About us

entretantos is a non-governmental, non-profit, statewide  organisation dedicated to promoting knowledge, research, par- ticipation, mutual  learning, collective construction and networking.

THE KEY AXES OF OUR WORK 

Here we detail some of the transversal lines and key axes that form the backbone  of the Foundation’s work: 

 
PARTICIPATION 

The Foundation’s action is aimed at building a favourable scenario for social  participation, developing extensive research-action work that seeks to establish  solidly based theoretical and practical foundations, deepen knowledge of tools,  generate, dynamise, produce, evaluate these processes and disseminate and  transfer the results. 

 
SUSTAINABILITY 

Our work pursues the sustainable use of natural resources, the conservation of  biodiversity and the defence of the environment from a profoundly social  perspective. In our practice we work on relevant issues such as food systems and  the policies linked to them, the role of food activities, and the role of the  environment.

The main objectives of the project are to promote traditional economic activities –  such as extensive livestock farming – in the conservation of biodiversity and  landscape, the sustainability and recovery of traditional commons and commons,  the improvement of territorial governance, the preservation of bio- and  geodiversity and, of course, and transversally, the mitigation of and adaptation to  climate change and the ecosocial response to global crises. 

PARTNERSHIP AND SOCIAL INNOVATION 

In a complementary manner, the Foundation promotes formulas for collaboration  between the agents involved in the management of the territory (be they  institutions, universities, technicians, owners, managers, professionals or citizens)  and the resources they bring into play; it designs and applies new ways of sharing  knowledge and research; it promotes and activates mechanisms for social  innovation and facilitates training and educational programmes on key issues for  sustainability. 

ACTION-RESEARCH 

Our work allows us to establish deep and numerous links with institutions,  research centres, professionals, companies and organisations working in the areas  described, exploring together new possibilities and favouring the implementation  of innovation and applied research processes that have obtained significant results  in terms of sustainability, governance, equity and nature conservation. 

CO-PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION 

One of the main hallmarks of the Foundation’s identity is the design, development and the facilitation of participatory processes and multi-agent networks, based on  the debate and exchange of knowledge, reflection and experience. We create  and facilitate spaces for the collective co-production of knowledge, action, change  and social and political advocacy, transformative spaces for the people who share  them and capable of generating change, also on a larger scale.

MUTUAL LEARNING AND ECO-SOCIAL EDUCATION 

We work to extend the approaches of environmental education – understood as  eco-social education – to all areas of shared life. For us, education is an essential  instrument for the necessary transitions, and we work every day to ensure that  social instruments – information, communication, education, participation,  networking, collective construction, research-action,… – acquire the weight and  attention they deserve in the change we must tackle as a society.

BUILDING BRIDGES AND MEDIATION CHANNELS 

We work to create and strengthen bridges between the urban and rural worlds, to  interweave academic and community knowledge, to bring consumption and  production closer together, and to bring public policies closer to the demands and  needs of civil society. 

We also seek to address the conflicts that inevitably arise in our fields of action and  to contribute to solving problems through listening, dialogue and mediation.