Anna Lindh Foundation

Asociación Jóvenes hacia la Solidaridad y el Desarrollo (Jovesolides)

National Network

Spain

Address

C/ Silla, 10, 46980 – Paterna (Valencia) Paterna Spain

Country

Spain

City

Paterna

Street address 2

C/ Silla, 10, 46980 – Paterna (Valencia)

Telephone

+34963632563

E-Mail

boutainaelhadri@jovesolides.org

Year of Establishment

1999

Contact Person1

Boutaina El Hadri

Organisation Type

Non-Governmental Organization

Fields of Activity

Youth and education

General Information

Structure of the organization: Board, General Coordinator, Partners and volunteers, Assembly, 7 workers Budgetariy resources: € 368,479.08 Sources of funding: Membership fees and donations financial income Bancaja Foundation General government grants Modalities of action: Concrete projects and scholarships Main Partners Involved: International Network Jovesolides Taula Cívica Sud de la Mediterrània Coordinadora Valenciana de ONGDs Plataforma de Voluntariat de la Comunitat Valenciana Fundación Esplai

Mission and Objectives

1. Promoting equal opportunities and supporting local development in communities with fewer opportunities through young people's qualification and slowing down the brain drain phenomenon. 2. Contributing to a more equal society based in social justice and breaking symbolic and cultural representations that marginise poor people.

Main Projects / Activities

− International Development Cooperation: We focus our actions in projects that support and foster young leaders in Latin American countries. − Codevelopment: Our work in this area concentrates in preventing migration through the access to post-secondary education and improving and strengthening competences of young people with fewer opportunities. Moreover, we also support migrants associations on different fields to empower them. − Development Education and Awareness Raising: We work on projects that provide detailed background information regarding development cooperation, migration, interculturality, etc. in formal as well as in informal education. All our actions in this field tries to educate to act in a spirit of worldwide solidarity and to enable citizens to develop a critical understanding of development topics and encourage them to get involved themselves. − Information Society: This area aims to foster social inclusion of people with fewer opportunities (specially the Romani community) through the use of New Communications and Information Technologies and bridge the digital gap.