European Policy Experimentation · Project 101339880

Partners

Seven organisations from six countries — a public integration agency, NGOs working with Roma, migrant and refugee communities, adult education and social inclusion organisations, and an EdTech company. Together they bring expertise in community learning, migrant integration, adult education design and policy.

Where we are

Six cities, six countries

Austria Czechia Finland Greece Romania Spain Vienna Prague Espoo Athens Brașov Fuenlabrada

Point to a city to see who is there; select it to meet the partner. Map data: Natural Earth.

Partner of the monthOctober 2026

Slovo 21

Prague, Czechia

Founded in 1999 by UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award laureate Jelena Silajdžić, Slovo 21 supports Roma and migrant communities across Czechia. It runs the Khamoro World Roma Festival and the "Welcome to CZ" integration course.

  • Role: Skills Café pilots in Czechia · Generational Bridge and workplace Skills Cafés
  • Expertise: Roma and migrant inclusion, intercultural dialogue
CoordinatorVienna, Austria

ACCELERAS KG

Coordinator · project management, quality and the CAFÉ+ website

A Vienna-based EdTech company that designs upskilling pathways, research and training for disadvantaged adults, including migrants, single mothers and long-term unemployed people. It coordinates CAFÉ+ and hosts the partner meetings in Vienna.

Expertise
Upskilling pathways, digital learning and EU project coordination
Builds on
Erasmus+ projects such as BRIDGE and VETDESIGN
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PartnerVienna, Austria

INTERFACE Wien GmbH

Policy dialogue and sustainability · Skills Cafés in Vienna

A non-profit company of the City of Vienna that offers education and counselling to people who have recently moved to Vienna — about 38,000 people a year in 38 languages, with 180 staff. It will host the CAFÉ+ EU Policy Conference in 2029.

Expertise
Integration, basic education and German courses for adults
Builds on
"Mama lernt Deutsch" with childcare, and the StartWien hub
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PartnerPrague, Czechia

Slovo 21

Skills Café pilots in Czechia · Generational Bridge and workplace Skills Cafés

Founded in 1999 by UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award laureate Jelena Silajdžić, Slovo 21 supports Roma and migrant communities across Czechia. It runs the Khamoro World Roma Festival and the "Welcome to CZ" integration course.

Expertise
Roma and migrant inclusion, intercultural dialogue
Builds on
The CERV "Network of Towns" with 12 European partners
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PartnerEspoo, Finland

Learning for Integration ry

Skills Café pilots in Finland · Café Lingua network

A Finnish NGO for learning in a multicultural society. It has organised the weekly Café Lingua in Helsinki since 2004 and has taken part in 40+ Erasmus+ and 10+ Nordic projects.

Expertise
Language cafés, migrant integration, recognition of prior learning
Builds on
The Nordplus Nordic-Baltic Café Lingua and integpri.eu on recognising migrants' prior learning
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PartnerAthens, Greece

IASIS NGO

Learning design and facilitator training · Skills Café pilots in Greece

Founded in 2005 and supervised by the Greek Ministry of Health, IASIS runs community mental health units, day centres and mobile psychosocial teams across Greece. It supported more than 87,000 people in 2025, with 8,000+ volunteers.

Expertise
Social inclusion, mental health and adult learning design
Builds on
80+ EU projects in Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, AMIF and CERV
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PartnerBrașov, Romania

Migrant Integration Center Brașov

Field research and community engagement · Skills Café pilots in Romania

Set up in 2012 by Dr Astrid Hamberger, the centre has supported more than 3,500 third-country nationals and 5,000 Ukrainian refugees. It holds an Erasmus+ accreditation for adult education and works with the national employment agency ANOFM.

Expertise
Migrant and refugee integration, community research
Builds on
Erasmus+ EMPATHY and the CERV Citizenship Academy
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PartnerFuenlabrada (Madrid), Spain

Asociación San Ricardo Pampuri

Skills Café pilots in Spain · Generational Bridge and workplace Skills Cafés

A non-profit in Fuenlabrada that supports 350+ adults a year — especially migrant women, single mothers and long-term unemployed people — with employability pathways, digital literacy and women's empowerment programmes.

Expertise
Adult education, employability and social inclusion
Builds on
Erasmus+ KA210 and KA220 projects, and a letter of support from the City of Fuenlabrada
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Associated partners

Public services and employers on board

CAFÉ+ will work with the public employment services in all six countries, so that adults can move on from a Skills Café to training or work, and with at least one employer association per country. Cooperation agreements will be signed during the first year and a half of the project; organisations are added here as they sign.

Become an associated partner
Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS)Austria · cooperation planned
Úřad práce České republikyCzechia · cooperation planned
Municipal employment servicesFinland · cooperation planned
Public Employment Service (DYPA)Greece · cooperation planned
ANOFM — national employment agencyRomania · cooperation planned
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE)Spain · cooperation planned
Ayuntamiento de FuenlabradaSpain · letter of support