CEIPES Your partner in Europe.

CEIPES PIC NUMBER: 948035127

Email: info@ceipes.org

CEIPES is a non-profit European organization with antennas in more than 8 European countries. CEIPES works at local, European and international level with more than 40 organisations and public bodies that work in synergy to reach identical goals. At local level CEIPES coordinates the CEIPES Network, which is based in Sicily and counts more than 20 organisations as well as public and private bodies.

The main purpose of CEIPES is to promote the Education and Development of young people and adults through activities in education, training, culture, nonviolence, interculturality, solidarity, human rights, active citizenship, international cooperation, and promote services thus contributing to human and civil growth at individual, community and world levels.

➢ CEIPES is divided into different sectors, each one developing specific projects with the support of professional intervention teams. Each sector is coordinated by a responsible that pays great attention to the quality of the service and activities carried out.

➢ The staff of the CEIPES is composed of many professional experts with different competences in several sectors such as psychology, communication, formation, international cooperation, social and cultural mediation, social assistance, informatics and law.

➢ The association relies on the collaboration of more than 25, mostly young, people who are also specialised in the above sectors, and who work in CEIPES's activities.

➢ In this moment CEIPES works in different fields: "INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH, EDUCATION, RESERCH, TRAINING, LEARNING MOBILITY, CULTURE, IMMIGRATION and SOCIAL WELFARE".

Vision and Mission:

CEIPES is active in the field of social and human development that works through education and training for a world of peace and equality in order to guarantee the fulfilment of the universal human rights.

The mission of CEIPES is to foster and support the sustainable development of local communities and individuals’ empowerment through education and training, human rights and international cooperation.

Objectives:

1. To promote education and development for all the people at any age as a tool to foster individual and collective grow.

2. To fight all forms of discrimination with the aim of contributing to community development, promoting social inclusion and equal opportunities. 

3. To encourage intercultural dialogue with the objective of fostering mutual understanding and respect between individuals from different cultures, building the awareness of the intercultural enrichment achieved through the sharing of values, traditions and different modus vivendi.

4. To promote lifelong learning, vocational training and entrepreneurship with the aim of enhancing opportunities for youth and adults to improve and acquire competences and therefore boost their employability and inclusion.

5. To improve methodologies, develop innovative strategies and tools in the field of youth, education and training through active international cooperation, study and research.

6. To promote non-formal education as a vital tool in the education of youth and adults and as complementary to formal education.

7. To conduct international cooperation projects respecting equal opportunities and the principle of self-determination of people, as well as strengthen collaboration for the promotion of education, culture, peace and nonviolence, interculturality, solidarity, human rights and active citizenship.

8. To promote peace, nonviolence and human rights as the only way to reach a world of equality and solidarity in which all human beings enjoy their fundamental rights.

CEIPES has the operational capacity to implement the project activities and we have the necessary expertise in the fields of the project, the local partners necessary for implementation and sustainability as well as the motivation necessary.

Concerning the financial management CEIPES has an internal and external accountant that manages the finances of all projects and activities of CEIPES.

The territory of Sicily and Palermo are characterized by a high school dropout, bullying in the school, a lack of information centers and meeting place for young people, a low participation in social and political life, a high level of unemployment, a high rate of violence among young people, a high immigration and a system where equal opportunities are difficult to implement, among other aspects, such as geographical isolation resulting in the fact of being an island and the mafia, which operates in the territory from various lapses corrode growth and development.

And other hand CEIPES within his local Partners works on Sicilian territory, in particular in Palermo, characterized by presence of strong community of refugees and immigrants in general. There are 107200 immigrants (women 48.8% and men 51,2%) in Sicily (31 December 2006) means 2.1% of the Sicilian population. In the province of the Palermo counts 26400 immigrant presence and considering these data; Palermo is the first province to foreign presences in Sicily. Within local partner we focus to their integration on local community and we become active in the social and politic life.

In Sicily, between 2006 and 2010, the number of minors denounced for bullying has grown by 10.6%. Reaching a total of 2,801. Equal to 3 people aged under 18 years per 1,000 peers. An increase in contrast with the national average that in the same period of time, saw a decrease of 6.1%. Mainly due to a reduction of the phenomenon in the central and northern regions. These are some of the figures disseminated in the framework of the project “Early school leaving and bullying: which are the risks among young people?” promoted by the Ministry of the Interior and funded by the ERDF.

CEIPES and his referent organisations participated in many long term project, lifelong learning and training courses such as training and networking activities on education and training, ICT, development of innovation, transfer of innovation, immigration, equal opportunities, culture, interculturality, disability and learning disabilities.