How does it work?
We are a middeground for learning.
We connect institutions (NGOs, universities, local authorities…) - the ‘upperground’ - with grassroots players and innovators (youth movements, social entrepreneurs…) - who are ‘on the ground’ - to discuss, challenge, implement and scale up their ideas. Together, we co-design collaborative programmes to serve our shared goals, and progressively increase our local and global collective impact, in a way that no organisation alone could achieve. Our middleground approach is structured around six complementary dimensions:
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- A shared culture of open innovation and horizontal collaboration,
- A community of educational pioneers exploring and implementing new ways of learning, teaching, doing research and mobilising collective intelligence across all geographies, and determined to develop radical collaboration schemes,
- A network of place-based actors providing physical spaces (schools, universities, makerspaces, cultural centres, etc.) to connect learners and citizens of all ages;
- Digital tools that support learning communities and allow them to share good practices, learn from each other and collaborate more effectively,
- Partnerships around concrete projects and joint advocacy campaigns to promote them, and to amplify our collective reach, and
- Emblematic events to celebrate the achievements of community members and to nurture a culture of hope.
