The partners
The Co-Bio project is comprised of 7 partners, from 6 countries in Europe. The partners spand expertise in biodiversity, co-creation, mobilisation, grassroot involvement, training and education. Read about each partner below:
The project partners
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Vejle Municipality/Green Forum, Denmark
Green Forum (Grønt Forum) is organised under the Technical and Environment Department of Vejle Municipality, as a network for citizens and civil society organizations, with an interest in climate, ecology, nature, and the environment. The network has a around 160 organizations and 400 private members.
Green Forum provides sparring and helps to develop projects that engage the local community around all topics within sustainability and resilience. For example: waste management, mobility, climate adaptation, construction, social communities, nature in the city, nature conservation, more life in the garden, renewable energy, etc. At the same time, Grønt Forum aims to build a bridge between citizens, companies and professionals in Vejle Municipality's administrations, ensuring citizen involvement and supporting co-creation.
Please visit our website for more information:
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RightChallenge, Portugal
The Rightchallenge Association is a NGO which aims to promote education and training as a means of social inclusion and sustainable development. Education must focus on the holistic development of all people in order to prepare them to intervene and participate in all dimensions of society. As an association, we actively engage with the community to empower them in their development as active, democratic and responsible citizens.
Please visit our website for more information:
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CESIE, Italy
CESIE is a European Centre for Studies and Initiatives based in Palermo, Sicily. It is a non-profit, apolitical, and non-governmental organisation, implementing projects in more than 80 countries.
Established in 2001 and inspired by the work and theories of the Italian sociologist Danilo Dolci (1924-1997), CESIE contributes to the active participation of people, civil societies and institutions in various thematic areas, towards the promotion of growth and development, always valuing diversity in the respect of ethics and human development.
The organisation is dedicated to the promotion of research and development so as to increase and improve future-oriented innovation processes in educational, social, economic and cultural spheres.Please visit our website for more information: www.cesie.org
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Center for citizen dialogue, Denmark
The Center for Citizen Dialogue is a consultancy and knowledge center with expertise and competences in citizen involvement in municipal work. We are based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and advice Danish and Scandinavian municipalities on how to involve citizens and stakeholders and how to lead and facilitate co-creation processes.
Moreover, we train professionals in public involvement and co-creation with citizens, communities and civic organizations and facilitates learning networks for professionals. The Center is a network organization founded by the CEO, Anne Tortzen, in 2009.Please visit our website for more information:
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Athens Lifelong Learning Institute, Greece
The Athens Lifelong Learning Institute is a research and education institute, based in Athens, Greece. It has the mission to foster and enhance innovation processes mainly in the areas of education and lifelong learning, human capital development, knowledge society and social inclusion. It has a long experience in the development of educational curricula and programmes that keep abreast to the new developments, social demands and European priorities and endorses a firm belief that real-world problem-based learning and innovative teaching methods inspire curiosity and improve learning ability, especially for disengaged and disconnected learners.
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GreenFormation Ltd., Hungary
Greenformation Ltd. is a small enterprise based in Budapest aiming to trigger green and social transition and transformation through catalyzing biodiversity conservation, the enhancement of society, sustainable and just energy use, biodiversity conservation as well as behavior change. For these aims, the enterprise carries out research, measures impacts, provides advice and does projects through involving multiple stakeholders, building dialogues and bridges. In order to increase urban biodiversity, GreenFormation delivers policy documents in a participatory manner, carry out impact assessments using citizen innovation methods as well as provide guidance on enhancing natural values and thus the benefits they provide for residents of settlements with different scales. The enterprise also brings experience and networks from both Western and Eastern Europe containing local authorities as well as NGOs.
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GartenPolylog, Austria
Gartenpolylog promotes the development of community gardens and care of communities for green spaces since 2007. It supports the network of community gardens in Austria, offers workshops for grown-ups and children in environmental education as well as group organisation and does research and exchange on a national and international level - from community gardens as inclusive spaces to participatory development of edible neighbourhoods.
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