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Asociación PROJUVEN

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Website: www.projuven.org

Contact Person: Francesco Ruberto - president@projuven.org

PROJUVEN means proyecto juvenil (youth project). It stands for something dynamic. For our staff of professionals it means being social entrepreneurs and keeping the passion for social purposes, in a modern concept of NGO. We are organization, which creates opportunities for young people who would like to be an active, try and learn something new and gain new experience and knowledge for personal and professional development. We want to enrich the educational, social and cultural life of young people living in our country, mainly young people with fewer opportunities.  We believe that young people must become a driving force in building the society in which they live and therefore we create various opportunities in order to help shape a generation that is determined to change our country/and world for the better. 

In PROJUVEN, emphasis is primarily on issues concerning specific social groups information, training and support; these groups are steadily or occasionally characterized as socially sensitive and vulnerable (refugees, immigrants, people with special needs, single parent families, etc.) As a major voluntary effort, PROJUVEN cares about vulnerable people, subject to discrimination and with full respect and acceptance of human rights, with belief in selfless social work offer and visions for a better and more human society, all of them through promoting the value and role of culture, arts and education. PROJUVEN fosters the dissemination of information about the initiatives and opportunities promoted by the European Union in different fields, through both internet and social networks, and organizing specific public events.

We promote the art and all other cultural enrichments and we are active in valorize our area in Spain where we promote a lot of initiatives and cooperate with many other associations and public institutions as municipalities.

Summing up, our main goals are:

-Individual development of each member;

-Acquiring new skills and abilities;

-Promote social inclusion using Sport, Nature and Art;

-Create link with European Youth Associations;

-Develop youth movement all over Europe;

-Increase knowledge using non formal education.

General objectives:

-Promote young mobility, intercultural exchange, volunteer and social cooperation among youngsters;

-Promote Youth Employment;

-Promote Youth Entrepreneurship;

-Stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience, mutual understanding, and equal rights and opportunities among young people in Europe and in the Euromed countries;

-Promote intercultural understanding, equal opportunities, respect, active citizenship and solidarity;

-Fight discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance;

-Promote respect for the nature (ecofriendly attitude) and develop new job opportunities;

-Involve young people with less opportunities;

-Support to refugees;

-Integration of minorities.

Activities:

-In the field of non-formal and in-formal education, informing and communication (youth exchanges, training course, study sessions);

-Activities for youth: volunteer projects in local communities, sports activities as a healthy lifestyle, sport as a tool for inclusion, eco projects of free expression for young people.

PROJUVEN is member of European Network Against Racism-ENAR ( http://www.enar-eu.org/ )

PROJUVEN is member of Anna Lindh foundation network (http://www.annalindhfoundation.org/members/asociacion-projuven )

In Andalucia, PROJUVEN is member of  the network Stop Rumores (http://stoprumores.com/) managed by Andalucía Acoge.

Projuven has launched a very interesting project called “PROJUVEN International Network on Refugees” (PINOR, http://projuven.org/en/projuven-international-network-on-refugees/).  PINOR is an open informative network project on migrations. It aims to give data, competences and knowledge in order to inform and raise awareness on migrants and migrations’ issues. Our directions:

-Lobby and advocacy, we advocate at European level towards migrant inclusion in the EU and sustainable migration policies.

-Networking and cooperation, we connect with relevant stakeholders across Europe: companies, public institutions, NGOs, media and academia.

-Raising awareness, together with our members we craft powerful messages on migration topic to reach young Europeans.

-Training programmes, we develop youth centered training courses aimed to develop youth workers skills and build new ones.

PROJUVEN has also signed an important bilateral agreement with Al-Azhar University – Gaza in Palestine. Most Palestinian have a refugee status and continue to reside in refugee camps, including within the State of Palestine in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. This important agreement signed in September 2016 will allow PROJUVEN to start working with the refugees of Gaza Strip. 

The activities of the organisation are based on the approaches of non-formal education, experiential and intercultural learning, social inclusion and active participation. Our activities include but are not limited to: educational projects (youth exchanges, trainings, seminars), networking and cooperation, awareness raising and policy development, capacity building, coaching of initiatives, organisational and individual coaching; mobility.

Projuven is an intermediary organization among European Universities and Companies. Thanks to our stable and detailed network ( http://projuven.org/en/traineeships/ ), we are able to connect national and international partners and we are always ready to welcome and assist new participants, ensuring high quality training. We welcome and assist participants ensuring training in different fields.

Our team consists of several youth workers and young people with various profiles. We are experienced in preparing/ organizing and training different kind of projects and events.  

Francesco Ruberto is the President of PROJUVEN and researcher at University of Malaga. He is highly skilled economist and researcher involved in the NGO sector since 2012. He is excellent communicator and professional youth worker; as well he poses an extensive experience abroad. Francesco poses a PhD degree at the Department of Business Research at University of Pavia (http://phdemd.unipv.eu/site/en/home/phd-students/scheda760005016.html) with a Master in International Management at University of Trento with several publication in international journals. His interests are on immigration, youth entrepreneurship, local and regional development, policy implementation and the structure of international and supranational organizations. He has worked at NGOs working for immigrants through social activities and trainings. He participated into training course on the rights of people with disability. He is a contact person for international projects.

Antonio Stigliano is KA1 and KA3 project designer and Projuven ICT Expert. He holds several years of experience in the ICT Sector developing websites, software, mobile apps, online tools and e-learning platforms. In the last years, he managed dozens online blogs and websites, becoming a skilled Social Media Manager and Marketer. Antonio obtained also a high school diploma in Economy, Business and Software Programming and completed his academic profile studying Psychology and Social Sciences, developing a great passion for different scientific fields and achieving a wide knowledge of different subjects.

Salvatore Stigliano is PROJUVEN Project Manager. He obtained a Business High School Diploma and a Bachelor Degree in Linguistic and Intercultural Communication at University of Bari (Italy), focused on Spanish, Polish and Portuguese languages and cultures. He has strong experience in translations and he participated in many training courses, working with various experts and professionals and developed a wide range of skills and knowledges in IT, Economics and Social Media Management. Salvatore has also a great passion for travelling and multicultural integration, this is why his main aim is to facilitate the integration of professionals with different cultural backgrounds.

Belal Albashiti is PROJUVEN consultancy specialist for Middle-East. He is an academic lecturer in the faculty of economics and administrative science at Al-azher University, Gaza. Belal is business consultancy specialist with a broad range of management and presentation skills, along with a strong international experience in corporate social responsibility, business environment analysis, palestinian refugees issue and NGOs activities.