MAKE IT BETTER - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E ECONOMIA SOCIAL
MAKE IT BETTER - ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E ECONOMIA SOCIAL
miB
RUA MANUEL BERNARDO BARAHONA 1, 7940 163, CUBA, Portugal
http://makeitbetter.pt - +351937606365description of organisation
Make it Better (miB), Association for Innovation & Social Economy, is a private, non-profit NGO, settled in one of the most demographic and economically depressed regions in Europe (South Alentejo, Portugal), which capitalizes the experience of its promoters of more than 20 years of joint work and cooperation with public and private organisations in Portugal, across Europe and as well in several other world regions (South America, Africa and Asia).
It complies a multidisciplinary team of associates and workers that give powerful inputs in umbrella areas, such as sustainable development, education, social responsibility, social economy and social entrepreneurship, in the different frames where most disadvantaged groups are settled.
In its action miB intends to create, develop, adapt and apply sustainable and responsible work models and tools, cooperating and supporting the most disadvantaged groups. Its mission is the development of human society, in all its dimensions, namely, economic, social, environmental and cultural, linked to moral duties of solidarity and justice and to all the other values registered in its charter of principles.
miB plays an energetic role in stimulating education, empowerment and social economy, facilitating and mediating, articulating resources and promoting dynamics focused in the resolution of beneficiaries and communities’ problems and demands. It has long experience in methodology, development, testing & validation, evaluation of social innovation practices, and solid experience in cooperation, networking, transfer, communication, and involvement of stakeholders and third parties (public & private).
inclusion topics
This organisation is willing to involve volunteers who face situations which make their participation in activities more difficult, from the following categories for different types of project:
- Social obstacles
- Economic obstacles
- Geographical obstacles