Plataforma Educativa

Social action through collaboration

Plataforma Educativa is a network of social-purpose organizations that works to improve quality of life for people with limited resources or at risk by innovating and working together. The organization celebrated its 30th anniversary, placing its beginnings in the mid-1990s.

Member organizations

The network brings together foundations and social organizations, each with its own area of work:

• Fundació Resilis: Social education for children and teens, including comprehensive support for young people and children at social risk.
• Fundació Astres: Comprehensive support for people with intellectual disabilities, with a focus on independence and quality of life.
• Fundació Gentis: Training, employment inclusion, mediation, and family support, including vocational training, career guidance, and job placement.
• Fundació Infància i Família: Protects children’s right to a family and home through foster care and adoption; accredited as an ICIF (Family Placement Collaborating Institution) by Institut Català de l'Acolliment i l'Adopció.
• Fundació Utopia: Advances human rights and sustainable human development through creativity, culture, and innovation. It grew out of cooperation projects between Catalonia and Guatemala and expanded its work to Morocco and Senegal after 12 years.
• Eina Activa: A nonprofit work-integration company offering goods and services while providing job skills and employment pathways for people at risk of exclusion.
• Acciona't: Promotes community participation and volunteering, with more than 100 volunteers and over five active projects.
• Idària: A nonprofit worker cooperative and employment-integration organization offering services to help hire unemployed people registered with municipal job banks and local social services.
• Fundació Acció Social Infància (FASI): Develops innovative family-based support for children at risk in Catalonia.

Areas of work

Plataforma Educativa works on corporate social responsibility, work-life balance and employee benefits, digital disconnection, human and social rights, equal opportunity, and the UN 2030 Agenda. It has equality and ethics commissions and a committee focused on respectful treatment and child and teen protection. The network also publishes a social policy observatory and presents social action awards.

Participation and volunteering

Ways to get involved include fostering children and young people, mentoring, and volunteering. The network produces its own podcast, “Veus que Acompanyen,” and publishes a blog on current social issues.