Sting for Consultancy and Design are specializing in the areas of Empowering Women; such as women leadership building, Empowering youth; through training in active citizenship and dialogue, and Integration of Refugees; such as projects evolving around intercultural exchange, dialogue and peaceful co-existing. Furthermore Sting has experience in training, TOT and training manual development.
Examples of our main projects at the moment are:
Different and Equal: As part of the British Council’s Active Citizens Programme, The Different and Equal Project aims to promote the culture of dialogue, diversity, tolerance, coexistence, and peace among youth in the Egyptian society. As part of the project's implementation strategy, a model of multiplesectoral partnerships was created between Sting, the British Council, the Ministry of Youth, and youth initiatives that work on promoting effective dialogue, peace building, and reconciliation. In order to achieve the project’s objectives, Sting for Consultancy design a training module on promoting dialogue and intercultural diversity that is being delivered in two forms: firstly, residential 5-day youth camp, and secondly, 3-day cascade workshop. The camps and the cascade workshops are followed by youth social actions to promote the project’s cause. Social Actions are fully implemented by youth participating in the project and mentored by the Project’s team members.
Client: British Council
NilFurat: Project aiming at the economic empowerment of 70 refugee and host community women through a business model of a labeled product which is controlled in quality. The project engaged Egyptian master craftsmen in quilting to create a modernized product through a refined blend of refugees’ stories, drawings and traditional materials. It is intended that the product will bring together skills, symbols, traditional craftsmanship, stories and tools of expression of Egyptians and refugees in Egypt. The process of interaction, expression through art and production stimulated inter-cultural dialogue. It further gave necessary recognition of individuality and heterogeneity which are capable of cross-cultural communication.
Client: UNHCR
Besides the projects Sting participates in Erasmus+ youth mobility projects implemented by partners in the EU.  Sting also got accredited in March 2015 to host and send volunteers as part of the European Volunteer Services Program under the Erasmus+ program.

Our main project is the annual 4-week summer program for students from the Netherlands, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece and the US. We organise events to strengthen the network of senior fellows, f.e. an annual conference and annual workshop on tools for social change. We organise a 4day junior program for high school students from the Netherlands and coorganise several events. - Strategic advice & consultancy on projects / business in the region (Gulf and broader Middle East) for NGOs, government, and businesses. - Gender awareness workshops - Lectures, Workshops, and Roundtable Meetings on Middle East affairs See also www.faraasha.nl  

Program Concept grey) (area program is being developed across three program lines which relate to three aspects of human activities observed through the prism of contemporary art and culture: sustainability, economy and context. We conduct interdisciplinary research of our own and present national, regional and international programs anchored in visual and media arts. These program lines are: 1. Perpetum Mobile - Energy and Food 2. New Materialisms (materiality of signals and information) 3. History of Contemporaneity and Critical Tourism. 1. Perpetuum mobile – Energy and Food Project critically questions the notion of sustainability. Starting from the conditions of survival on the island and in the global context, the project encompasses the following topics: meanings of basic resources (water and food), and the problem of natural and technologically mediated energy. Researching new models of production and distribution of energy includes low-power, low-tech, DIY and similar appraoches. In the frame of artistic research Politics of Green Spaces the research under the title Wild edible plants on the island of Korčula was conducted, and it will be followed by the research about wild herbs and medical plants on the island. 2. New Materialisms (materiality of signals and information) Project presents artistic works which relate to economy and materiality of signals and information, questions the nature of information itself as well its medium (be it analogue or digital), and, congruosly, the frontiers of human perception in newly emerged informational, physical and audiovisual surrounding. Materiality of signal often renders itself visible via transition from one media to the other. Together with other grey) (area programs, the series of exhibitions titled New Materialisms investigates the physical nature of thought, the relations betwee immaterial (or intangible) and virtual, and questions the heritage and reflections of concrete visual arts since the 1960s to the present. 3. History of Contemporaneity and Critical Tourism Via research, artistic projects and lectures about the history of contemporaneity on the island of Korčula, grey) (area also contextualises its own agenda, as well the activities of all other initiatives which stem from contemporary approach. Our own research encompasses the following themes: International Artists Meetings in Vela Luka 1968-1972, Mapping the Cinematography on the Island of Korčula, and Mapping Industrial Heritage on the Island of Korčula.

