Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Hellenic Culture Centre |
| Acronym: |
HCC
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| Legal status: |
private non formal adult training organisation
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| Website address: |
http://www.hcc.edu.gr
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Other similar organisations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Ifigenia Georgiadou
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| Position: |
Director |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Vassia Kossiva
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| Position: |
Coordinator of Educational Programmes |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
18 Derigny
Athens 10434
GREECE
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| Telephone number: |
(+30210) 5238149 |
| Fax number: |
(+30210) 8836494 |
| Other contact information: |
The Hellenic Culture Centre, founded in 1995, is one of the first non formal education institutions that offered Greek as a foreign/second language courses. It has an expertise in Language Teacher Training programmes. The aims of the institution are to promote language learning and language teaching and to contribute to adult education and intercultural education methodology. Intercultural awareness and cross-cultural activities are of foremost importance in all types of multicultural classes. The Centre has been involved in different national and EU projects on intercultural education (www.intercultural-orientation.eu ), teacher training (www.teachyourlanguage.org), cultural exchange (http://groups.google.co.uk/group/europeanblog) , e-learning (www.ellinikiglossa.eu), language learning through social networks (http://www.sun-languagecommunity.eu/), production of didactic materials ("Listening to Cultures" project), informal language learning for immigrants (www.metoikos.eu), adult education methodologies (MMLT project). All groups of its learners have a multiethnic and multicultural character, as its training seminars have been followed by many teachers and adult learners from all over the world. It also works on: a) research in issues of educational needs, material, teaching methods, etc; b) production of educational materials and methods of long-distance learning; c) planning of programmes, curricula and educational services to other organizations (VETs, NGOs, private educational institutes).
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
The aims of the institution are to promote language learning and language teaching and to contribute to adult education and intercultural education methodology. It also works on:research on educational needs, material, teaching methods; production of educational materials and methods of long-distance learning; planning of programmes, curricula and educational services to other organizations
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
3.5
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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Listening to Cultures
(Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig, Grundtvig Learning Partnerships)
GLOSSA - Greek As A Vehicle for Promoting Linguistic Diversity
(Lifelong Learning Programme, Transversal Programme, KA2-Languages)
SuN.Com - Sustainable Networking Through a Language Learning Community
(Lifelong Learning Programme, Transversal Programme, KA2-Languages)
METIKOS - Informal Language Learning for Immigrants (Lifelong Learning Programme, Grundtvig Multilateral Projects)
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Audiovisual and Media
- Culture
- Education
- Enterprise
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Member of the Hellenic Observatory for Intercultural Education
Member of the Scientific Union for Adult Education
Member of the Panhellenic Network for Drama in Education
Member of the Hellenic Association of ICT in Education
Member of GINCO - Grundtvig International Network of Course Organizers
Member of EUROLTA - ICC International Language Network
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
01/2011
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12/2011
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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< 50000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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22,000 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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The main income of the organization comes from teacher training seminars and language training seminar to adults, as well as consultancy services to different educational organizations
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