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Akto

Akto Associação para a Promoção dos Direitos Humanos e da Democracia

Coimbra, Portugal

Human rightsDemocracy & Civil societyHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefPeace & Conflict
NGO
Profile last updated: October 13, 2026

About

Akto is a non-governmental organisation based in Coimbra, Portugal working on human rights, democracy & civil society, humanitarian aid & disaster relief +2 more.

Akto is a non-governmental development organisation and non-profit association based in Coimbra, Portugal. It promotes education, human rights and democracy, and intervenes to support populations affected by socio-economic inequality, natural disasters, wars and conflicts. Its work includes training courses on human rights, democracy, the UN system, peacekeeping and emergency humanitarian first aid, which it delivers to professionals and the public.

Location

Coimbra, Portugal

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

Associação sem Fins Lucrativos

Legal name

Akto Associação para a Promoção dos Direitos Humanos e da Democracia

VAT number

513517799

Focus areas

human rightsdemocracypeacehumanitarian aideducationtrainingdevelopment NGO

Languages

PT

Causes & programmes

Causes

Human rightsDemocracy & Civil societyHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefPeace & ConflictEducation

Works for

Communities

How they work

Awareness & educationCapacity building

Programmes

Educação para os Direitos Humanos e Democracia

Human rights

Primeiros Socorros em Ajuda Humanitária de Emergência

Humanitarian aid & Disaster relief

Formação de Públicos Estratégicos

Human rights

Countries of operation

Portugal

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