News about the educational seminars of HIGGS and the NGOs participating in our programs

NPOs share their experience about the Accelerator Plus Program

“HIGGS: An NPO for NPOs. A team of experts who know the field, get constantly informed and manage to transfer their knowledge to us in a short time in order to help us improve the quality of our services. Specialized and at the same time simplified, both Bootcamp and Workshops help you redefine, collaborate and…

Interview: “Reading for the Others” – 1st Cycle of Accelerator

1. A few words about the organization’s goals and work Reading for the Others’ vision is that everyone is able to read “The House of Sleep”, “Foucault’s Pendulum” and whatever else they want. Reading for the Others was founded in January 2015 with the goal of equal access to knowledge and learning for all, those…

Interview: Hellenic Liver Patient Association “Prometheus” – 6th Cycle of Accelerator

1. A few words about the organization’s goals and work The Hellenic Liver Patient Association “Prometheus” was founded in 2012 and it is the first association of patients with liver diseases. Its primary objective is to support people who belong to socially and economically weak population groups facing inequality in having access to health. Our…

Interview: Freedom Gate – 3rd Cycle of Accelerator

1. A few words about the organization’s goals and work “Freedom Gate Greece” was founded in June of 2012 with a goal of fighting every form of social exclusion. We provide psychosocial support to socially vulnerable groups, legal and professional counseling to ex-prisoners and educate volunteers and professionals working in Greek prisons. Our actions focus…

Interview: Keletron Love for Children – 5th Cycle of Accelerator

1. A few words about the organization’s goals and work “Keletron Love for Children” is a Nonprofit Organization established in April 2014 by a group of active citizens in the regional unit of Kastoria. It aims at protecting children’s rights as well as keeping them safe on the physical, mental and emotional levels. Since September…

NPOs of the 5th Cycle of Accelerator talk about the program

  Elena Palagka, Nina Service Dogs “Despite the fact that we are in the 3rd year of our Organization’s life, upon completion of Accelerator΄s four-month circle, having attended all of the seminars, the workshops and the meetings with all of HIGGS’ expert consultants, we feel a mix of emotions, just like our conclusions and our responsibilities.…

Civil Society Prize to Revive Greece

The “REvive” initiative from Greece is awarded the Civil Society Prize by the European Economic and Social Committee at a competition with the topic of authentic entrepreneurship and the great work concerning employment. The first prize was awarded to the German initiative “Discovering Hands“. The rest of the prizes were given to initiatives from Belgium,…

HIGGS Bootcamp 06

13th November – 11th December 2017: Another Bootcamp especially designed for the educational needs of NPOs has been completed and the organisations of the 6th round of Accelerator and the 3rd round of Incubator proceeded to the phase B, which includes Workshops and consultative meetings with the team and the external contributors of HIGGS. The…

2nd HIGGS Award “Incubator Higher Achiever Award”

7 September 2017 –Τhe Incubees of the 1st and 2nd circle of HIGGS Incubator Program were awarded with the <<Incubator Higher Achiever Award>>. Winners of the award due to the development and the consistency to their goals were Ithaca Laundry, GIVMED and Revive Greece. Ithaca Laundry is a mobile laundry service aimed at homeless people…

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