Greece

NCR is addressed to all children, regardless of ethnic origin, race, gender, religion and language, organizing and implementing specialized pedagogical programs, creative group activities and non-formal education activities in 4 places in the center of Athens [1.Cultural Lab-Children’s Library / Mobile Library, 2. Youth Center / Young Journalists, 3. Info Center-Support & Mobile Unit for Unaccompanied Minors, 4.Protection for All Minors (unaccompanied and separated minor refugees] At the same time, it runs awareness-raising campaigns and institutional interventions are being developed.
Its projects are recognized in European level as the holistic model in the context of implementing the European program FEAD (accompanying measures) has been included in the European Commission's list of good practices for this program. The Young Journalists' program with the printed and digital Newspaper “Migratory Birds” a journalism program that brings together girls and boys of 12-20 years of age, of different nationalities, recognized as one of the best integration practices and included in the edition of the Council of Europe ('Promoting child-friendly approaches in the area of migration: standards, guidance and current practice', 12/2019, p.92).
The work, professionalism and experience in the refugee filed and more specifically in the unaccompanied refugee minors is recognized as the organization was selected as a main partner in the National Tracing and Protection Mechanism for unaccompanied children in precarious conditions, from the Special Secretary for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and UNHCR, which has been implemented since January 2021. The Child Protection Unit (CPU) for has been active in Athens’ urban area since October 2017, founded by UNHCR.

Creation of Festivals,
Living in Nature,
Building an Eco community.
Technological Integration with Nature
Self-Awareness through various Cultural Activities (Theater, Dancing, Lessons, etc)
Co-operation with other groups or organizations that are in close to our philosophy.
We are active both on civil and rural environment.

NewSchool.Athens organizes short workshops lasting from 1 week to 3 months in Athens and other locations in Greece. In addition it organizes exhibitions and festivals showcasing student's work.

Relative to the purpose of educations

Etz Hayyim’s founding director defined it as a “place of prayer, recollection and reconciliation.” The site functions as an inclusive religious space, a historic site, a venue for cultural events and a research and educational institution. Activities include inter-religious/inter-faith projects, concerts, readings and lectures reflecting the Eastern Mediterranean heritage, guided tours for about 30,000 visitors every year, and exhibitions on intercultural themes and (Cretan) Jewish history, as well as lectures for the general public and seminars for local schools.
Two examples of our most recent projects illustrate how Etz Hayyim explores and adds an alternative voice to the understanding of the history and present-day society of Hania and Greece:
In October 2019, Etz Hayyim hosted the exhibition “Parallel Points of View” as part of the EU program Heritage Contact Zone (HCZ) project. The exhibition (https://heritagecontactzone.com/hania) presented ten alternative perspectives on the history and society of Crete ranging from the mediaeval Emirate of Crete, the Ottoman period and today’s Muslim presence to Romaniote and Sephardi Jewish views, and a women’s perspective along with views from the Roma, LGBTQ+, expatriate and refugee communities. The exhibition was co-created by a curating artist in participatory workshops with local residents representing those groups.
In January 2021, Etz Hayyim published a map for a walking tour through the historic Jewish quarter of Hania (in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we added an online virtual tour version of the walking tour: http://www.etz-hayyim-hania.org/the-jews-of-crete/hania-jewish-quarter-…). The map gives new, more tangible meaning to the name “Evraïkí”, which is still applied today to the area around Etz Hayyim Synagogue, and is used in everyday parlance, albeit with erased, or very little, meaning or connotation for locals. There is no memory of what life in this centuries-old Jewish neighborhood was like, or a sense of what the historic quarter could mean for today’s Hania. In keeping with the participatory character of the HCZ project, we added an interactive element to the Evraiki map: the “Mapping Hania” project invites the wider public to share their personal mental map of the city and will eventually create a multilayered mosaic of personal maps of the town and potentially start a conversation of what we do, could or maybe should not miss to see.

Up until now we have produced and presented in our space 12 exhibitions, one concert, two residency, two screenings, numerous workshops for children, talks and roundtables. In 2020 and 2021, we took part in the VAHA program phase 1 where we collaborated with a performance art space (1927) and a bookshop (O Meteoritis) in Kypseli. Together we created the project ‘The Words We Don’t Have’ including three roundtables and a podcast having as a thematic our neighborhood and the independent art spaces. In 2021 and 2022 for VAHA phase 2, we collaborated with independent spaces from Tirana and Diyarbakir for the project 'Concrete Contract’. This phase included traveling to each other's cities and producing exhibitions, talks, discussions, screenings and workshops.
In April 2022, we were invited by U10 art space in Belgrade to organize an exhibition. We curated an exhibition including two Noucmas members and two young artists recently graduated from the Athens School of Fine Art.
A group exhibition of female artists and writers took place in October 2022. Along with the exhibition a publication/visual essay was made. This exhibition was funded by the Ministry of Culture in Greece.

In December our annual ‘Christmas Print Show’ exhibition takes place. Every year we host this exhibition where we invite artists from our neighborhood and around Athens to create prints in any form (digital, silk-screen, etching, stencil etc.) The prints are available to purchase and the benefits go directly to the artists.

In April 2023, London-based sculptor Francis Olvez-Wilshaw will join Noucmas to work with our team and create an exhibition that will highlight the previous function of the space, which was a wood workshop that made furniture. Francis will work with our team to create furniture sculptures.

• Developing EU Funded Programmes since 2005
• More than 300 domestic Greek projects for the establishment of the SME
• Participation in more than 100 programmes like SEE, MED, Turkish programmes, Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, Competitiveness and innovation Programme, Labor Market and Entrepreneurship Overcoming Gender Stereotypes, Women Mobility Information Campaign, Mobility and Equality: Entrepreneurial Participation Towards an European Labor Market, European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, Grundvig, Raising the awareness of companies about combating gender stereotypes: add value, Break Stereotypes

Musical traditions of Greece, the Balkans and the Mediterranean, and their contemporary expressions

The idea started in the summer of 2020 in Thessaloniki, in response to the need to create a community of musical expression and creation that will form a key reference point for the cultural, educational and research ecosystem of the city.

The cultural diversity of Thessaloniki is an indisputable part of its identity. The city, as a crossroads, may serve both as a passage and a permanent home for people of different backgrounds who carry and leave traces of their culture, shaping and transforming its contemporary cultural mosaic. History, socio-political events, different habits, trends and ideas interact and merge. Music is the witness of all these changes and social fermentation.

olipoli enters the alleys and neighborhoods of the city, gets inspired by its multicultural wealth and gives space to its expression. Its team organizes group workshops for adults and children, seminars, lectures, educational programs, open rehearsals, concerts and festivals, and undertakes the production of musical and artistic activities, establishing a network of musicians, artists, academics, students, organizations and anyone interested in the art of music.

Focusing on the cultivation of music performance and listening to music, as well as the production of artistic, educational and research work, olipoli promotes and strengthens the cooperation and coexistence of different communities and organizations of Thessaloniki, creating focal points of expression within the city.