The goal of Association La Villa from France is to develop and facilitate cultural education amongst youngsters and unemployed youth in the region of Pau and beyond. Since 2005, Association La Villa develops various projects such as maintaining one of the largest Antiquity library in France, containing more than two thousand books in free access, organising workshops and training course on various themes related to inclusion such as circus and theatre as a tool of youth work, gamification, youth mental wellbeing support, active participation, sustainable development…
La Villa operate in close relation with the town hall and the department of youth and cultural affairs of the Municipality of Gelos and was declared of public interest in 2012.

The objectives of Lupa from Portugal are to bring reflection and change to communities through the use of participative theatre. Lupa is reaching out to the most vulnerable communities and individuals and empower them to stand for their rights and values.
Since 2013 the group has been working at a local level around Lisbon and national level in Portugal, in schools, local associations, risk-group communities, municipalities, street performance and in theatres.
Lupa also trains and facilitates workshops for teachers, youth and social workers with the objective of providing tools, allowing these professionals a different, empathic method of youth work.

From Slovenia, Association CIK/Cirkus la Bulle aims to educate youth workers and equip them with methods which they can use in their work. They mainly use circus pedagogy and games as a tool for youth work for inclusion, mental health and active participation of young people and youth workers.
They offer:

• Education of youth workers (give them new and attractive tools to work with youngsters).
• International mobility of youngsters through different kinds of projects.
• Networking and creating projects with other European associations.
• Creating and performing circus pedagogy workshops for youth centres, festivals, schools, residential homes, children and youngsters with fewer opportunities…
• Creating and performing circus performances in different public events.
• Supervision (professional counselling) in governmental and non-governmental institutions.

The main activities of Asociacion Promesas from Spain are:

• Promote educational programs,
• Raise awareness of alternative lifestyles and sustainable development,
• Work around the concept of youth leadership as actors of change,
• Support links, resources, exchanges and strategic partnerships,
• Run training programs,
• Undertake programs and activities that contribute to the development of personal and professional skills,
• Implement programs that contribute to the personal development of young people,
• Design and implement educational games and boardgames,
• Create promotional and educational videos,
• Increase awareness and promote the implementation of new methodological tools and creative learning environments