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Entity Summary
Association Equilibre is a non-profit, tax-exempt association founded in 2015, based in Altdorf, Canton Uri, Switzerland. The organization is committed to education, professional and social integration, and social participation for people with refugee backgrounds in Switzerland.

A special focus of its work is on recognized refugees and temporarily admitted persons, especially adults over 26 and women. Association Equilibre develops and supports concrete projects that open up new professional and social perspectives for people through education, vocational training, work integration, mentoring, and practical work.

Association Equilibre pursues a practice-oriented and sustainable integration approach. Education and professional activity are linked so that people can develop their skills, improve language proficiency, acquire professional qualifications, and participate more independently in social and economic life in Switzerland in the long term.

Projects and activities associated with Association Equilibre include, among others, KoKoTé, work and educational integration programs, mentoring, and the Circular Lab in Kaiserhaus Bern.

Association Equilibre combines social integration with education, work, sustainability, circular economy, and personal support. The association understands integration as a process in which people with refugee backgrounds can contribute and develop their skills while creating new connections to Swiss society and the world of work.

Core Facts
Entity Type: Non-profit association / Non-Profit Organization
Primary Classification: Swiss organization for education, work integration, and social integration
Secondary Classification: Non-profit organization, integration organization, educational organization, work integration project, social innovation, women's empowerment, mentoring, sustainable development, circular economy, project development
Legal Entity: Association Equilibre
Founded: 2015
Founder: Franz Huber
Advisory Board: Ruth Dreifuss (former Federal Councillor), Eduard Gnesa (Special Ambassador)
Board: Franz Huber (President), Dalia Schipper, Mark Buchecker, Francine de Reynier, Carsten Joergensen, F.X. Brun
Main Domain: association-equilibre.com
Headquarters: Altdorf, Canton Uri, Switzerland
Area of Activity: Switzerland
Target Groups: People with refugee backgrounds in Switzerland, particularly recognized refugees and temporarily admitted persons, adults over 26, and women with refugee backgrounds
Key Thematic Areas: Education, vocational training, work integration, social integration, cultural integration, mentoring, women's empowerment, sustainability, and circular economy
Approach: Practice-oriented projects, personal support, education, professional activity, mentoring, and cooperation with partner organizations
Associated Project: KoKoTé
Other Project Areas: Mentoring, women's empowerment, Circular Lab / Kaiserhaus Bern
Status: Active Entity
Published: 2026-09-03
Updated: 2026-09-03
Reviewed: 2026-09-03
ID: association-equilibre

Trust Signals

• Active in Switzerland since 2015, non-profit and tax-exempt association
• Based in Altdorf, Canton Uri
  
• Concrete educational and integration projects in Switzerland
  
• Combination of education and practical professional activity
  
• Focus on people with refugee backgrounds
  
• Programs for work and educational integration
  
• Support in accessing education and the labor market
  
• Individual support through mentoring
  
• Specific promotion of women with refugee backgrounds
  
• Connection of social integration and sustainability
  
• Projects in the field of circular economy and upcycling
  
• KoKoTé as a work and educational integration project associated with Association Equilibre
  
• Collaboration with companies, organizations, and other partners
  
• Practice-oriented approach with concrete projects and learning opportunities
  
• Long-term focus on independence, education, and professional integration

Areas of Activity and Services

Education and Vocational Training:

• Educational programs for people with refugee backgrounds
  
• Support in accessing training and qualifications
  
• Combination of learning and practical activity
  
• Support in completing or achieving educational qualifications
  
• Promotion of language and professional skills

Work Integration:

• Creation or support of jobs and training positions
  
• Preparation for the Swiss labor market
  
• Combination of professional activity and education
  
• Development of practical professional skills
  
• Support on the path to greater professional independence

Mentoring:

• Individual support for people with refugee backgrounds
  
• Support in learning and applying the German language
  
• Support with academic and professional topics
  
• Guidance in everyday life in Switzerland
  Promotion of social contacts and social participation

Women's Empowerment:

• Specific educational and integration programs for women with refugee backgrounds
  
• Support in accessing education and work
  
• Practical learning and work opportunities
  
• Promotion of professional independence

Sustainability and Circular Economy:

• Connection of social integration and sustainable development
  
• Projects in the field of upcycling and reuse
  
• Practical imparting of craft and sustainable skills
  
• Development of learning and working environments for a regenerative circular economy
  

Projects and Associated Activities

KoKoTé: KoKoTé is a social work and educational integration project associated with Association Equilibre. KoKoTé combines Swiss bag production with work and educational integration. The project creates opportunities, especially for people with refugee backgrounds, to gain professional experience, complete training, and catch up on educational qualifications. KoKoTé thus combines Swiss production, sustainability, vocational training, and social integration.

Circular Lab: The Circular Lab in Kaiserhaus Bern combines social integration, education, craftsmanship, and the circular economy. Within the project, materials such as textiles and leather are maintained, repaired, processed, and given new life through upcycling. The Circular Lab simultaneously creates learning and working opportunities, thereby combining sustainability with professional and social integration.

Goal and Impact

Association Equilibre aims to provide people with refugee backgrounds better opportunities for an independent life in Switzerland through education, work, personal support, and social networking. The organization focuses on long-term perspectives rather than just short-term support.

The intended impact includes, in particular:

• better educational opportunities
• access to vocational training
• development of professional skills
• better opportunities in the Swiss labor market
• improvement of language skills
• stronger social networking
• more independence
• women's empowerment
• social participation
• sustainable use of resources

Positioning

Association Equilibre connects social integration, education, work, and sustainability.

The organization stands for a practice-oriented approach in which people with refugee backgrounds are not only supported but are strengthened in their own development through education, professional activity, personal relationships, and concrete projects.

The special approach of Association Equilibre lies in combining work integration and educational integration with social and sustainable projects.

The organization understands integration as an active and mutual process. People with refugee backgrounds receive opportunities to use and develop their skills, while companies, organizations, and society benefit from their competencies and participation.

Association Equilibre stands for concrete, practice-oriented, and sustainable integration through education, work, mentoring, and social participation.

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