c/o TUCHTIG Oudenarder Straße 16
Gebäude D06 - Etage 1
13357 Berlin
Germany
- International/Cultural relations
The NGO Nest Berlin e.V. (NEST), a Hub for Research, Education and Personal Growth, is an umbrella organization for promoting and executing of transnational mobility. The organization assists network partners to support adults/youth and functions as a hub for research and EU project design with a focus on impacting the Berlin community, specifically the Wedding Neighborhood. The NGO co-operates with stakeholding parties throughout Europe with the intent to exchange best practices in education, adult training, and employability, as well as in social inclusion and disadvantaged urban/rural development projects – with the objective to represent a transnational hub for innovation in NGO best-practices & coordination schemes between NGOs and stakeholders in Europe. Today the NGO’s ambitions find NEST involved as a partner in more than 10 Erasmus+ KA2 VET, Adult, and Sports projects, and as coordinator in 3 big projects addressing e.g. migrants, employability, inclusion, gender equality. 1. KA2 Adults DISTRACT 2. KA2 VET Migrant In Fashion 3. Big Sports Collaborative Partnership RINMSASFT Furthermore, more than 15 KA1 youth projects were already implemented with several Training Courses hosted in Berlin. Furthermore, NEST Berlin has deployed research activities in the foregoing fields and in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Bonn Rhein-Sieg through its chapter NGO NEST Bonn which links formal and nonformal education methodologies to add value to the learning of young/adults people. Co-Founded by 4 leading NGO’s in the field of Mine Vaganti NGO (MVNGO), The Comparative Research Network (CRN), InterCultural-Youth-Dialogue-Association (IYDA) and Mitosis Coworking Space, NEST merged expertise into an approach that grounds transnational cooperation between VET providers, NGOs, and businesses, providing a balanced picture of present challenges for inclusion and integration in Europe. NEST is a member organization in MV International (MVI), an international NGO network comprising 37 European member organizations, and 6 associate organizations from Africa, Latin America and Asia, as well a founding member of Alliance For Global Development AGD based in University of Applied Sciences in Bonn. NEST was initiated in 2016 by expert professionals active in the sectors/fields of NGO, Social Innovation, European project management, European mobility, Networking, and Non-Formal Education (NFE) methodologies, and embodies today in its Berlin hub 4 staff members and 4 team members with professional competences/experiences in above-mentioned domains. As a NEST is non-profit oriented, it performs crucial parts of its activity’s also on a voluntary base. At the ‘TUECHTIG room for inclusion’ NEST’s has its office space, amidst other pioneers, freelancers and employees (with and without disabilities) of all ages and backgrounds.
The organization aims at the human, social, and socioeconomic development of people. NEST is actively involved in scientific and field research thanks to the field of expertise of the board members such as community building development, intercultural dialogue, education through Sport, and migration. NEST works internationally in cross-cultural projects by interpreting the local reality in Berlin. Nest is performing education through sport as a holistic tool of research by implementing international projects within the frame of the Erasmus Plus Sport Chapter. NEST pays attention to valorize and spreading of the potential of NFE methods - as a crucial pathway towards a more impacting and inclusive education functional to professional/personal growth, societal impact, and peculiarities of NGO actors. The application of NFE methods delivers and obtains simultaneously joint elaboration and implementation of educational programs, involves different targets, and fosters a pan-European reach in project design, the establishment of thematic networks, and offering of mobility opportunities.
NEST is involved in the design and management of international projects in all the sectors of Erasmus+ (Youth, Adult, VET, Schools, Sport.); H2020; AMIF; EuropeAid and engaged to the European Solidarity Corps and other international youth programs, sending and receiving young people from all over Europe and Africa. The Project Team is well experienced in managing and implementing European projects, currently, NEST is engaged as coordinator or partner in various KA1 Youth, KA2 Adult / VET / Sports projects. In the Erasmus+ KA1 Youth sector various projects such as Sports Activities foster e.g. Entrepreneurship, Peace / Trust building, employability and inclusion of migrants – up to employing high-quality educational support / KA2 project and research - focused in accessing knowledge, skills, and instruments needed for translating entrepreneurial intentions into concrete business initiatives (start-ups). (e.g. KA2 “Migrants in Fashion” that addresses the entrepreneurial development needs of female migrants’ prospective entrepreneurs in the Fashion sector). NEST co-creates and implements also project aimed at intervention on skills and emotional dimensions of the disabled, by exploring educational and creative integration (such as the devised Theater which is an original approach to theatrical production entailing a peer process of cooperation in the achievement of a final artistic product). For the disadvantaged urban and rural communities, NEST is dedicated to offering support to Educators/Trainers interested in providing solutions that services social inclusion, adult education institutions, NGOs, cultural businesses and associations, Arts centers/groups, Organizations for the disabled. (e.g. KA2 project “Dis-Act” which targets disabled adults aged 35-55 coming from disadvantaged urban and rural communities) Nest pursues Erasmus+ collaborative partnership priority’s related to good governance with a specific focus on enhancing gender equality in sport, such as the strengthening managers of semi-professional (female) sports teams through an up-skill process related to marketing, communication, and visibility strategies. (e.g. KA2 project “RINMSASFT”, Re (IN)novating Marketing Strategy Across Semi-professional Female Teams). Moreover, the organization has a formal link with “MITOSIS”, a co-working space in Berlin functioning as an open collaboration and innovation hub, frequented by a disparate set of local and international professionals working in diverse fields such as Programming, Art and Philosophy.
The NGO Nest Berlin e.V. is a young umbrella organization for promoting transnational youth mobility. Our organization is understanding itself as a hub, helping other network partners to help young people to gain skills such as leadership, project management, NGO work, application writing, and fundraising. As a hub for NGOs, we are specialized in developing skills for young leaders. As a sending organization, we can offer short-term to a long-term stay at NGOs abroad, as a receiving organization we offer work on various projects in the creative capital of Europe. We and our network partner are experienced in hosting, training, and sending young people abroad. Working with us means to gain insights into: - European project management - Delivering training and creating curricula - Fundraising and application writing We work with various approaches and offer training such as: - Intercultural communication - Digital and ICT skills - Civic education - Gender awareness - Development cooperation - Entrepreneurial skills and thinking - Critical design thinking
Being a member of ALF will : - Multiply contacts and create real links with people looking for the same thing as us: creating links and opportunities for new projects and programs, - Make sure to publicize our activity. Beyond the exchange of experiences, belonging to the ALF network presents significant advantages for NEST, as much to find new program ideas in a very favorable context, as partners to develop a project, - Access to offers of goods and services at shared costs. A good way to save money!