New partner stands in Coding for Kids in Libraries – CODE Kid and that is Gameloft programming company. Gameloft employees will volunteer as mentors for over 400 youth members of public libraries’ coding clubs. They will give children support in tasks solving and guide them towards programming abilities development. We are happy to have them […]

Progress Foundation team participated at project’ partners encounter organized between the 2nd and the 6th of May in Braga, Portugal. Participating teams from Consorzio Sistema Bibliotecario Nord Ovest (Italy), Biblioteca Lucio Craveiro Da Silva (Portugal), Biblioteca Județeană „Nicolae Iorga” Ploiesti (Romania) were present too. The event consisted of teams’ presentations of primarily achieved results after […]

Progress Foundation organized in partnership with „Antim Ivireanul” Vâlcea County Library, „Dinicu Golescu” Argeș County Library, „Christian Tell” Gorj County Library, and ETIC Association the public event of Coding for Kids in Libraries – CODE Kid project launch. The event took place on Wednesday 15th of February between 12-16 pm at Râmnicu Vâlcea. In the […]

It’s spring! The Third Place project already took root in 7 cities and soon the first democracy nests will be arranged for active citizens! We’ve got practice-proven tools, we’ve got the know-how of the first stage and we certainly have a feasible project model! Now we’re looking for another 7 county libraries with which to […]

The idea proposed by the “The third space of the community” concerns the formation of active citizens and the arrangement in 6 public libraries in the Republic of Moldova, of spaces – nests of democracy – that encourage the learning of civic behaviors, debate local issues and take initiative to solve them. The nests of […]

The Occupy Library 2020 online conference brought together innovative ideas that are being implemented in libraries in the regions of Central, Eastern Europe, the Black Sea, the Caucasus and the Caspian regions. The first edition of the conference provided a virtual space for exchanging of best practices and supporting the best ways to involve libraries […]

The Occupy Library Innovators Hub aims to bring together organizations that help community development through innovative library services, share best practices, and build a support network in the region. Building on existing regional professional library connections, this project contributes to the development of partnerships between CSOs and libraries that will learn about development opportunities, plan […]

6 libraries in Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine have started the project “Public libraries as hubs for active citizenship”, implemented by the Progress Foundation, with the support of the Black Sea Trust of Regional Cooperation. This project aims to create a support network, consisting of public libraries and NGOs, which will support the […]