EUWISE is a long term Erasmus+ project that started in December 2020 and ends in November 2022 (2 years), coordinated by the Youth Association from Transylvania, a grassroots NGO from Romania, brings together 5 entities from Belgium, Italy, Poland and Romania, who are working together with the purpose of raising awareness and upscaling various sustainable production and consumption practices, all the while also empowering youth with fewer opportunities.
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Let's meet the partners of EUWISE:
- The Youth Association from Transylvania, is an NGO from Romania that works strategically on developing, promoting and representing the interests of our communities in Transylvanian and ensuring the active involvement of youth by having social, cultural, sporting, educational, recreational and professional training and volunteering activities in the areas of sustainable development, inclusion, entrepreneurship, emotional management and innovation. Our Motto: To show Europe to Transylvania and Transylvania to Europe!
Equo Garantito is the National Assembly of Italian Fair Trade organizations - a non-profit organization that promotes the values of Fair Trade and fair economy in Italy through awareness raising activities, lobbying and advocacy, the monitoring of its members according to the Italian Charter of Fair Trade and WFTO principles. Its network is composed by 65 member organisations running more than 180 World Shops around Italy counting on the support of more than 3500 committed volunteers and working with 200 Producer Organizations in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Fair Trade Advocacy Office (FTAO), located in Brussels, is an independent foundation, born in 2004 as a joint initiative of Fairtrade International, the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) and its European branch (WFTO-Europe). FTAO’s goal is to represent all the actors of the Fair Trade Movement in the global challenge towards change, greater Trade Justice and better livelihoods and life conditions for producers in the Global South. The advocacy activities of FTAO are addressed to the EU and concern the need to create and implement policies supporting a fairer trade at the European level.
- Polish Fair Trade Association (PFTA) was created in 2003 by a group of Fair Trade enthusiasts. PFTA is an organization which contributes to the fight with hunger and poverty, promotes responsible consumption and Fair Trade. Through its statutory objectives PFTA provides actions on global education, raises society’s awareness of sustainable development, responsible consumption and Fair Trade. Since 2009, the PFTA has been involved in the Fair Trade Friendly Communities campaign, which is the equivalent of Fair Trade Towns. PFTA is member of the World Fair Trade Organization.
- Project School is a start-up company based in Italy and Belgium aimed at strengthening the creative and design skills of individuals and organisations willing to develop solutions to small and big challenges in their communities. We seek to boost the potential of our partners and users to enhance their capacity to create social impact, by using the most innovative techniques in the social field.
The project’s scheme will comprise 4 main interconnected phases during the 24 months’ duration:
1. Phase 1: “analyse and assess”, comprising activities such good practices identification and first community building.
2. Phase 2: “engage”, comprising activities related to the engagement of stakeholders and recruitment and engagement of young beneficiaries.
3. Phase 3: “design and empower”, including the design and delivery of the capacity building programmes.
4. Phase 4: “involve and upscale”, dedicated to the development of pilot actions aimed to create concrete and sustainable impact at local and European level.