The International Network of Productive Learning Projects and Schools(INEPS) is an international association of about 50 members from different institutions in 15 countries. Despite the diversity of their linguistic and cultural backgrounds they have decided to develop common concepts of Productive Learning.

Productive Learning is an educational process which promotes both the development of the individual within the community and the development of the community itself. The process is shaped by an educational itinerary based on product-oriented activities in real-life situations organized within the educational context of a group supported by educators

Productive Learning is based on individual and interactive learning which combines general education and vocational orientation.

Productive Learning could be used at all stages of lifelong learning an in different educational environments being a suitable methodology for a great variety of different students.

The idea to make changes to the educational system towards an appropriate schooling, that meets the demands of both students and society, originally started City as School in New York, USA, and has since spread to many European Countries. 

Since 1990 INEPS is an international network which aims to promote the idea of productive learning - learning through activity and experience. 

In this network educators from schools and projects all over Europe and the US are exchanging their current programmes, methods and perspectives.

The aims of INEPS are:

• To prepare our youth for peace, cooperation, respect and equality.
• To develop, to make known and disseminate the philosophy and the advantages of Productive Learning (PL). 
• To develop the methodology and practices of PL.
• To foster cooperation between its members.
• To organize meetings, conferences and seminars to publish books or pamphlets, to use the modern media (web pages etc.) and to do everything that leads to the achievement of the above main aims.

OUR VISION: We want to persuade educators and productive project leaders to become more aware of the fact that education is an individual process, which needs an individual approach within the framework of schools, vocational projects and other organisations. Only if learners and trainees have the opportunity to take an active part in the learning process, can they determine their own lives and overcome the danger of dropping out.

We believe that the participation of students in professional life and in social activities motivates them to get stronger and more eager to learn, thus becoming self-confident and fit for society.

In a more and more globalizing world, education and training is a growing factor. With the methods of Productive Learning, we take steps towards fair education, in which everybody has the chance to learn in his or her own way, according of their interests, thus gets the chance to become a full member of society. By combining theoretical and practical education the learner or trainee - no matter what culture, language or background – will be enabled to plan, carry out and evaluate the learning process and direct his or her resources towards the progression of humanity, to learn self-respect as well as to respect others.

THIS VISION WILL BE LIVED OUT by Productive Learning schools, projects and organisations, which focus on humanism and realize that there is a gap between the demands of society and the reality of education and are building bridges to overcome the gap. Teachers and educators have changed their roles from directive instructor to a sensitive facilitator. They accompany the learners and trainees, helping them to go their own way instead of teaching them what they should need and want. Our aim is to have happier teachers for happier students.

The members of INEPS have a common aim to impress humanity and to apply common sense to their educational task contributing in this way to the betterment of society.

INEPS organises seminars and congresses for educators and for students with the purpose to exchange ideas, to share experiences and to spread Productive Learning to all levels (administrative, further education, etc...) and to all countries.
 

https://contao2024.ineps.eu/

National Prevention Network Operators

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In June 1993 was held in Patras, from the Movement "PROTASIS" 1st Nationwide Organizations Meeting on the Prevention of Addictive Substances. During the work of the operators, following a proposal by Ms Maria Chourdaki, they found the need to find a method of organization and coordination between them, on a nationwide scale.

A few months before the 2nd Panhellenic Meeting, the following letter carriers Movement "PROTASIS" repositioned on the matter and considered it necessary to discuss the matter again, as was part of the 2nd Nationwide. The November 1995 takes place in Patras from the Movement "PROTASIS" 2nd Panhellenic Meeting on "The quality of our lives lever for the prevention of addictive substances" in which it was decided unanimously to launch the nationwide organization. To this end, the Movement "PROTASIS" convened a new meeting in Athens on 26/01/96 at the offices of O.KA.NA. There was prepared and approved the first operation under the Panhellenic Network (then participated bodies only by Greece) and was elected the first seven-member Coordinating Secretariat of the Network. The Network, after a journey of 20 years, returns to birthplace: 5 to June 8, 2013 was held in Patras, the Movement 'PROTASIS' for an Other Lifestyle and Prevention Centre for Addiction and Promotion of Psychosocial Health IP Achaia the 9th National Meeting entitled: "by adjusting to a changing society."

