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as a springboard to personal autonomy
A profession
Helping people
We help our beneficiaries, and we change their world!
ACTEC – Association for Cultural, Technical and Educational Cooperation is a Belgian NGO created in 1982 to strengthen the role and autonomy of marginalized people by training them in a profession.
All of our projects emphasize on the personal and professional development of our beneficiaries because we believe that they are the true actors of change in their society.
The paths to employment
By focusing on the PROFESSION, we enable the vulnerable populations of countries in the Global South to integrate into their societies socially and economically.
Technical and vocational training
Entrepreneurial training: microMBA
Personalized support
ACTEC always works with leading local development entities within each country. Our approach is based on a strategic partnership relationship, which enables anchoring sustainably and qualitatively our development projects. Our partners are the keystone of our actions. We provide our know-how and expertise to strengthen their institutional capabilities.
Financing
Coaching
Inspiring
“ACTEC makes us think, shows us other models and shares good practices which we can use. It is an ally, who looks out for us over the long term. Its approach to implementing its actions with “famiempresarios” is not intermittent, but complete. ACTEC is at the heart of INTERACTUAR”.
Andrea Zuluaga
Interactuar, Medellin (Colombia)
ACTEC around the world
ACTEC is currently present in 10 African and Latin American countries. Our strategy, whose objective is to provide A PROFESSION FOR ALL, adjusts to different contexts, depending on the needs, realities and priorities of each country and the potential of each of our partners.
The seeds of
development
ACTEC is a Belgian NGO created 40 years ago with the goal of developing the skills of each individual. We believe that everyone is capable and that we all carry the seeds of development for our lives.