Risbo is a research, consultancy, and training institute affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands). Its mission is to bridge the gap between research and practice by providing evidence-based knowledge, innovative learning approaches, and professional training for institutions, policymakers, and educators. Risbo is particularly recognised for its expertise in designing, implementing, and evaluating educational programmes and social interventions. The organisation carries out applied research in areas such as education, youth development, migration, inclusion, and labour market integration. This includes conducting policy evaluations, large-scale surveys, and monitoring studies that inform stakeholders at local, national, and European level. In addition to research, Risbo is strongly engaged in professional development.
AMPERSAND is a non-governmental organization, a center for the development of skills and competencies of young people and youth educators (teachers, professors, youth workers). The mission of AMPERSAND is to encourage and strengthen the empowerment of individuals towards sustainable development of local communities, through international cooperation, education, and training. Therefore, our activities concentrate on non-formal education, mentorship, career orientation, training, facilitation of groups, coworking space existence, promoting European values, creating opportunities, and developing intercultural sensitivity.
Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Regionalnych (SIR) is a non-profit NGO based in Kraków, Poland, active since 2003. Its main activities include organising European youth exchanges, developing local and regional initiatives, and supporting intercultural dialogue and European integration. SIR promotes democracy, active citizenship, tolerance, cultural heritage, sports, healthy lifestyle, and ecology. It carries out educational projects in schools and through non-formal methods, cultural events such as conferences and exhibitions, and mobility programmes that strengthen cooperation among young Europeans.