www.monasterodiclaro.ch

Founded as a follow-up of the great restoration of the ancient monastry in Claro, the Associazione Amici del Monastero di Claro operates to sustain the life of the community of the Convent of Santa Maria Assunta sopra Claro and to sustain its relationship with the territory.

http://www.analyticamk.org/

Analytica is a research think-tank based in Skopje, Macedonia. Seed got in contact with Analytica while looking for a trusted partner for developing youth projects in the Balkans, and this led to implementing a youth entrepreneurship workshop in Skopje, funded by Youth for Development and co-financed by CSD ENGINEERS.

The Asociación Pettirosso in Catamayo, Ecuador, is a women association operating a kindergarten supported by ABC (Associazione Bambini Catamayo), a Lugano-based NGO. Seed supported the association with a workshop on entrepreneurship in 2010, funded by Youth for Develpoment and by Fondazione Del Don, and thanks to CSD ENGINEERS worked with the association for setting up a bar to support the association.

www.youtheducationsupport.org

CEFE is a non profit organization, which acts for the implementation of social, cultural and educational development programs. At the moment of foundation the main goal was to offer support to adults in socio-economical difficulty who go to a high school. This is achieved through courses of an educational support, facilitating their access to the University.

www.puntocometa.org

Born in 2003 to face the educational needs of educational process protagonists. It dedicates it’s activities mostly to the young and third sector functionaries, whom it offers perosnalized courses and professional growth opportunities, as well as to companies and employed and unemployed personal.

It is an organisation made of non profit organisations, accredited to the Lombardia region and obtained the certifiacte ISO 9001-2000 IT 25387.

www.comocuore.org

The Comocuore association, founded in 1985, is a NPO that promotes initiatives of information and prevention aimed at reducing the mortality rate for coronary heart disease in the city of Como and in its territory.

It operates in the field of health and epidemiological research for the identification of individuals with high coronary risk and suggests and promotes the organization of interventions of cardiac first-aid in the territory in collaboration with the city government. Guarantor of this activity is the scientific committee of the association.

http://www.savez-dnd.hr/

DND (Drustvo Nasa Djeca) is a Croatian Association active in youth development with many after-school and artistic programs. Seed collaborated with DND in training over 20 educators in digital storytelling in Varazdin and Opatja between 2008 and 2009.

www.nowomannolife.org

noWomanoLife is a foundation which aims to help women of the Mediterranean area to develop their own project.

The objective of this foundation is the promotion and support of personal initiatives in which the woman’s role is enhanced because of its importance as a social and economical development factor. Trough the projects’ financial support, noWomannoLife wants to encourage the development of other related activities, creating an intercultural and dynamic exchange between those women. noWomannoLife was established in June 2005, by Marco and Saskia Calmes, and is located in Muzzano, Ticino, Switzerland.

www.intercooperation.ch

Intercooperation is a leading Swiss non-profit making organisation engaged in development and international cooperation since 1982. Registered as a foundation, we are governed by 21 organisations representing the development community, civil society and the private sector. Intercooperation is both an implementing and an advisory organisation, providing professional resources and knowledge combined with social commitment.

www.ism.unisi.ch

The Institute for Mediterranean Studies (ISM-Istituto studi mediterranei) is a research institute of the University of Lugano.

In contact with civil society and the scholarly community, the Institute promotes intellectual inquiry and conducts research into the cultures and civilizations of the Mediterranean.

www.medicinaepersona.ch

Medicina e persona promotes the values of freedom, professionality, sussidiariety and attention to the needs of each person in healthcare. It works to offer cultural tools and information to understand better the original motivations in the medical professions. M&P is active to promote knowledge and critical discussion about the social and job context of professional healthcare operators and to support the meeting among interesting professional and human experiences in healthcare, emphasizing the passion for the human dignity.

www.ocst.com

First as size in Ticino, OCST is a professional syndicate with a Christian inspiration, with about 37.000 members in all professional sectors. It operates in defense of the workers’ interests, with a focus on the personal values, families and solidarity.

www.cpstartup.ch

The Start-up Promotion Center is a service promoted by the Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of USI and set up in collaboration with the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) and with the Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI), in order to assist Swiss and foreign graduates who plan to start a company in Canton Ticino.

In order to do this, the Start-up Promotion Center:

• Serves as a focus for what already exists in Ticino to promote innovative entrepreneurial projects started by young graduates;
• Brings out and exploits the training, technical and management expertise there is in Ticino and, most of all, in USI and SUPSI;
• Uses a network of Expertise Centers which are able to provide potential new entrepreneurs with the answers to the technical, management, legal, administrative and financial questions involved in starting a new company.

www.deza.admin.ch

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is Switzerland’s international cooperation agency within the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).

In operating with other federal offices concerned, SDC is responsible for the overall coordination of development activities and cooperation with Eastern Europe, as well as for humanitarian aid.

www.scuolesanbenedetto.ch

Fondazione San Benedetto was created on 1990 as an association and became a foundation on 2004.

Born from the initiative of some parents who shared their experience of Christian faith, it supports and manages the nursery La Carovana, the primary school Il Piccolo Principe and the secondary school Parsifal.

It is open to all the people who share its educational commitment and who want to contribute to its growth.

www.loverciano.ch

Since 1950 the Sant’Angelo di Loverciano Institute give hospitality and educates youths who need special support. The aim of the institute is to help , teach and integrate into the society minors with handicap or with other problems caused by social DISAGIO.

The goal is to give them a human, Christian and scholastic education in order to increase self confidence and a good attitude toward the others, and in order to promote their social and professional inclusion, respecting their intellectual capabilities.