List of Projects - Active Citizens Fund

Active Preventers and Active Bystanders: Preventing Gender Based Violence in youth’s life

Project Promoter: Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group (EKO)

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 24 months

The Project will strengthen the role of the community in the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) among adolescents and young adults (15-26 years old) that takes place at school and at the University, by combating the passive and silent complacency on the part of witnesses of GBV incidents. To...

Empower Women 65+

Project Promoter: People Behind

Relative Call: Gender equality promoted and Gender-Based Violence combatted

Project Duration: 6 months

Gender-based violence against elderly women is a field where either the civil society or the government have sufficiently interfered. The 1st Annual Report on Violence against Women (2020) does not even present data on older women. According to the UN (2017) only 1 in 24 cases of older women...

EngAGE: A holistic project for the elderly on active ageing, volunteering and participation as vital part of the community

Project Promoter: ELIX – Conservation Volunteers Greece

Relative Call: Increased citizen participation in civic activities

Project Duration: 24 months

Retirees in Greece usually limit their social participation to the immediate family environment, while they have little room to extend their working life. Nevertheless, while they are a valuable social resource, they are marginalized, experiencing negative stereotypes and adopting a passive lifestyle that is detrimental to their health. The...

Red Umbrella Athens – Empowering Sex Workers

Project Promoter: Greek Association of People Living with HIV “Positive Voice”

Relative Call: Vulnerable groups empowered

Project Duration: 24 months

The social stigma and exclusion experienced by sex workers remains uncharted in Greece. The experience of the association in the field coincides with the international literature on the subject, showing the multidimensional nature of this exclusion, since the connection with the various minority identities of the persons involved in...

Establishment of a Cooperation Network of Organizations Acting in the Field of Wildlife Care in Greece

Project Promoter: Hellenic Wildlife Care Association, ANIMA

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 18 months

The project aims to create a network of cooperation of at least 12 organizations, groups, and bodies, dealing with wildlife care in Greece. It will focus on the following problems: – Reduced communication and lack of coordinated action – Lack of a common operating framework and good practices –...

Observatory for Art in Prison “ALL2GATHER”

Project Promoter: TRI.ENA politismou

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 6 months

The ‘Observatory for Art in Prison “ALL2GATHER”‘ meets the need of creating and operating a network/archive of artistic and humanitarian activities and initiatives that take place within and outside prisons, within the SCS or other support structure, in the form of non-formal education or voluntary programs, but also in...

1st Space New Generation Conference

Project Promoter: SPIN – Space Innovation

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 4 months

Living in the 2nd Space Age, Greece has experienced unprecedented development in the field of Space Technologies in the pillar of Civil Society. Since 2014, more than 13 non-profit organizations, student and informal groups led by young people and dealing with space technologies have been operating or restarted operations....

Creation of a Network of Organizations in the Trichonida lake for the environmental awareness of the residents of Thermo and Agrinio area

Project Promoter: Institute of Creativity – Research – Development of Thermo Region

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 6 months

In recent years the modern way of life affects the way of life of people living around Lake Trichonida, with the latter possessing one of the richest ecosystems in Greece. Despite the direct relationship of the inhabitants with nature, a large absence in environmental awareness can be witnessed.. The...

Survival Map of Heraklion Crete

Project Promoter: Thalassa of Solidarity

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 6 months

In the wider area of Heraklion in Crete, many migrants live and work, alone or with their families. In the same area, through the integration programs ESTIA and HELIOS, many refugees have also arrived, most of them with their families, and many remain after the end of these programs....

Alliance for Sustainable Local Development

Project Promoter: Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos – MedINA

Relative Call: Platforms and Networks among NGOs (CSOs) developed

Project Duration: 12 months

Ongoing rural abandonment, a lack of an integrated policy of “top-down” support and the underdevelopment of civil society actors leads to a shrinking of the dynamism and development prospects of regional areas. Rural sustainability can only be achieved through endogenous sustainable local development initiatives that motivate and empower local...