Project Coordinator

Ministry of National Education;
General Directorate of Private Education Institutions (DGPEI)

General Directorate of Private Education Institutions (DGPEI) is responsible for the conduct of all kinds of regulations, audits, and training activities, for every levels of the formal and non-formal private educations institutions which have been run by non-governmental bodies or real persons. DGPEI has been working on developing and conducting regulations and education programs, curricula for the education institutions as well. The Directorate General is also authorized to open, close, or inspect those education institutions.

All private schools, including pre-schoold and vocational ad technical high scloos are affiliated to the General Directorate of Private Education Institutions. On the other hand, non-formal private education institutions are also affiliated to the General Directorate of Private Education Institution which have been conducted training activities in terms of lifelong learning. Directorate General of Private Education Institutions develop their education program (curriculum) or conduct approval procedure for them when are submitted by non-formal private education intuitions including such as vocational and technical education centers.

DGPEI regulates the certification process of the individuals and issue the legislation in the relevant fields. DGPEI is authority as an accreditation body of the all kinds of private education institutions. Education activities of all kind of private schools and educational institutions at different levels in terms of the planning, coordination and management in Turkiye are under responsibility of DGPEI.

COFAC COOPERATIVA DE FORMACAO E ANIMACAO CULTURAL CRL

COFAC is a non-profit cooperative, responsible for the management of Lusófona University, recognised by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in 1998, and is the largest private university in Portugal, integrating 10 HEI in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Mozambique and Guinea- Bissau. It has a student body of more than 10.000 students and 1500 teachers and it is structured around 9 (nine) Schools that constitute the main institutional unit and offer 44 undergraduate Degrees, 45 Master Degrees, 11 PhD’s programs and 42 Post- graduation courses. Besides this, the university offers a large number of vocational and continuous training courses accordingly with the life-learning development paradigm.

The University has a large experience in research and project management of European and international projects.

FEDERATION OF PRIVATE SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS

The federation was established in 2019 and we are the most important and efficient representative of 2800 private education and rehabilitation centers in Turkey. The federation has more than 10 associations and 1500 members. More than 35000 teachers work in the field of special education and rehabilitation centers. The Federation are working to provide the best education service to students with special education and comitted to ensure their members to access to the highest quality private education with the right staff, training materials and working environment. Main objective of the Federation is to provide the best education for our children with special needs.

Triple A Demotics Amsterdam Autisme Academie

Triple A Demotics Amsterdam Autisme Academie was founded in 2017 by Yavuz KÜTÜK in The Nederlands. Our institution, which provides services with a team of 17 people who have become internationally renowned in their field as teachers in universities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway and America. Triple A Demotics Amsterdam Autisme Academie has completed many projects on autism education and animal assisted therapy courses for autistic individuals. Strategy of the organization: We provides professional support services to educators, families, rehabilitation centers, non-governmental organizations such as sports clubs, foundations or associations that operate with individuals with autism, especially in the fields of Autism Spectrum Disorder, education, consultancy and institutionalization in the field of autism spectrum disorder.

Object of the organization is to provide professional support services to educators working with individuals with autism, families, rehabilitation centers, nongovernmental organizations such as sports clubs, foundations or associations, especially in the fields of Autism Spectrum Disorder. One of the targets of the organsation is to support professional services with world-renowned experts in their field to educators working with individuals with autism, families, rehabilitation centers, non-governmental organizations such as sports clubs, foundations or associations, especially in the fields of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Triple A organized lots of trainings and prepared educational material and guidebook in the field of ASD.

Association of Young Psychologists in Bulgaria

Association of Young Psychologists in Bulgaria (AYPB) is a nonprofit organization designed to help young people and future professionals in social, educational and health fields.

AYPB has actively participated in the preparation of the 2020 Strategy for Youth European Youth conference & DG Meeting in October from 02 to 04.2010 in Leuven, BELGIUM and assisted in the creation of a National Youth Forum 11-14.03.2010 in partnership with the European Youth Forum.

Currently the association has over 300 active members, 80 of whom are volunteers. The organization provides individual and grouppsychological counseling and psychotherapy for persons of all ages and life situations. It organizes training programs, seminars, courses, lectures and trainings, AYPB provide expert and methodological assistance in various spheres of public life. AYPB work on projects for successful integration of children, youth and adults, including from disadvantaged groups- for example, migrants of different origin, the Roma, persons with disabilities and the unemployed through various methods such as social welfare, health, education, career development,psychological and social counseling and many more. AYPB offer expert and methodological assistance and personalized trainings in various areas of public life where psychology has its place- social work, education, health, business, culture, sports, politics and more.

