List of Projects - Active Citizens Fund

New Perspectives in Child Protection Policy – the systemic approach

Project Promoter: SOS Children’s Villages Greece

Relative Call: Strengthened civil society advocacy and watchdog role

Project Duration: 24

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child, the European Legislation, the Council of Europe directives require the modernization of child protection systems with the aim of restricting institution-based models of out of parental care children and the promotion of foster care as a key factor for De-Institutionalization. Our...

Erasing stigma. Upon our word.

Project Promoter: Society of Social Psychiatry P. Sakellaropoulos

Relative Call: Strengthened civil society advocacy and watchdog role

Project Duration: 24

The project aims to research and challenge the stigmatization of mental health service users through the Greek media (language, images, discourse) that generate or preserve stereotypes around mental health per se leading a large population to social and economic exclusion. The objective is to suggest changes in the stigmatizing...

Strengthening transparency and accountability in financing prevention and repression of forest fires with the contribution of civil society

Project Promoter: WWF Greece

Relative Call: Strengthened civil society advocacy and watchdog role

Project Duration: 24

In 2018 the forest fire in Mati/Attica tragically revealed that thousands of fires that burst in Greece every year, apart from the natural environment, are a growing threat to the citizens. Integrated prevention and firefighting requires the establishment of sound operational frameworks, the mobilization of civil society and the...

Legal aid watch

Project Promoter: Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR)

Relative Call: Strengthened civil society advocacy and watchdog role

Project Duration: 18

The project aims to promote the institution of legal aid in Greece and in particular to collect research data on its practical application. The aim of the project is to record the problems and highlight best practices, to advocate with the relevant bodies and to provide recommendations for improvement....

Opening Access to Health and Medicines for All

Project Promoter: Doctors of the World – Greek Delegation

Relative Call: Strengthened civil society advocacy and watchdog role

Project Duration: 24

Doctors of the World – Greek Delegation, GIVMED and the Press Project (TPP), are implementing the project “Opening Access to Health and Medicines for All» which is co-funded by the Increased support for Human Rights programme of the Active citizens fund. The project is of two years duration (2020...

Legends of Disability

Project Promoter: Challedu

Relative Call: Vulnerable groups empowered

Project Duration: 18

According to United Nation Organization (2015), 10% of people are disabled,while there is an increase of 2-7% every decade. In Greece it is estimated that 1 mil. people are disabled. However there is lack of actions that stimulate them through Role-Models to be active in society. “Legends of...

Music Workshop for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Project Promoter: The Care Association People with Mental Disabilities of the Rodopi Prefecture Agioi Theodoroi

Relative Call: Vulnerable groups empowered

Project Duration: 12

The project concerns the development of a music lab for people with intellectual disabilities. In the Eastern Macedonia and Thrace there are no providers of musical training for people with mental disabilities. The lab will provide empowerment and musical training to this group. In specific the lab will achieve...

Equality in the Workplace and in Education

Project Promoter: Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity (G2RED)

Relative Call: Vulnerable groups empowered

Project Duration: 18

Τhe project will provide support to unemployed migrants, refugees and asylum seekers residing in Attiki, aged 15-67 or the same groups out of education or vocational training. The objective is supporting equal access for them to labor market and formal and non-formal education and vocational training. Special interventions will...

The Mobile School travels

Project Promoter: Ladies Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality

Relative Call: Vulnerable groups empowered

Project Duration: 36

In 2017 Ladies Union of Drama – House of Open Hospitality acquired mobile school, after forming collaboration with Belgian NPO Mobile School. The mobile school is an extendable blackboard on wheels that comes with more than 300 educational panels ranging from literacy to street business, to health, hygiene and diversity. From 1,5m length...

Open Beehive

Project Promoter: Melissa Network of Migrant Women in Greece

Relative Call: Vulnerable groups empowered

Project Duration: 36

The empowerment of refugee women is an indicator of the integration process with the host society & a wider approach to social cohesion. The purpose of this project is to provide an empowerment pathway through a comprehensive approach focusing on the range of needs, dynamics, resilience & potential of...