The “Asociación Cultural Somos Europa” was born with the task that the young people of our province (Granada) know more deeply what Europe is, its different cultures, languages, ways of understanding life, history. We want to strengthen the European identity using intercultural knowledge as a tool. We also want our young people to be socially more participative, to be committed to be autonomous and involved with the social problems, we want them decide for themselves and become drivers of change. We would like to favour the acquisition of skills through non-formal education mainly (workshops, project development, cultural activities, volunteering).
One of the main objectives of our organization is that young people from unfavorable environments (for economic, social, geographic, disability, immigrant or refugee reasons) have the opportunity to access educational and cultural resources that allow them to improve their capacity.
An idea that is underlying our organization is that everybody has a potential, we just have to discover it and to get it we should to expose ourselves, test and reflect. We want that the young people find their place in the world and for this reason we offer a wide range of activities that will allow them to find it. We work with informal educative methodology, we are convinced that it is the best manner to learn, it is done in a more conscious and reflexive way.
We are an organization that is aware of the importance of multilingualism, communicate in other languages opens doors to mutual understanding and knowledge, for this reason many of the actions that we implement are related to language learning.
Diversity is a source of enrichment that we cannot miss, it is another of the bases of our work, we want an inclusive society that does not leave anyone behind due to its country of birth, its religion, its culture, its economic level, its personal situation, its sexual orientation or sex. We carry out and we engage in activities that seek integration, combat the hate and enrich themselves with the diversity. Therefore, we are a very open organization and we are constantly looking for ways to motivate young people to participate in activities that will bring them benefits.
We promote entrepreneurship on the whole, we want young people take risks, work hard for what they want, be sure of themselves, appreciate who they are and where they come from. We put in place activities to build its confidence and fostering leadership and entrepreneurship.
We work at local, provincial and international level promoting training activities and cultural activities mainly aimed at young people between 15 and 30 years old. We adapt easily to varied groups with which we work, always striving to bring out the best in themselves.