AYPB worked on a number of projects concerning the prevention of social exclusion and isolation among children, youth and adults. We conduct research, organize seminars, discussions and charity events for raising awareness of good practices and methods in the areas of psychology, education, training, social inclusion and prevention of early school leaving (ESL). The goal of AYPB is also to promote healthy lifestyle in all its aspects - Ecology and Environment, sports, healthy and balanced diet, proper response to stressful situations and building and preservation of decent life. To date AYPB has trained over 3,300 professionals, children and young people and has organized a number of studies which have targeted over 4,200 people.

Associació Educativa i Cultural Blue Beehive

Blue Beehive has a multidisciplinary team whose aim is to promote education and culture, bridging the gap between formal education and the real world with non-formal training. We offer workshops for young people on new technologies, social and artistic topics. Blue Beehive is a non-governmental, non-profit, and non-political association. Blue Beehive works with a special focus on diversity, inclusion, discrimination, health, social awareness and attention to the most disadvantaged groups. We are aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Green Deal.

Blue Beehive has an agreement with the Municipality of Ibi where 30% of participants in our workshops are fully inclusive, mixing both people with disabilities, including severe mental disabilities, as well as other situations of social phobia, Asperger, Autism, etc. Blue Beehive also developed projects for emotional control, inclusive leadership, good healthy habits, technology addiction control, working on attitudes of discrimination and hatred, attending to diversity, with the aim of training active and tolerant citizens in a common space of coexistence. Blue Beehive collaborates with various associations of the disabled, immigrants, cultural, in our environment. We test technologies in different environments and for different groups. The target groups are varied: adults, young people, teachers who want to incorporate new methods, NEET, disabled, elder people.

The mission of Blue Beehive is to enhance the education and cultural levels, developing educational and cultural projects. Blue Beehive has experieneces in educational innovation. Technological experts who develop applications with social responsibility to achieve the educational, social and cultural objectives set.

Blue Beehive has experience in educational ICT in educational developments integrating cutting-edge tools: developing apps, using educational Robotics, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Makerspaces, Animation 2D&3D, Computational Thinking, Video-game Coding, Ubiquitous Learning, eLearning Platforms, and also applying artificial intelligence in basic developments. But not only have an ICT team. They also combine with a pedagogical team, with experience in the field of social skills, emotional intelligence, advising targets with group dynamics, working in inclusive environments for disadvantaged target groups.

Blue Window Special Education Association

Blue Window Special Education Association was established to support people in need of special education by developingprojects and producing educational programs and materialsin the field of Special Education. It was founded by teachers, academics and artists from different disciplines. Blue Window Special Education Association is an exemplary NGO in its true sense. It is a non-profitorganisation that does not engage in any type of commercial activities. It only carries out project-based studies. All studies and work we conduct are open to public and all kinds of audits.

In addition;

• Blue Window developed distance and online education systems for individuals who are in need of Special Education and also socially and / or economically disadvantaged..

• Blue Window conducts studies on sign language and special education of the hearing impaired at the national and international levels.

• Blue Window prepares teaching materials in sign language, fight to break and overcome the prejudices about the use of sign language.

• Blue Window develops various teaching materials and programsstarting from basic education to personal and skillsdevelopmentandcarry out studies and projects for individualswho are inneed of special education and also socioeconomically disadvantaged. By these, we aim to contribute to their personal and professional developments, thus facilitatetheir lives and increase their employment opportunities even in a global sense.

• Blue Window carry out and / or participate in scientific, artistic, cultural and academic studies and activities for socio-economically disadvantaged individuals who also need special education.

• Blue Window cooperate with universities, public institutions and organisations, scientific organisations, non-governmental organisations and research centers at national and international levels, and also conduct joint studies, prepare or be involved in projects with opportunities provided by national or international institutions and organisations, and implement them within the framework of the relevant legislations and procedures.

Blue Window carry out our activities with 21 members and more than 50 volunteers.

SCS LogoPsyCom

Logospycom was initially created as a of company specialized in projects for skills development, professional training, revalidation and inclusion for young people with disabilities and learning disorders, especially "Dys" youngsters (Dyspraxia, Dysphasia, Dyslexia, etc.) also called Specific Learning Disorders (SLD). Logospycom has been at the core or leading many successful initiatives on learning disorders such as the largest digital library for dyspraxic learners or one of the most followed online course on SLD.

During several years of accompanying schools, VET centres, educational organisation, youngsters and parents, we created or used alternative methods or tools (digitals or not) and Logospycom has developed our field of expertise to be an education innovation centre. This background on learning disorders made us take a special interest and acquire expertise on several topics: reading, writing, mathematics, language learning and technology for education. Therefore, Logospycom offer now a broad range of education support and creation going from private tutorship to online courses with our partners. In order to be more effective for our audience, we have developed in the last years an expertise in innovative ICT.

Logospycom work directly with education institutions in Belgium and in Europe and with youngsters, trainers and professionals in our hometown of Mons and also, based on collaboration in Brussels and sometimes in Paris. During all these activities, Logospycom keeps on paying a special attention to the accessibility and inclusiveness of the material we produce or the activity.