Asociación Gantalcalá

Gantacalá is a non-profit organisation of European dimension whose mission is to contribute to the development of a participative, tolerant and supportive society, through education, culture and social inclusion. The entity has currently two offices, in the South (Andalusia) and North (La Rioja) of Spain with a common European projects department for both, sending participants and hosting projects.

Our activities (carried out by professionals and local or international volunteers) are divided in seven programmes: Learning Mobility; Intercultural Learning and Multilingualism; Health& Sports; E-Inclusion; Creativity & Social Initiative; Participation & Active Citizenship; and Volunteering.

Although we support a broad range of target groups, the main aim is to promote inclusion for those people with fewer opportunities thanks to the active participation of other citizens and volunteers who support our current activities.

Our main aim is to promote transnational mobility as a learning tool on interculturality, social inclusion, health, creativity, religions interaction, employment and personal development.
According to this, the entity has a deep knowledge on the:
- Mobility of participants (as both, hosting and sending/support organisation).
- Promotion of interculturality and intercultural communication. (Program ´Euro-Aula´ to teach practical English and intercultural communication to young people, developed with the support of Alcalá de Guadaíra City council.
- Using of non formal education and development of teaching methodologies as the `Efeective-learning ´within this field.
- Role playing and theatre as a learning tool in all of our projects. Also, we have the role as sending organisation of ESC, YEX and TC for several of theatre schools and drama entities in La Rioja which members are volunteers of Gantalcalá.
- Rising awareness about the importance of active citizenship at local level and especially as members of the European Union and its partner countries.
- Development activities for achieving gender equality and the same opportunities for women and men.
- Promotion of intergenerational initiatives that can reduce the social distances between people of different ages, backgrounds and make possible its cooperation. (´Digitalízate-Me´ program that won the ´Andalucía Digital Commitment´ award.
- Capacity building activities for youth leaders, workers and teachers interested on the implementation of inclusion or education projects for young people and/or adults.
- Promotion of healthy life styles and sport activities that could benefit physically, mentally and emotionally, those taking part on them. (´Sano, simple y divertido´_Healthy, simple and funny_ program on healthy food consumption run in all the schools and different events of Alcalá de Guadaíra); on-site and online workshops on stress management, meditation and self-development for different targets groups, in order to achieve peace, self-confidence, openness to others, honesty, generosity, expression of feelings and commitment to the community.
- Development of activities to facilitate youth employment and entrepreneurship that can make possible an easier integration of youth on the labour market (`Empleuropa´ program, in collaboration with the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville.
- Focusing the participation of young people with fewer opportunities in any kind of activities at national or international level.
- Support and promotion to groups of local people focused in self-sustainability, permaculture, knowledge and use of local plants, nets for local food consumption, children respectful raising and education…using the ´sociocracy´ method to make communication, decision-making and execution of tasks more effective and inclusive.

Gantalcalá has participated in multiple international projects during the last years (long and short term) and have also coordinated and managed different ones within all the actions of the Youth in Action programme (all actions), Lifelong Learning programme (Leonardo and Grundtvig) and right now, within the Erasmus+ programme (Key Actions 1 and 2 for youth and adults) and under the European Solidarity Corps.

• KA153, Ruralliance: European Networking for Youth Rural Development, Erasmus+ 2022-3-ES02-KA153-YOU-000101164
• Justice Cli-mates: Youth awareness and participation for Climate Justice, Erasmus+ 2022-3-ES02-KA152-YOU-000102600
• Action 1.3, BE A PART OF IT!, ES-13-E17-2012-R3
• Action 1.1, Europe here we are!, ES-11-E170-2012-R3
• Action 3.1, IN-Expert-LI, ES-31-E57-2012-R3
• Action 4.3, INSIDE, ES-43-76-2010-R5
• Action 2, ACTIVE EUROPEANS, ES-21-228-2010-R3, 2010-2011
• Action 5.1, IMPROVING YOUTH VOLUNTEERING, ES-51-5-2011-R1, 2010-2011
• Action 4.3, 1,2,3…Action!, ES-43-41-2009-R2, 2009-2010
• Action 3.1, SPORTS AN INNOVATION, ES-31-32-2009-R3,
• Action 1.1, THE EUROPEAN COOKING EXPERIENCE, ES-11-125-2009-R2
• Action 4.3, EMPLOYMOBILITY ES-43-49-2010-R2
• Action 1.1,Youth Initiative: SHARING KORFBALL, ES-12-158-2010-R3
• Grundtvig Seminar: E-literacy, 2013-1-ES1-GRU13-74117, 2013-2014
• Leonardo Partnership: Volunvet, 2013-1-ES1-LEO04-71039, 2013-2014
• Grundtvig senior volunteering: Si Senior!, 2012-1-GB2-GRU14-08590, 2012-2013
• Leonardo Partnership: Effective Inclusion, 2011-1-DE2-LEO04-07904, años 2011-2013
• Grundtvig Partnership: MOVE, 2011-1-FR1-GRU06-24380, 2011-2013
• Leonardo TOI: CINCO, 2011-1-PT1-LEO05-08609, 2011-2013