The Association is an independent non-profit organisation and was legally established in Heerlen (Holland) on the 4th of June 1999.
The main aims of the Association are to:
organise exchange and transfer of experience between the
cities and collective territorial bodies who have set up or participated in setting up a Second Chance School within the framework of the programme launched by the European Union
assist cities and collective bodies who wish to set up a Second Chance School
promote the European concept of Second Chance Schools in general
Maroc.NL is an innovative internet company providing a community environment
incorporating:
discussion forums (text-, voice-and video based)
news magazine (daily news grab, 2 monthly in-depth magazine with multimedia)
chat rooms (instant messaging, text-, voice-and video chat)
dating service (matchmaker, related business directory)
religious services (searchable Koran database, prayer times, cyber imam, Ramadan SMS)
email services (free yourname@maroc.nl)
music (exclusive peer-to-peer music-sharing network)
blogs
SMS-services (anonymous and free)
calendar (with cultural events, user feedback and reminders)
multimedia storage and sharing (images, audio and video)
radio station (24/7 play list, with several DJ's, talk shows)
games (100+ aracade games, quizes)
The target audience of the community is (young) people in the age between 14 and 30 with a Moroccan, Mediterranean (Tunisians, Algerians, Libyans, Egyptians) and/or Islamic background living in the Netherlands and Belgium. Maroc.NL was the first ethnic lifestyle community of its kind in The Netherlands and Belgium. We are also by far the most well-known community resulting in a high media profile and a lot of free publicity resulting in a constant stream of banner advertisements and thus revenues.
Knowledgeland (KL) is an independent Dutch thinktank based in Amsterdam. Founded in 1999, its mission is to help establish the Netherlands as one of the key regions in the international knowledge economy. And preferably in a way that creates both economic and social value. Thus, KL brings together a network of government, private sector, knowledge institutions and civil society to think about the consequences of the knowledge economy and how to respond to it as a society. But that is not its final destination. KL also translates this response into concrete action and supports learning in this transformation process. In short, we learn by acting.
One of the main activities of KL is the Digital Pioniers Programme (http://www.digitalpioneers.org). Over the last 5 years we have developed a methodology to support small independent actors and NGOs to become active within the Digital Public Domain in order to strengthen these organisations capacities. Within this project we intend to contribute this methodology in in the context of integration processes.
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