Created in 2012, MVI is today a global actor closely cooperating with its 37 member organizations, international NGOs, and public and private sector stakeholders.  Its thousands individual members from 27 European countries represent a diverse group of people active within European projects, youth, non formal education, social entrepreneurship, sport and cultural activities.  MVI has a growing experience in establishing new thematic Consortia, promoting new partnerships, developing and implementing EU projects and organising high-profile European congresses, conferences and hearings. To fulfil these objectives, MVI concentrates on three key areas: project activities, education and policy-making/advocacy efforts. 

MVI engages in advocacy at the European and transcontinental level through its yearly Social Campaigns whereby the Network promotes European and global awareness on the topics forming part of its constitutive priorities, with a particular focus on the contrast to Hate Speech and discrimination in the field of youth and in society in general. 

In the field of Sport, MVI competence is brought about by the high quality sectoral expertise of its key members as well as by the relationship between Sport and Non Hate Speech values MVI aims at exploring at the different levels, from the local to the international. The founder organization MVNGO is experienced in the use of Sport as an instrument of education and social inclusion and has implemented several international activities at the European and transcontinental level in the field through its professional division of Sport Experts and Trainers (MVNGO Sport Branch). The Bulgarian member Champions Factory is an NGO experienced in the educational use of Sport in connection with on Formal Education methods. The organization has a long record local, European and international activities in the field, including Capacity Buildings Youth, as a coordinating and partner organization. MVNGO and Champions Factory are applicant organizations or partners in a total of more than 10 Collaborative Partnership Projects in the Sport field. Their competence extends to the field of project design in Sport by virtue of the theoretical knowledge in the realms of Sport and Project Management possessed by their leading staff. 

As an international umbrella organisation, MVI further has the capacity to exploit results of the project directly via its membership, which counts 27 members in the EU and 37 in the European continent. This platform provided a strong base to not only sustainability and roll-out of results in project partner organisations, but also in a substantial subsequent dissemination and exploitation. MVI is also centrally placed to execute a broad-reaching dissemination and exploitation of the project. 

ENGO MVI is a non profit “association of associations” that intends to carry out social involvement and community building activities for its members and stake holding (third) parties encouraging participation, freedom and dignity of its members. Mine Vaganti NGO, Asociacion Juvenil Intercambia and Cecis are the co-founding organization of the ENGO. In line with these values and objectives, thanks to its role as advisor for public and private bodies – well served by participation to European programmes – the co-founder established a serious network and Youth platform of ENGO partners around Europe. MVI counts on the full commitment of 37 member organisations from Europe, plus 8 organisations from outside Europe. All the members have a wide experience in project management and they have organized several activities as youth exchanges, training courses, study visits, internship programs and volunteer hosting. 

MV International has developed a noticeable experience in the field of Erasmus Plus projects at highest level, in cooperation with an extensive and ever-expanding network of members and international partners. MVI achievements in this respect are directly related to the field of Sport, through the sectoral expertise accumulated by its members and, the competences in the field developed by its regular staff as well as, more recently, through the elaboration of autonomous project proposals focused on Sport in the Erasmus Plus field. 

The Network conducts yearly Social Campaigns to raise awareness about its constitutive priorities, with a particular focus on contrast to phenomena of discrimination and Hate Speech. The last MVI Social Campaign of 2018 “Cyber-Bullying and No Hate Speech” achieved the involvement and contribution of NGOs from European and extra-European countries. The Network is committed to exploring the relationship between Sport values/practices and the impacting promotion of No Hate Speech values. 

MV International’s key members have moreover an internationally recognized expertise in the use of Sport as an agent of education and social inclusion, particularly of disadvantaged categories of young people. 

MVI’s founding and leading member Mine Vaganti NGO can count on a professional division of Sport Trainers (MVNGO Sport Branch) who have performed a leading role in the discharge of European and international projects focused on Sport and Education. The most important achievement scored by MVNGO Sport Branch in the aforementioned field was the Erasmus Plus Capacity Building Youth “Inclusion Through Sport” (ITS) coordinated by MVNGO for 2 years (2016-2017) with the involvement of 12 organizations from 12 countries across 4 continents of the World. 

The member organization Champions Factory is experienced in the use of Sport as an agent of education and social inclusion at the different levels (from the local to the European and international). The organization presently coordinates the Erasmus PLUS Capacity Building Youth project “Women Empowerment through Sport” (WEtS) focused on the use of Sport as an agent of social inclusion of disadvantaged females. 

MVNGO and Champions Factory are applicant organizations or partners in a total of more than 10 Collaborative Partnership Projects in the Sport field. Their competence extends to the field of project design in Sport by virtue of the theoretical knowledge in the realms of Sport and Project Management possessed by their leading staff. 

The ENGO, as a representative of the Network, has founding values that are described in the “Statement of the Network” of 10/11/2012, subscribed in the “Commitment Letter” in which the partners commit themselves to respect the values. 

The NGOs involved meet annually at a general meeting and elect an Operative Committee made up of 7 people belonging to different NGO partners. 

The meeting, to be held every year at the premises of an organization affiliated with the network, aims to create a debate between the representatives of the associated NGOs to plan future joint actions to be implemented during the following calendar year. 

The members of MVI work as a team to create and develop new projects such as youth exchanges, seminars or training courses.  

Among MVI team, there are some trainers/facilitators (Salto accredited) with a wide experience that are ready to be involved in the implementation of this particular project.