ideaborn SL

National Network
Espagne
Address

placa Comercial 2
08003 Barcelona
Espagne

Telephone
0034931256980
Fax
0034931256980
E-Mail
comunicaciones@ideaborn.com
E-Mail (2)
bmariani@ideaborn.com
E-Mail (3)
bgelsi@ideaborn.com
Organisation Type
Private Company
Year of Establishment
1999
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Gender
  3. Human rights
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Research
  6. Youth and education
General Information
Created in 1999, ideaborn is an organisation leading initiatives aimed at improving vulnerable populations’ access to and benefit from their civil, political and cultural rights. Working in collaboration with different actors of the society, from both the public and private sector, ideaborn provides the technical support necessary for the formulation, implementation and evaluation of bilateral, multilateral and nongovernmental international cooperation projects. Ideaborn headquarter is based in Barcelona, Spain, and it is responsible of the general coordination and the supervision of all the initiatives, as well as all the implementation of projects in Africa, Middle East and Europe; the delegation in Medellin, Colombia, is responsible for the management and implementation of the projects in the Latin American region; the delegation in Washington is responsible for research and investigation on specific issues as well as networking activities. ideaborn’s team is composed by a group of local and international professionals with years of international experience in the framework of cooperation for development, in private firms, international institutions as well as NGOs.
Mission and Objectives

Our mission is the promotion and diffusion of Human Rights together with relevant actors
from both the public and private sector.
According to our vision,  our work allows us to contribute to the development of:
• A structured and efficient public sector, capable of guaranteeing universal access to fundamental
Human Rights through services of quality dealing with the necessities of the society.
• A civil society built on strong actors. Actors able on one hand, to promote Human Rights and to
facilitate the access to justice of vulnerable populations, and on the other hand, assess and
monitor the quality of such services provided by the public sector.

Main Projects / Activities

Institutional support. ideaborn is evaluating private and public institutions in its areas of intervention,
bringing technical support in the evaluation of policies , cooperation programs and/or projects. To do so,
we work both alone and in network with other companies, NGO, and education institutes. In this context,
we work with several multilateral organisms, such as the World Bank, regional development banks (IADB,
ADB, AfDB), bodies belonging to the United Nations’ system as well as with international cooperation
agencies like EuropeAid, EAR, IBRD, USaid, BTC, Sida among others.
v Research. ideaborn carries out analyses and investigation projects in its different specialization sectors.
Often these researches represent the starting point for new initiatives aiming at the institutional
strengthening.
v Support to consultants. ideaborn, thanks to its experimented team in the framework of international
cooperation for development, offers backstopping services to consultants aiming at supporting them during
technical assistance missions, whether being of short or long term. In particular ideaborn proposes tailormade
services according to the expert’s needs, including among others documentation research and text
revision (translation and editing); revision of the coherence and relevance of the work presented (reports
fulfilling the client's requirements as well as the beneficiaries' needs);assessment and advice on working
procedures and specific formats used by main funding agencies (EC, WB, IDB, UNDP, USAid, etc);
transmission of lessons-learned and compared analysis of past experiences ; logistics and mission support (including preparation and organization of meetings).
Besides that, ideaborn makes available to experts the use of its Virtual Platform in order to process, stock
and safely share information. This Platform, accessible from every single place in the world equipped with
an internet access, represents a simple way to facilitate long distance communication as well as
information management.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Ideaborn considers the promotion of human rights a basic pillar to the development' society. For this reason is involved in various project to foster the cooperation in the Mediterranean area, such as "Forming Responsible Citizens" in the field of gender equality and civic education in Tunisia and Morocco (promoted by Union For the Mediterranean) and Technical Assistance Mission for Supporting the National Centre for Human Rights in Jordan.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

We consider A.L.F. network a really important "trait d'union" among Mediterranean Countries, it is essential, for us to join your network in order to develop our work and to reach a better cooperation in our area of interest.

Contact (1) Full Name
Brunella Mariani
Job Title
Procurement Manager
Head of the organisation
Jaume Guardans
Contact (2) Full Name
Beatrice Gelsi
Job Title (2)
Community Manager