Activities EKO’s team has experience in the management and coordination of national and international projects and initiatives, including quality assurance, dissemination and sustainability planning. Our members have diverse expertise, which they utilize in conducting research, developing intellectual products and implementing trainings, on the basis of each project’s needs. YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, HUMANRIGHTS [...]
Read MoreHOMEABOUT USOUR PROJECTSOUR PUBLICATIONSNEWSWORK WITH USPIF EKO Greece Empowering Youth, Building a Better Future OUR PROJECTS 56 Approved projects 150+ Partners 7 Years of experience Stay tuned and receive updates EKO, the Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group, is a Non-Profit Organisation seated in Athens, Greece, active in the fields of [...]
Read MoreFrom April 20 to April 22 2019 Egypt set a referendum for the constitutional amendments. Thanks to EKO Organization, one of our volunteers had the opportunity to go to Cairo and participate in the referendum as an international observer, together with other international observers who were part of a Delegation of legal representation before the National Elections Commission in accordance […]
Gaia & Rosaria are two ESC (European Solidarity Corps) volunteers from Italy, living and working in Athens for the promotion of projects, activities, and events for youth empowerment. They work in collaboration with EKO and with Volunteering4youth they want to share their volunteer experience and daily life in Greece, and at the same time keep you updated about all initiatives […]
The European Youth Week (EYW) 2019 provided the opportunity to civil society actors and youth organizations to realize a series of events and youth activities to promote the principles of democracy, active youth participation and European Integration in a European-wide celebration! Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group (EKO) responded to this call by designing and organizing a special Art Workshop with the title […]
We are happy to host two volunteers from Italy for one year! The two new members of our team have the opportunity to develop personal and professional skills via a range of training activities and workshops. Ultimately, they will promote the concept of solidarity within our and their community, at regional and European level. Mission of the European Solidarity Corps […]
Our project “Countering Violent Extremism (CV-EX)” has been completed and its goals have been met with success greater than our expectations! The project focused on the complex issue of radicalization and examined the roots behind extremist behavior, including the changes in moral values, the increasing refugee and migration flows, the spreading economic crisis and the role of internet and social […]
KA1 Youth Exchange – “Countering Violent Extremism (CV-EX)”Athens, Greece14-23 November 2018 Our project “Countering Violent Extremism” (CV-EX) has been completed and its success outreached our greatest expectations! This transnational initiative, coordinated by EKO, united 42 young people from 7 different countries across Europe and the Euromediterranean basin (Greece, Spain, Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Italy), and gave them the opportunity […]
We have the pleasure to announce that the project “Countering Violent Extremism” has been completed with brilliant success! This Youth Exchange program gave the opportunity to 42 young people from Egypt, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Tunisia, Turkey and Spain to explore together a phenomenon that concerns us all: Extremism in all its forms, driven by radical ideologies that give reason to […]
New updates in EKO publications! EKO publications is a section on the website of EKO that provides you with some background information on the themes and topics of our projects and those projects that we participate in. All articles are developed in coordination with the whole team, but written by members of EKOyouth, which consist of young people, students, interns […]
EKO has successfully held the Seminar “Experiences for European Youth” yesterday and informed young people about the opportunities offered by Erasmus+ programmes. Participants attended the presentation of the organisers/trainers Eva and Jaime about their own enjoyable experience with the Erasmus+ programme and how this can be beneficial for future participants. The training also included sessions on the European Voluntary Service […]
The Kick-off meeting in Berlin hosted by NGO Nest Berlin was a great success! Keep updated & find all updates and information about the #SCRCE Erasmus+ KA2 co-funded project about Circular Economy here: facebook