Education offers

Schumacher College is a unique international educational institution. It provides individuals and groups from across the world with the opportunity to learn on numerous levels about subjects relating to environmental and social sustainability. The College runs an extensive program of short courses from 4 days to 3 weeks on a whole range of subjects including economics, business, design, ecology and art. A full time MSc in Holistic Science, the first of its kind, is run from the College as well as a Certificate in Education for Sustainability.

Swedisch Pentecostal International Relief and Development Agency (PMU) is involved in over 200 current projects in 65 countries. The emphasis of our work is on education and health care. Humanitarian aid is also a substantial part of our mission. PMU InterLife provides support to Swedish personnel throughout the world by making contributions to volunteers and job trainees. Communication activities are performed to strengthen interest in development issues. Funding is obtained from Sida (Swedish International Development cooperation Agency), private donors, congregations, companies and second-hands stores.

Oikos – Cooperação e Desenvolvimento (Cooperation and Development) is a Portuguese non-governmental organisation whose goal is worldwide development. To this end, we work with communities in the poorest regions and countries regardless of their geographical location. From Emergencies to Development, Education, Social Mobilisation and Public Influence, Oikos’s work currently encompasses Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru and Portugal.

An independent theatre artist with focus on Theatre of the Oppressed and street theatre.

Welthaus is a group of six organizations involved in development policy. These organisation are located in Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, St. Pölten, and Vienna. Together, we are working towards a sustainable society in which human dignity and justice play a major role.

By participating in campaigns and lobbywork, Welthaus helps to gain support for development projects from policy makers and international institutions. Welthaus offers intercultural encounters and provides children and adults with information, advice, and education in the field of development policy. Welthaus provides speakers from developing countries and from Eastern Europe who are trained in Global Learning. It also develops and organizes workshops, seminars, and courses on Global Learning for people of all ages. In cooperation with institutions providing training and further education for teachers, our organizations in Graz and Linz each offer a course on Global Learning.

Welthaus supports and helps carry out projects in developing countries as well as in Eastern and Southeast Europe. We regularly invite guests from those areas to Austria , and they can provide genuine insight into everyday life in their countries of origin. These encounters create an atmosphere of exchange and mutual learning.

National Centre for Education (VISC -Valsts izglītības satura centrs) is a public administration institution directly subordinated to the Minister of Education and Science.

National Centre for Education primary functions are:

• to develop curriculum for pre-school, basic and general secondary education and vocational education; (National Centre for Education develops subject standards and sample teaching- learning programs);
• to provide unite development of national examinations in basic education, general secondary education and vocational education;
• to coordinate development of textbooks in accordance with national standards for general and vocational education;
• to coordinate support system for learners with special needs;
• to coordinate hobby education system and implement support activities for development of learners’ personalities and talents;
• to organize Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Celebration;
• to coordinate teacher continuing professional development activities;
• to organize state language proficiency testing