InterAktion - Verein für ein interkulturelles Zusammenleben
Project Coordinator
Austria
InterAktion is an Austrian organization that focuses on human rights, sustainability, and the integration of refugees and young people from migrant families. In the last years we have been working on family learning with a focus on empowering parents and strengthening family cohesion. Through our family-centred projects, we have worked with parents, supporting them in developing the skills, confidence, and resources needed to educate, communicate with, and engage their children in diverse and inclusive ways. Within the SILENT project (https://www.silent-project.online/) we developed targeted strategies to support hearing parents in communicating with children with hearing impairments, particularly in the period following their child’s diagnosis. Building on this experience, the Hearts & Hands project shifts the focus to parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children aged 4 and older, addressing their evolving needs as children grow and communication contexts become more complex.
Ceangal Eolais Limited
Partner no2
Ireland
Ceangal Eolais is Irish for ‘Learning Connection’. Ceangal Eolais (CEL) is a small SME from rural Ireland. Our staff members host regular in-person coaching circles and community drop-ins. At these sessions, our aim is to provide one-to-one and group support to all members of our rural communities, with the aim of getting people talking again. At CEL, our work is driven by the belief that inclusive, resilient and supported communities can thrive even in the face of significant challenges. Our approach through CEL is rooted in community development practice. This approach is anchored in the belief that most social isolation and exclusion issues can be addressed first and foremost through inclusive and supportive communication. Through addressing the diverse needs of youth, migrants, older adults and women, our association is working to support a stronger, more connected rural Ireland.
INQUIRY FUSE
Partner no3
Cyprus
INQUIRY FUSE is a multidisciplinary development, research, and outreach centre dedicated to engaging student populations and the wider public in meaningful formal, non-formal, and informal learning experiences through innovative, research-driven educational solutions and actions. Capitalising on research outcomes, INQUIRY FUSE operates at the intersection of knowledge creation, learning design, and societal engagement. The team specialises in Science and STEAM Education, Sport and Exercise Science, Sport Sociology, Physical Education, and Educational Technologies. INQUIRY FUSE envisions the cultivation of multiliteracies, with a particular emphasis on scientific, physical, digital, and environmental literacy, alongside the development of 21st-century skills necessary for a democratic, inclusive, and healthy society. Its work seeks synergies that generate novelty and an authentic societal footprint, promoting a signature of humanity through body and mind while driving educational and social change. INQUIRY FUSE’s multifaceted work falls into four main categories. First, EU-funded projects, where the team demonstrates cumulative expertise in the design, development, management, and coordination of projects under several EU funding schemes, with a strong focus on tangible societal impact. Second, educational research, employing mixed methods to support state-of-the-art analysis, research interventions, evaluation, impact assessment, and policy design. Third, learning design and assessment, involving the creation of inclusive curricula and programmes, aimed at cultivating scientific, digital, physical, and environmental literacy across educational levels. Fourth, training and capacity building, delivering tailored programmes that equip individuals and organisations with knowledge, skills, and attitudes, particularly in STEM engagement and healthy, active lifestyles. Across formal and informal contexts, INQUIRY FUSE demonstrates strong capacity in instructional design, digital pedagogies, gamification, participatory methodologies, contemporary learning approaches, and the development of innovative curricula, training materials, and skills progression frameworks.
KMOP
Partner no4
GREECE
KMOP, founded in 1977 in Greece, is a leading civil society organization dedicated to empowering and enhancing the well-being of individuals and communities through social support services, education, research & policy and, raising awareness on current societal challenges. Over the years, KMOP has broadened its impact to a global scale, maintaining a presence in three countries—Greece, Belgium, and North Macedonia—with permanent offices in Athens, Piraeus, Kifissia, Thessaloniki, Brussels, and Skopje.
At the heart of KMOP‘s work is the commitment to tackle social challenges through evidence-based solutions that foster individual and collective prosperity. Our approach focuses on creating and implementing innovative social programs designed to build self-worth, reduce inequalities, and promote inclusive and sustainable development.
Over the last two decades, KMOP has launched more than 450 social initiatives, positively impacting over 400,000 individuals with the support of both institutional and private donors.
Tilburg University, department Tranzo
Partner no5
Netherlands
Tranzo is the scientific center for care and welfare at the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University. Tranzo connects science and practice in the fields of care and welfare. In co-creation with practice, we work on developing and sharing knowledge. This approach promotes evidence-based practice and enables the development of products and services that can be directly applied in real-world settings. The Academic Collaborative Center Youth (ACCY) at Tranzo is a cooperation between Tilburg University and 22 organizations (municipalities, youth (health) care, mental health care, applied universities and a client organization). The endowed chair “Early Development and Intervention in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children” within this rcenter focuses on promoting the development of deaf and hard-of-hearing children.