Pistes Solidaires

Context and fundamentals
Pistes-Solidaires, borned in 2002,  has built a project  based on « exchange » : exchange throught meeting, exchange throught buying, exchange throught  discovering, exchange throught involvment in projects/ actions. Exchange is there fore the fundamental principle of Pistes solidaires.

Target
Within youth project :

  • Youth from 15 to 30 years old.

Within training

  • adults : social workers and all organisation within the social and cultural field.

Main activities:
Europe

  • Youth moblity exchange projects
  • European voluntary service ( Hosting/ sending and coordinating)
  • European Training and seminars
  • Strong european Network
  • Projects of Life long learning within non formal education ( trough Grundvig program)
  • Professionnal experience and mobility (through Leonardo mobility)
  • Social workers’ Training ( within the french german program)

Since 2005:
Fair trade

  • Product selling in the « Alter ethique » shop
  • Fair trade products promotion and sell on market and fairs in the Var department
  • Information and sensibilisation campaign on fair trade within primary, secondary and high schools
  • Promotion of the fair trade consumption concept with company workers syndicates and with municipalities.

Sustainable tourism

  • For youth and adult
  • The concept : travel in a different manner, intercultural exchange, meeting others and their culture
  • Fair distribution of the added value within actors of the project.

Activities location

  • Fair trade shop and headquarter in Frejus. ( Var department/ near Nica)
  • Office in  Marseille