Rua Escola Normal, 80, 4º
4000-199 Porto
Portugal
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Heritage
- Human rights
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- International/Cultural relations
- Others
- Youth and education
In this time where crisis, unemployment and despair are issues especially affecting young people, our mission is to encourage and support youth active citizenship and participation, by empowering them through non-formal education based on a self-directed learning process. In this sense, MEDesTU Association promotes and develops cultural, social, educational, recreational and sports initiatives, at local/national, regional and international levels.
Goals: 1. At local/national level: to contribute to a better informed Portuguese society in the matters of the Arab and Islamic world, but also towards the Moorish heritage in Portugal. 2. At regional level (civil society - citizens and NGOs): to promote cooperation, respect for human rights and the rule of law, encouraging integration and sense of belonging in the Euro-Mediterranean region. 3. At international level: advocate the peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, encouraging young people to involve themselves actively in the process, as part of the solution.
There are 3 fundamental projects of MEDesTU:
1.1 BOMBORDO
This project consists of awareness raising and capacity building activities in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes, in schools or with the target audience, whose themes may range from intercultural dialogue, non-discrimination by gender, race, sex or religion, refugees, citizenship. volunteering, youth participation, associations, sustainability, gender equality, etc.
Within this framework, there’s Bombordo E +, which targets mobility projects developed under the Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme.
1.2 MOSAICO
This aims to promote and develop (inter)cultural initiatives at local, national and international level, constituting a platform that aims to make the Arab and Islamic World known. Thus, it intends to assert itself as a cultural, information and research center. Your goals are:
1. Promote the information of the Portuguese society about the Arab and Islamic World, through the promotion of activities of (inter)cultural scope.
2. Develop synergies at both local/national and international levels.
3. Contribute to a significant deconstruction of stereotypes and prejudices about the Arab and Islamic World.
4. Promote cultural interaction and closer ties between Portugal and the Arab and Islamic World.
1.3 PT-MED SCI
This aims at the promotion of volunteering through the international volunteer work camps of the global Service Civil International (SCI) movement. We aim to promote mobility and the exchange of volunteers through activities that encourage the exchange of experiences and knowledge of new socio-cultural realities, facilitating the relationship of Portuguese with people from other countries within or outside the national territory, able to provide formative answers obtained. through non-formal educational processes, including intercultural ones. More information about SCI: sci.ngo and workcamps.info.
By engaging in ALF Portuguese network, we commit ourselves to the Foundation’s programmes and projects. We'll inform the network about our initiatives and, through them, we hope to provide the Foundation with outcomes that reflect the strenghthening of the ties of understanding and cooperation among the Euro-Mediterranean region.
MEDesTU shares the same vision as Anna Lindh Foundation in what bringing together civil society and citizens across the Mediterranean is concerned, fostering cooperation between the shores.