ADOC - Associação Ocupação Constante

ADOC is a Non-Governmental Organization for Development that work since 2000 and is at one of the most beautiful cities in Portugal, Braga a 2000 years old roman city.We put all of our straingth and soul on a local development and through local resources whe work with the safeguarding of cultural/historical/environmental heritage to develope the tourism for people with reduced mobility.
With the help of practical exemples we develope projects that empower young people for the entrepreneurship and creativity through the non formal educational, promote education for development, protect, study and revitalize the historic, cultural and environmental heritage, disseminating new technologies and organize actions in the field of inclusion, culture, reduced mobility, disability and other nom formal educational areas.We work on a strong European dimention and focus on raising awareness around the rights linked to the EU citizenship and the rights of people with reduced mobility/disability and we work with and for youngsters and young adults with less opportunities, reduced mobility, disability and people who love to revitalize cultural heritage trough tourism and handcrafs. In order to develop skils and competences and empower young people/adults for the entrepreneurship at creative industries ADOC is involved in several activities of non formal education through the development of activities linked to tourism for reduced mobility, History and recovery of material/imaterial heritage.Participation, democracy, sustainability and respect for all belong together in the self-concept of the organization.
ADOC develop a large number of activities in the field of cultural heritage, tourism, reduced mobility, non formal education and empowerment of youngsters with fewer opportunities. We implement different cultural and artistic activities, for e.g exhibitions, lectures, story telling, story of the city, colllect life story, workshop´s, sightseeing tours, etc; Promote and disseminate those activities through audiovisuals and multimedia resources; develop different activities for young people and elders, for example film clubs, club player, photography and painting workshops, collect of life storys, icebreakings, etc.; those activities are in order to develop various skills in young people so that they may sustain or promote them on projects (eg, support in project manager, training for entrepreneurship, creative writing workshops, etc.).We want to enlarge our networking with Organizations that, promote young people’s active European citizenship; work with the cultural heritage; be open to people with reduced mobility and disability; work with youngster with fewer opportunities; develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union; foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries; contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organizations in the youth field and promote European cooperation in the youth field.