OUR VISION
A society where the diversity of backgrounds, cultures and knowledge is recognized as a wealth and a strength for learning, creating and acting together.
We work for an inclusive and equitable society, in which each person can find their place, develop their potential and contribute to collective life. In an increasingly internationalized societal and educational context, we consider that the meeting between people with multiple backgrounds and horizons promotes openness, mutual understanding, the sharing of knowledge and the emergence of new ways of thinking and to act.
OUR MISSION
Nourished by several decades of practice in interculturality, continuing education, creative expression and support for international students, we put our expertise at the service of the individual and collective emancipation of people with multiple backgrounds and horizons
We support and strengthen the expressions and aspirations of interested people by facilitating creative initiatives around collective issues as vectors of change.
OUR SPECIFICITY
Field expertise serving meetings, connections and participation.
We pay particular attention to realities experienced by people with diverse profiles and trajectories, in a constantly changing social, cultural and professional environment.
We let us place individuals and their knowledge at the heart of our actions by considering them as actresses and actors able to contribute, transmit and initiate in turn.
Our strength lies in our ability to create bridges between people, expertise and initiatives in particular thanks to networking and complementarity with associative, academic and institutional actors.
We facilitate meeting and doing it together by allowing broadening points of view as well as emergence innovative initiatives. For the Placet Center, interculturality cannot be programmed: it must be experienced.
OUR VALUES IN ACTION
Hospitality/welcome
We create open, caring and safe environments where each person can be recognized in their uniqueness, find their place and develop a feeling of belonging.
Interculturality
We view the diversity of cultures, backgrounds and points of view as a source of learning, dialogue and mutual enrichment.
Emancipation
We strengthen people's autonomy, confidence and power to act by promoting their experiences, their knowledge and their abilities to contribute to their environment.
Partnership
We believe in the complementarity of expertise and the strength of collaborations. We build relationships of trust with university, associative and institutional stakeholders in order to strengthen collective pathways and dynamics.
Creativity
We encourage individual and collective experimentation, expression and creation to imagine new ways of understanding and acting on social realities.
