The Education and Vocational Training department at CIES Onlus creates and implements social and educational projects in Italy and Europe, in schools and in other places, cooperating with local associations and our Youth Centre and Art School, MaTeMÙ.

“Nobody educates anybody else, nobody educates himself, people educate among themselves mediated by the world” (Paulo Freire)

Programmes and events are targeted on young people, students, teachers, educators, social and educational workers, families, and all citizens at large.

We mainly focus on vulnerable minors and young people.

Our activities are aimed at:

We cooperate with other NGOs and Onlus-type organizations, Voluntary Work Associations, Cooperatives, Third Sector Organisations, Professional associations, Italian and foreign research centres, schools, libraries, universities.

We are among the founders of the Global Citizenship Education Platform, leading a debate on new notions of “Development Education” at the national level.

We also take part in the DEAR (Development Education and Awareness Raising) Forum tables by Concord Europe on Development Education topics and are members of CONCORD Italia, the Italian branch of CONCORD Europe.

Since our founding, we have been part of AOI, the Association of Italian NGOs, members of the Regional Platform “COOPERAZIONE LAZIO” and, at the city level, of the City Committee for Decentralised Cooperation.