Partners
ChildStory brings together organisations from Greece, Cyprus and Spain with complementary expertise in education, child participation, storytelling, creativity and community engagement.
Together, the partners work to create meaningful opportunities for children in rural areas to express their voices, develop their ideas and participate in shaping their communities.
The Partners
CPI | Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
MACMA | Mancomunitat Comarcal de la Marina Alta
Eastern Macedonia – Thrace Regional Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education (EM-Th RDE)
The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute (CPI) is an institution of the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth that supports the development and improvement of education in Cyprus.
Its mission is to provide continuous professional development and training for educators at all levels, strengthen teachers’ competencies, and promote horizontally educational priorities and innovative practices.
Through its work, the Institute aims to improve the quality, effectiveness, and relevance of teaching and learning in line with local, European, and international developments.
The MACMA (Mancomunitat Comarcal de la Marina Alta) is a public intermunicipal organisation bringing together all the municipalities of the Marina Alta region in Alicante, Spain. Founded in 1997, its mission is to strengthen territorial cohesion and cooperation by promoting the region’s own cultural, social and local resources and creating shared spaces for exchange and community development. Originally established around cultural cooperation, MACMA has progressively expanded its work to encompass youth, sustainable tourism, education and sport, developing a cross-cutting approach to regional development.
Through initiatives such as the Xarxa Jove Marina Alta, as well as joint cultural, educational and youth projects, MACMA supports municipalities, coordinates shared resources and services, and promotes participation and equal access to opportunities across the region. Its work is rooted in cooperation between local authorities and communities, with the aim of strengthening the Marina Alta as a connected, dynamic and cohesive territory.
Eastern Macedonia – Thrace Regional Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education, Greece (EM-Th RDE) is a decentralized regional administrative structure of the Greek Ministry of Education located in Komotini.
It’s role is to supervise, control and co-ordinate the educational and administrative function of schools, primary, secondary and vocational education institutions, as well as of other educational structures, in five counties/regional unities: Evros, Rodopi, Xanthi, Kavala and Drama.
EM-Th RDE always searches out for ways to strengthen the teachers’ profile and participates in European and national programs, to reach the educational needs of the teachers in the region.
ATHENS LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE
Stimmuli for Social Change
RESET – Research and Education in Social Empowerment and Transformation
The Athens Lifelong Learning Institute is a research and education institute, based in Athens, Greece with the mission to foster and enhance innovation processes mainly in the areas of education, training and lifelong learning, human capital development, knowledge society and social inclusion, capacity building for adults, upskilling and reskilling.
The Athens Lifelong Learning Institute is founded on the belief that learning and education can transform lives, communities and institutions. This belief underpins the Institute’s social-innovation approach, which convenes public authorities, universities, research centres, civil society and practitioners in co-production cycles that turn field evidence into practical tools, services, and policy.
Stimmuli is a small and medium-sized enterprise specializing in innovation and school education. The organization employs cross- disciplinary research methods to foster innovation in education and generate new knowledge, tools, and evidence for academic, policy, and practice communities.
STIMMULI designs and implements EU- funded projects (Erasmus+, H2020, AMIF, VEDA) across all levels of education, with a special focus on teacher training and the professional development of educators as a means to introduce innovative educational approaches in schools.
RESET (Research and Education in Social Empowerment and Transformation) is a Cyprus-based research and education organisation, headquartered in Limassol, working to advance social empowerment and transformation through research, education, and community-led change. RESET designs and delivers EU-funded projects (Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, CERV, ESF+) spanning research, vocational education and training, child protection, cultural heritage, and social inclusion, and collaborates with a wide network of European consortium partners on dialogue facilitation, capacity-building, and awareness campaigns.
The organisation is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, pursuing creative, participatory methodologies to develop new social, behavioural and economic models for a more cohesive society, with a particular focus on young people, migrants, and other vulnerable groups.