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Generals Informations

Structure type:
- NGO
- Independant service provider

Intervention type: National

Employement number: 6

Main objective:

Act as an interface between the operative structure itself (national staff), the individual and collective members and public authorities



Coordinate
Country:
Portugal
Adress:

Rua Antero de Quental, Edifício Ninho de Empresas, Bairro Olival de Fora2625-640 VialongaPORTUGAL

Phone:
00 351 21 952 60 12
Fax:
00 351 21 952 13 22
Contact:
david.marques_ANTI_SPAM_@esdime.pt
Web:
http://www.animar-dl.pt/

Presentation

ANIMAR is a national network of citizens and civic and solidary organizations. Gathering 69 collective organizations, it aims to promote equal opportunities in Portugal, and more precisely focuses on good living conditions for all by trying to reduce inequalities.

ANIMAR is particularly recognized on the national scale for its representativeness, its network organization and its ability to establish good relationship with public authorities. It is today present everywhere on the Portuguese territory, and works with a great diversity of actors (public authorities, associations, companies, individuals, …).

Themes activities

Policy analysis on the following thematic issues: territory, local development, and regional development.

Provide information on local, regional or national development: product and spread documents; organise seminars, and events.

Promote training actions and projects in management, equal opportunities or social economy for third sector organizations.

Promote equal opportunities and seek to improve people’s quality of life.

Represent the local development movement on national and international scales.

Try to unite the local development movement in Portugal, elaborate common projects, insist on communication and exchanges of experiences, for more effective representation in front of public authorities.

Activities
  • Environmental education and citizenship
  • Employment and inclusion through environmental work

      • Environmental education and citizenship
      Covered topics:
      Education and training of professionals
      Actions examples:

      Organisation of seminarsConception of materials: manuals, methodologies, videos, virtual platforms

      Europeans partnerships:

      Handlová Municipality, SlovakiaConseil Général (country council) of Martinique, France

      Employment and inclusion through environmental work
      Covered topics:
      Social and territorial development
      Economic sustainable development
      Actions examples:

      Qualification of third sector technicians and directors, in the frame of an Equal program

      Project Redes: training and inclusion of excluded people, esp. youngsters, in the frame of an Equal programme

      Europeans partnerships:

      Garapen Development Agency, Bilbao, Spain

      Association Cooperes, Mâcon, France

      ENSIE (European Network of Social Integration Entreprises)

      CDIE - Centro di Iniziativa Europea