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Filosofiska is today running non-profit preschools in Sweden and is taking over a non-profit primary school (grade 0-9) in 2016.

How Filosofiska contributes to sustainable development
Filosofiska's entire approach, with a vision that focuses on the children's education, in the sense of inner character development, is based on sustainability thinking. Society needs people who are reflective, empathetic, discerning, energetic and thirsty for knowledge. Everything we do at Filosofiska is based on this vision.

In Nepal, Filosofiska has taken the initiative to open a preschool and a primary school for vulnerable children. This school is financed by Filosofiska and other donors.

In 2014 Filosofiska was selected by the municipality of Stockholm to represent them at a fair for different "good examples". Educators from Filosofiska have been invited to schools in other countries for exchange of knowledge and to lecture about their work. Educators from other countries have also visited Filosofiska's facilities to learn more.

In 2015 Filosofiska collaborated with the The Freedom Theatre, a community-based cultural centre in Jenin Refugee Camp, occupied Palestine, in a joint project partly financed by the Swedish Institute. The aim was to establish a non-profit child centre in Jenin refugee camp that would offer artistic and educational activities for children 0-5 years old, where Filosofiska would contribute its expertise in running activities for children and its unique philosophy.

_ Evening classess
_ Back up lessons
_ Reading through literatue circles
_ Workshops on cultural diversity
 
 

Polifunzionale di Arcavacata, the first building of the University of Calabria
CNR Technological Centre, Napoli and the Piazza at Fuorigrotta, among the first soustainable buildings built in Italy
Sangiorgio Library, Pistoia, refurbishment of an indutrial building with an important natural ventilation system
The City of Science, Coroglio, Napoli
dissamination cultural activity, with seminars, congres, meetings, conferences and so on
a special activity is the organization and production of the revue "le Carré bleu, feuille internationale d'architecture" born in Helsinki in 1958 and moved to Paris some years later; it has been one of the most important communication means of ideas and projects of the Team X

With reference to the last year, CIDEAL Foundation has continued working with three big Conventions in:  Morocco (3,500,000 EUR), Vietnam (2,375,000 EUR) and Paraguay (3,750,000 EUR), financed by Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID).
In Morocco, the actions aim supporting three different groups in vulnerable situation: women, unemployed young people and Sub-Saharan Africa's immigrant population. Take into account the issues and needs identified, this agreement tries to achieve the socioeconomic and professional integration of women, young people and immigrant population by means of strengthening national and local capacities of self-employment and the associative work -technical and vocational training have a fundamental role in this proposal. The aim objective is beneficiary group’s access to decent and productive work to improve the quality and conditions of their life. In connection with Sub-Saharan Africa immigrant population this account intends to promote their capabilities on human and technical levels, offering psychosocial services and legal access to professional training.
In Paraguay, CIDEAL Foundation aims to increase the economic and social development in vulnerable population groups, preferably in indigenous populations with special attention to women and youth in rural areas. The proposal aims to contribute to the improvement of socio-economic conditions of the people beneficiaries from a sustainable local development perspective and respect and protection of cultural identity.
In Thanh Hoa province in Vietmam, the Convention aims to improve the economic and social integration of vulnerable groups through a sustainable and productive approach that can contribute to reduce poverty levels. The actions are aimed to support vulnerable people and communities affected by poverty in rural areas, ethnic minorities and women, mainly. Economic and social situation in the neediest sectors will be strengthened through a strategy of intervention with methodologies tailored of the productive projects.
Next to these conventions, various projects funded by European Union, World Bank, Junta de Andalucía, among others have been implemented in 2014.
In 2014 CIDEAL Foundation completed the identification and formulation process for a new agreement with AECID that started at the beginning of 2015 in Dominican Republic: "Improvement of the social, economic and political conditions of the population in Enriquillo region", with special attention to women too. Simultaneously, CIDEAL Foundation has carried out international cooperation projects in different countries: Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Egypt, Niger, Haiti, Tunisia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal.
In 2014, regarding capacity enhancement, CIDEAL Foundation has continued carrying out academic programs in collaboration with several university education institutions and specialized training in international development cooperation. In addition, a large number of courses, seminars, conferences and workshops specialized workshops with special  interest in the development cooperation field has been taught. These courses are conducted in Spain (Madrid, Málaga, Granada, Toledo, Sevilla, Jaén, Oviedo, etc.) and outside Spain, in countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Paraguay, Vietnam and the Maghreb countries. The trainings are geared to diplomats, political scientists, economists, lawyers, sociologists, project managers, international consultants, researchers and public administrations officials.
In relation to support to public and private entities in cooperation development tasks and social innovation, CIDEAL Foundation has carried out different activities regarding technical assistance in several countries.
CIDEAL Foundation has supported and offered technical assistance oriented to public administrations in several sectors associated with social advances and sustainable development such as:
- Institutional strengthening
- Managing for development results (GoRD)
- Gender and employment generation
- Capacity building
- Risk management
- Project management
- Strategic planning
Technical assistances in 2014 have been conducted in the following countries:
- Guatemala
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Paraguay
- Panama
- Spain