OPERATING UNDER HELLENIC NETWORK

CHARACTER HELLENIC NETWORK OPERATORS PREVENTION

The National Network of Addiction Prevention Agencies bodies is one form of connection that develop programs for the prevention of dependencies and promoting psychosocial health in Greece and Cyprus. Started by the human need for meeting, exchange of experience and mutual support of people and organizations who believed in the vision of a collaborative development of the Cause of prevention in our country and became a model example functional Networking.

It is an informal networking format which provides a flexibility to shape the organizational structure and operation, so as to act in the best possible way the goals and the objectives. The organization that aims at the fullest possible participation and expression of all members of the network and provides a potential organizational changes that will be decided in plenary without other necessary paperwork.

That is why the network chooses to hold an informal (and not a typical form eg club or company statutes under the current Civil Code), which provides a flexibility to shape the organizational structure and function so, they are served in the best possible manner the goals and the objectives. This is obviously a form of organization in line with the principles of prevention.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE NETWORK FOR THE PREVENTION

PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION PROGRAMS

The Primary prevention is the set of actions, aimed at the wider social groups and aim at physical, mental and social well-being of the individual reducing risks occur conditions, situations and behaviors that harm the individual.

Prevention kits developed in the framework of interventions - programs aimed at health promotion and the development of personal and social skills, to ensure the well-being (sensitivity development, imagination, creative attitudes in life, resistance skills to pressure for negative - deviant - divergent behaviors).

Basic principles for effective prevention

Basic belief Prevention Network are: prevention is effective not by what we say but by what we do. In this sense the mode of prevention bodies and in this case the network, must be possessed by the principles, values ​​and how you are and early prevention.

The alternative lifestyle that encourages, educates and encourages members and organizations of society to work in a different way, to be applies first and foremost to the operation of the Network, as well as its members.

The mitigation of antagonisms, the cooperativeness, the use of all aspects of the effort to synthesize in diversity, respect for persons and organizations is a continuous effort of the Network members. This continuous effort strengthens prevention through personal and collective training, which promotes this model in society in a way that contributes to the growth and development of all of us.

Basic principles of prevention programs

    Prevention programs aimed at the physical, mental, spiritual and social development of man and the achievement of well-being through:

    Enhancing one's personality
    Strengthening and reconstruction of basic social institutions (family system, the educational community, etc.)
    The correct and accurate information about dependencies

    Preventive interventions respond to the characteristics and peculiarities of the target group.

    Seek and facilitate the creation of networks of cooperation between different sectors and services, to increase the community's capacity to take on this dynamically developing conditions necessary to protect and promote health.

A comprehensive program leads to information - information on the use of educational and experiential methods active participation, aimed not only at increasing knowledge and to acquire new skills and other behaviors.

AIESEC

Protasi traffic since 1996 has a great experience in reception, hosting and training students and other young people from around the world.  With the AIESEC cooperates for three years which is the largest, international, non-governmental, student organization in the world, with a presence in 124 countries and 2400 Universities. Common goal of AIESEC and motion protasi is to provide young people with cultural, occupational knowledge and understanding of diversity, through experiences that are offered as well as the creation of an international network of agents of change with the ultimate aim of a positive impact on society.

The Move "MOTION" in cooperation with the AIESEC the University of Patras greeted two students, one from Hong Kong, which it hosted for 5 weeks and one from China. The student did practice in order to see how it works, to meet the volunteer groups and to understand how the Movement protasi promotes primary prevention. most importantly, participated in groups of children of WEALTH» transferring elements of culture and making the children to other cultures.

http://aiesec.gr/lc/patras/

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

Protasi traffic within the long-term course of repeatedly give space and energy for training new students of the University of Patras, T.e.i. but also students from other countries through exchange programs (EVS, AIESEC etc). This is a regular practice that applied by the institution to strengthen the preventive methodology multiplier.
The last three years the protasi collaborates with the Department of philology of the University of Patras and provides two-month internships to students of the Department.