The sessions will be delivered by Opciónate, commissioned by the Association Te Acompañamos, within the framework of the “FAM-TIC” project.
The organization Opciónate – ‘Improve your life and improve the world’ will conduct this training at IES El Doctoral, in the municipality of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, in the south of Gran Canaria. Commissioned by the Canary Islands Sociosanitary Association Te Acompañamos, the initiative aims to help young people learn to inhabit the digital world with ethics, empathy, and responsibility, while developing a critical and safe awareness in their online participation.
The activities are part of the educational program “Being, belonging and participating in the digital era”, designed by Opciónate, and are aimed at two groups of about fifteen young people aged between 12 and 18. They take place within the context of the “FAM-TIC” project, funded by the 2025 Strategic Subsidies Plan of the Santa Lucía de Tirajana City Council.
The Canary Islands Sociosanitary Association Te Acompañamos, a non-profit entity, was founded in 2013 by professionals from the social and health sectors. Its purpose is to provide support to socially disadvantaged populations through the creation of a network of associations and community initiatives, fostering commitments and synergies with public and private entities as well as the business sector, thereby facilitating the development of social action programs.
The association is committed to combating social exclusion from a comprehensive, restorative, and inclusive perspective, involving all social agents in prevention processes and restorative actions to address the disadvantages affecting a large part of the population.
Opciónate focuses on consultancy, training, and research through experiential and participatory methodologies, promoting personal, professional, and social development with an emphasis on emotional intelligence, gender equity, and diversity. Specialized in the prevention of gender-based cyberviolence, it fosters active citizenship, ethics, care, and respectful relationships both online and offline.
Its founder and director, Ana Lydia Fernández-Layos, an international consultant and specialist in gender equity and participatory methodologies, has more than 25 years of experience in promoting gender equality and emotional and social intelligence within the United Nations, the European Commission, NGOs, and various institutions across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.