Eurizons - a project of the Global Education Network of Young Europeans (GLEN)

Eurizons is a project of GLEN - a network of European NGOs in 12 countries committed to fair and sustainable development and to development education in Europe.

GLEN is a European learning programme of and for young Europeans focussing on development issues and global education. GLEN brings together Europeans from both old and new EU member states for creative and participatory learning processes, in order to allow them to develop new common approaches to the current global challenges. Every year GLEN enables ca. 100 young Europeans to participate in 3-month work and study stays in the South in order to provide them with a personal experience in working with partners in developing countries. Through training seminars GLEN qualifies yound people for work in global education in Europe. Eurizons is GLEN’s first big European developmental awareness raising project.

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Local partner organisations 

On the local level, i.e. in the eight participating countries, Eurizons is organized by the national GLEN partner organizations, and in some countries additionally by other NGOs. The local organizers of Eurizons are:

in Riga, Latvia: Development Education Organisation GLEN Latvia
in Krakow, Poland: Polish Humanitarian Organisation
in Bratislava, Slovakia: Tabita, together with People in Peril and Truc Spherique
in Prague, Czech Republic: INEX-SDA
in Basel, Switzerland: ASA-Programme Switzerland
in Freiburg, Germany: ASA-Programme/InWEnt
in Nancy, France: Génération Coopération/BECI

Thanks to our donors it is possible to carry out Eurizons campaign:

Eurizons was furthermore supported by

The Development Education exchange in Europe Project (DEEEP) and the Development Education Forum of CONCORD co-operate with GLEN/Eurizons on the final advocacy event at the European Parliament.

University of Applied Science in Eberswalde, Germany - supporter in education and science. By connecting global education with natural resource management, Eurizons and the Eberswalde M.Sc. Programme Global Change Management build a bridge between science and practice.

* Eine-Welt-Netzwerk Freiburg - network of NGDOs in Freiburg. Contributes to the eurizons event in Freiburg, Germany

* ASA FreundInnen unf Fördererkreis - association of former ASA participants. Supports the eurizons event in Freiburg, Germany