Partnership

Founded in 2011, AGFE (European Funds Management Association) is a French non-profit organization specializing in managing European Social Fund (ESF) credits to promote social inclusion and employment. AGFE collaborates with its founding members and local partners to coordinate policies, manage projects, and foster professional networks. Actively engaged in Erasmus+ projects, AGFE develops innovative initiatives addressing labor market challenges. Its mission focuses on reducing poverty, enhancing skills, and empowering individuals for sustainable inclusion.

The UNESSA federation represents 547 affiliated organizations, which includes 1,120 regional branches and services. These nonprofit organizations are active in providing support, assistance, and care to individuals in Wallonia and Brussels. Our federation is at the forefront of representing and defending the interests of its members, on a daily basis, the UNESSA teams are committed to the future of all these organizations, the 65,000 people who work in them, and above all, to ensuring the broadest possible access, without conditions, of the population to high-quality reception, support, assistance, and healthcare services.

Anziani e non solo is a non-profit organization working since 2004 in the field of social innovation, with a specific focus on management of projects and realization of services and products in the field of welfare and social inclusion. Within its activities, ANS has promoted several projects at local, National and European level and, among its clients, there are: local and regional administrations, foundations, NGOs, trade unions, job centers, social cooperatives.

Scuola Centrale Formazione, as the national body representing 51 VET providers, operating in more than 120 sites in Italy, involving about 32,000 learners. The main activities of the associated members: vocational training (free of cost) for young people aged 14-17 still in compulsory education, targeted programmes (including counselling, support, training and activation measures, work-experiences, etc.) for the unemployed and the disadvantaged groups (including specific courses for disabled students); services for disadvantaged groups – adults and minors with disability, refugees, unemployed or low qualified adults, etc., such as residential homes, daily centres, job insertion workshops, counselling, etc.

Aproximar is a NGO acting as a social innovation hub aiming to enhance people, communities and organisations’ human and social capital as a strategy to strengthen their capacity to deal with emerging challenges and opportunities. The mission is daily accomplished by developing tailor-made social innovation, good practices exchange, and transference driven projects, besides delivering its own pack of empowering and capacity building services: training, consultancy, and social intervention.

Chance B is an Austrian non-profit organisation that was founded in 1968 as a social service provider for persons with disabilities 35 years ago. Today Chance B offers over 30 different services and customised support for every stage of life and every area of life in the region of Eastern Styria. Chance B cooperates actively in superordinate networks to improve the socio-political framework conditions for their target groups and runs innovative projects on regional, national and European level for new needs-based solutions and for ongoing further development.

ASSOC is a Romanian NGO whose mission is to foster social integration and improve the life conditions of vulnerable groups through education and work. ASSOC is among the most active national organisations in the provision of social services, with the long-term goal of facilitating the social, educational and professional integration of people with disabilities, seniors, young people leaving the child protection system, Roma individuals, migrants&refugees, among other vulnerable individuals.

The European Platform for Rehabilitation (EPR) is a network of 28 disability service providers from 18 countries, committed to delivering high-quality, sustainable services. EPR facilitates mutual learning, expert training, and innovation through projects and advocacy. Its work spans employment, education, vocational rehabilitation, and social care, with expertise in co-production, service quality, and mental health. EPR also operates EQUASS, a quality system promoting continuous improvement in social services across Europe. Together, EPR’s motto, Learning and Innovating Together, drives its mission.

AGE Platform Europe is the largest European network of organisations of and for older people. We aim to voice the diverse experiences and aspirations of the growing share of the older population in the European Union and raise awareness on ageing issues.