EDERA - European Development of Educational and Research Association is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit association based in Pescara (Italy) focusing on research and development of European projects. It started up from the long experience and high expertise of its founders in the field of research, training, project management and consulting on public funds.

EDERA is part of a large network of associations, local authorities, local VET, universities, third sector and regional government, schools and institutions of national and international training.

The main activities include:

• research activities in the field of education, health and social affairs;
• project writing and project development, within EDERA or in collaboration with partners and Territorial Contact Points;
• networking activities, such as the analysis of the relations between the identified actors with the aim of individuate the sectors, the clusters and the networks;
• communication & dissemination activities, like the analysis of the communication methodologies to individuate the models of efficient communication and research the impacts of the different models on the population in order to identify the best practices in use; also the research of the information flows in order to identify the best communication channels.

Our main areas of expertise are:  Social research (including migration policies), cultural mediation, ICT, training, European planning, counseling, accounting.

In the last decade, our staff have successfully drafted and participated in several projects (EU and national projects) focusing on social and pedagogic research, higher and vocational education and e-learning and maintain close links with social partners in the fields of social inclusion, special education and youth empowerment.

EDERA represents an important chance for young people, women, public entities and business companies to raise the level of knowledge about the EU opportunities and provides them with further competences in the field of project planning and language/cultural exchange.

For any information : info@associazionedera.eu