Columbares is a non profit association, which is declared of "Public Utility" by Spanish government. The main objective of Columbares is the social and labor insertion of disadvantaged groups: immigrants, youth, women, families, children, seniors, unemployed persons... The association develops its training and labor integration activities from the perspective of fight against social exclusion, always seeking the complementarity of activities, coordination, participation and integration of diverse groups of population.

The Environment is one of the working areas in Columbares. In this area, we have developed projects in climate change, reducing of energy, water and waste, biodiversity conservation, sostenible consumption, tradicional fisheries... We have experience in working with children, youth, adults, disadvantaged people... and also with different institutions: public administrations, non profit organizations, company... We have been partners and leaders in european projects (NTEGRA , YOUTHSTAR , PETRA EUROFORM , SOCRATES , LEONARDO , YOUTH FOR EUROPE , YOUTH IN ACTION , EU - ACADEMY , EU- CORAS , Grundtvig).

What we can offer to a consortium:

- Deep Knowledge and engagement with local stakeholders

- Technical knowledge in the expertise areas

- Deep experience in working with different profile groups

- Multidisciplinary team

- Experience in managing and partnering in European Projects

To join an existing consortium where our expertise fits the project idea.

To find suitable partners to develop an idea and create a proposal.

• - Protected areas managers
• - Rural development Agencies
• - Universities
• - Research centres
• - Others