What we do
Education is the key to building resilient and inclusive societies. In a world undergoing significant changes and rapid digitization, upskilling and reskilling is critical in order to achieve inclusive growth. To be competitive in the digital age, individuals require a learning-for-life mindset.
Aiming to empower people and help them build both their personal and professional competencies, KMOP acts as a knowledge hub, where individual and collective reflection and learning lead to improved ways of working, achieving goals and innovating.
KMOP Education Hub acts as a space that offers access to a wide range of educational programmes, resources and trainings, capitalizing on the knowledge that the organization has gained from its extensive work in the field. These educational programmes involve both the enhancement of traditional skills and the learning of new ones, so that no individual is left behind.
Our aim is to provide vocational training, continuous education and lifelong learning, as well as educational consultancy and support in social policy and social economy related subjects, including migration (education & inclusion), social responsibility, employability, human rights protection, ethics, sustainability, and bullying prevention and treatment.
Besides non-formal education, we also aim to provide formal education programs and courses. For this purpose, KMOP has established collaborations with academic institutions and universities, to offer accredited certificates, diplomas, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Furthermore, in partnership with COFACE Families Europe, KMOP has initiated the European Family Lab, which serves as an innovation incubator for ideas and cross-country knowledge transfer to help family professionals deliver the best possible supports for families and children.
KMOP Policy Center was established in Brussels in 2020, with the aim to conduct in-depth research, produce impactful, evidence-based policies, and advocate on social issues. Capitalizing on our long experience in the provision of social services, we analyze, design and recommend policies that promote social welfare, individual well-being and equal opportunities, bringing real change for individuals and communities.
Our goal is to provide comprehensive insights on designing policies with a positive social impact.
Our policy design tools include:
Research – KMOP Policy Center conducts in-depth research that addresses critical social issues, enlightens public debate and enhances policy formation, nationally and internationally.
Experimentation – We develop systematic empirical evidence about the likely advantages and disadvantages of policy proposals via the conduct of social experiments.
Social impact assessment – We have developed the Reframing Welfare Index (RWI), an innovative tool for social policy assessment and evaluation. RWI assesses the impact that various initiatives, programs and investments have on welfare in Europe’s different regions.
About the Reframing Welfare Index (RWI)
At a time when budgets are being increasingly tightened and new social needs are emerging, national governments and public bodies, private enterprises, and NGOs are taking a strong interest in the efficiency of their policies, namely the effects on social welfare in terms of the resources allocated.
KMOP has developed the Reframing Welfare Index (RWI), an innovative tool for ex-ante social policy evaluation. RWI assesses the impact that various initiatives, programs and investments have on welfare in Europe’s different regions.
The Reframing Welfare Index is based on modern econometric tools, which allow the quantification of qualitative characteristics of social well-being to the highest possible accuracy. It is the first social well-being index, which relies on both micro- and macro-economic quantitative and qualitative data, allowing a holistic approach of the subject at a regional level.
RWI is based on 9 key areas of social welfare: Education, Income, Labor, Health, Environment, Policy, Living Conditions, Infrastructure and Life/Happiness. The index’s results by sector and region are developed on the online platform https://www.reframingwelfare.com/index/.
Technical Assistance Projects
As part of its efforts to design and advocate on policies that generate a social impact, KMOP has been also engaged in various technical assistance projects in many third countries, mainly in Europe (i.e. Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia), Asia (i.e. Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and Africa (i.e. Egypt, Namibia, Burkina Faso), providing consulting in social policy issues.
As one of the older civil society organizations in Greece, KMOP has extensive experience in providing direct social services focused on individual well-being. Our aim is to support and empower people, ensure equal opportunities for every member of society and leverage positive change for communities.
Our social services focus on the areas of mental health, psychosocial support, rehabilitation, job counseling, education, and bullying, while they are offered both in person and online.
Social Net is a multi-purpose center created by KMOP in 2022, with the aim to support and offer guidance to people facing social, psychological and economic issues.
Social Net operates two centers; one in Athens and one in Thessaloniki. Through a wide range of educational and empowerment services, which are offered free of charge, Social Net supports non-privileged groups to improve their living conditions.
Social Net offers, among others, individual counselling and guidance, advisory legal support, education courses, job counselling, as well as psychosocial support. Our services are based on the principles of transparency, ethics and respect, and focus on combating discrimination and protecting the individual rights of each member of society.
KMOP has been running since 2016 the ‘Live Without Bullying’ initiative, that aims at combating school and cyber bullying.
‘Live Without Bullying’ is based on an online counselling platform where young people and adults chat directly with trained and experienced psychologists so as to be assisted in incidents of bullying. The counselling procedure is free of charge, anonymous and confidential, based on a person-centered and cognitive behavioral approach.
Since 2016, the LWB platform has supported more than 30,000 students, while its message has reached hundreds of thousands of people in Greece. ‘Live Without Bullying’ is supported by the Greek Ministry of Education and has been evaluated by COFACE Families Europe as a Good Practice to confronting bullying.
Group House “Prooptiki” is located in the town of Xylocastro, in the north-eastern region of the Peloponnese. It offers individuals suffering from severe mental disorders residential care in an inclusive environment with around-the-clock supervision and support by a wide range of specialised personnel, including a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a social worker, a nurse, and a mental health worker. The “Prooptiki” facility covers a 891 sqm area and accommodates 15 residents.
Group House “Alkyonis” is located in Kapandriti, in the region of Attica. It offers individuals suffering from mental disorders residential care in an inclusive environment with around-the-clock supervision and support by a wide range of specialised personnel, including a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a social worker, a nurse, and a mental health worker. “Alkyonis” also provides complementary facilities in its premises (e.g., a small farm). It covers a 490 sqm area and accommodates 15 residents.
Group House “Kalypso” is also located in Kapandriti, in the region of Attica. The Group House offers individuals suffering from mental disorders residential care in an inclusive environment with around-the-clock supervision and support by a wide range of specialised personnel, including a psychiatrist, a psychologist, a social worker, a nurse, and a mental health worker. It covers a 397 sqm area and accommodates 15 residents.
Day Care Center “Ariadni” is located in Piraeus, in the region of Attica. It offers support services to people with moderate chronic mental disorders, between 20 and 50 years old, who face social exclusion and marginalization.