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ADEL Slovakia

We are NGO that implement diverse projects, trainings, youth exchanges and other educational activities, organize various sport events, conduct research and analysis and cooperate with wide network of institutions with the aim to:

• create more educational opportunities and provide new experience and knowledge for personal as well as professional development and growth.

• promote sport and healthy lifestyle,

• stimulate creation of new and innovative ideas as the basis for entrepreneurial initiatives;

• promote active citizenship, civic participation and volunteering;

• encourage a responsible attitude towards nature, animals and protection of the environment;

• support integration of minorities and refugees into the society, enhance intercultural understanding among locals and third country nationals and promote equality of opportunity for all.

• contribute to the development of rural areas and disadvantaged regions;

We work both, at:
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL - our activities and projects include:

• organizing youth exchanges, trainings, conferences in Slovakia and hosting participants from various countries in our country,

• sending Slovaks for youth exchanges, trainings and EVS abroad,

• long - term cooperation with NGOs from around the world within KA2 – strategic partnership, capacity building, Sport action, Europe for Citizens projects (diverse projects about topics such as entrepreneurial education, migration, hate speech, active citizenship, water sports etc.)

LOCAL and NATIONAL LEVEL – we organize: sport events, workshops, discussions, contests etc. Depends on our current projects, sometimes our activities are unique, e.g. we interviewed refugees in order to find out their stories, problems and needs and to share them with the public in order to create a more open and intercultural society or did interviews with people who fighted communism in Slovakia…and many more.

We have headquarter in Stropkov, but also office in Bratislava, capital and we organize various activities all around Slovakia. More information about our projects and activities can be find on our website: https://www.adelslovakia.org/en/

We cover a broad scale of topics according to what our target group find interesting (e.g. youth participation, intercultural dialogue, active citizenship, entrepreneurship, sport, healthy lifestyle, peace-building, but also art and culture). All of our projects and activities are based on the approaches of non-formal education, experiential and intercultural learning, social inclusion and active participation.

Our team consists of several project managers, youth workers and youth leaders of various profiles. The management of the organization has over 10 years of experience in the NGO sector. We are experienced in the preparation, organization and training of different types of the projects and events.