With reference to last year CIDEAL Foundation has continued working with three big Conventions in:  Morocco (3,500,000 EUR), Vietnam (2,375,000 EUR) and Paraguay (3,750,000 EUR), financed by Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECID).
In Morocco, the actions aim supporting three different groups in vulnerable situation: women, unemployed young people and Sub-Saharan Africa's immigrant population.
Take into account the issues and needs identified, this agreement tries to achieve the socioeconomic and professional integration of women, young people and immigrant population by means of strengthening national and local capacities of self-employment and the associative work -technical and vocational training have a fundamental role in this proposal. The aim objective is beneficiary group’s access to decent and productive work to improve the quality and conditions of their life.
In connection with Sub-Saharan Africa immigrant population this account intends to promote their capabilities on human and technical levels, offering psychosocial services and legal access to professional training.
In Paraguay, CIDEAL Foundation aims to increase the economic and social development in vulnerable population groups, preferably in indigenous populations with special attention to women and youth in rural areas. The proposal aims to contribute to the improvement of socio-economic conditions of the people beneficiaries from a sustainable local development perspective and respect and protection of cultural identity.
In Thanh Hoa province in Vietmam, the Convention aims to improve the economic and social integration of vulnerable groups through a sustainable and productive approach that can contribute to reduce poverty levels. The actions are aimed to support vulnerable people and communities affected by poverty in rural areas, ethnic minorities and women, mainly. Economic and social situation in the neediest sectors will be strengthened through a strategy of intervention with methodologies tailored of the productive projects.
Next to these conventions, various projects funded by European Union, World Bank, Junta de Andalucía, among others have been implemented in 2014.
In 2014 CIDEAL Foundation completed the identification and formulation process for a new agreement with AECID that started at the beginning of 2015 in Dominican Republic: "Improvement of the social, economic and political conditions of the population in Enriquillo region", with special attention to women too. Simultaneously, CIDEAL Foundation has carried out international cooperation projects in different countries: Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Egypt, Niger, Haiti, Tunisia, Guinea Bissau and Senegal.
In 2014, regarding capacity enhancement, CIDEAL Foundation has continued carrying out academic programs in collaboration with several university education institutions and specialized training in international development cooperation. In addition, a large number of courses, seminars, conferences and workshops specialized in special  interest in the development cooperation field has been taught. These courses are conducted in Spain (Madrid, Málaga, Granada, Toledo, Sevilla, Jaén, Oviedo, etc.) and outside Spain, in countries such as Mexico, Argentina and Paraguay, Vietnam and the Maghreb countries.  The trainings are geared to diplomats, political scientists, economists, lawyers, sociologists, project managers, international consultants, researchers and public administrations officials.
In relation to support to public and private entities in cooperation development tasks and social innovation, CIDEAL Foundation has carried out different activities regarding technical assistance in several countries.
CIDEAL Foundation has supported and offered technical assistance oriented to public administrations in several sectors associated with social advances and sustainable development such as:
- Institutional strengthening
- Managing for development results (GoRD)
- Gender and employment generation
- Capacity building
- Risk management
- Project management
- Strategic planning
Technical assistances in 2014 have been conducted in the following countries:
- Guatemala
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Paraguay
- Panama
- Spain

 
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