange in the field of Career guidance.
The organization was partner for many international projects not only under ERASMUS +, but also ERASMUS+ Sport (SPORT for LIFE), Europe for citizens, DAPHNE (more info on www.ies-gems.org.)
International cooperation based on long lasting experience, as well as with Meda countries (Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon,…)
We are already members