EUConsult Italia is the Lead Partner and has at the basis of its Vision the growth and development of the nonprofit sector by favouring Comparison and Multidisciplinary exchange among its members, with a broad and transversal vision in which different skills support and contaminate each other.
Its Mission is to network Third Sector Consultants who, drawing on different Professional Skills and a shared code of ethics, wish to improve the quality standards of their services, including through Specific Training Activities.
EUConsult Italia also conducts:
- Training activities, through events open to members and non-members
- Mentoring activities, exclusive for members, which allows senior profiles to guide less experienced members in learning professional know-how with respect to the same area of specialization and interest
- Research activities, in order to collect and share with other non-profit entities data on the performance of the Third Sector in Italy and Europe.
SMart Expertise System (SMe System) is based in Rome (Italy) and is a Centre of Excellence specialized in the design and management of European Projects including call scouting, reporting and follow-up.
SMe System has an in-depth knowledge of the Third Sector, its elective target and it is active in job placement and specialized innovative training for professional and entrepreneurs.
It carries out Consultancy Activities, intended as a support in the access to national and European funds to Profit and Non-Profit organizations.
Twenty years of experience in networking and strategic partnership building and the knowledge and creation of management tools are its strengths, thanks to which it has achieved high quality standards in project development. It also has expertise in structuring indicators, models and developing guidelines, but also in concessional finance, internationalisation, governance/compliance systems, and dissemination of social projects.
Professional Training (STP Consulting) is based in Zaragoza (Spain) and offers training and technical support to private companies, public bodies, schools, NGOs in the field of innovation in education and professionalization.
The main activity of the organization is to improve educational, social and cultural standards through Intensive Cooperation with other EU Countries and thus to create a synergy between Member States that is channeled into a common goal.
It is engaged in the development and implementation of educational and professional training paths, as well as in the implementation and promotion of European Projects on the theme of education, culture and society.
STP Consulting works in the expansion of intercultural change by facilitating accessibility to innovation and information for the most socially fragile or disadvantaged people.
Universe 8 Foundation is based in Bulgaria and carries out activities dedicated to lifelong learning and the acquisition of up-to-date skills, guidance and retraining.
In addition, Universe 8 organizes and participates in initiatives to promote the development of skills relevant to today's job market.
The team has experience in VET, career guidance, adult education, mentoring programs, development of business ideas and Dual VET and implements and promotes EU polices and lifelong learning strategies with a particular focus on rural areas. The Foundation's vocational guidance services support those living in small settlements, so that they can move towards the most appropriate job choice.
Universe 8 organizes and coordinates events to promote new educational opportunities for people of all ages and different social status. The team follows developments in European policies on skills, employment, the green and digital transition.
EUConsult in based in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and is a European Association of Third Sector Professionals that addresses Third Sector entities and aims to strengthen the skills and promote an ethical vision of consulting.
Its mission is to consolidate an independent European Nonprofit Sector , which is served by valuable consultants, who work in the field of management, fundraising, communication, social impact, philantropy strategy.
It networks professionals active at national and international level for third sector entities, public administration, foundations, associations of various kinds so that these bodies can be supported in the Impact of their projects on their respective territories and communities.
The organization promotes two types of monthly online sessions on the training of consultants:
- Coffee Chats, moments of informal dialogue with a guest who raises a topic of counselling to be debated together
- The Spotlight, meetings on a specific topic with a speaker.
EUConsult promotes dissemination and teaching of professional skills on consultancy and quality standards; is committed to training ethically motivated professionals to improve themselves, to be increasingly improved in the services that makenon-profit - from management to training - helping them to understand legal and professional obligations and to promote bestpractice advice.