Pista Mágica

Pista Mágica

Rio Tinto, Portugal

Democracy & Civil societyCommunity developmentRefugees & MigrationInternational development
NGOFounded 2008International reach
Profile last updated: July 2, 2026

About

Founded in 2008, Pista Mágica is a non-governmental organisation based in Rio Tinto, Portugal working on democracy & civil society, community development, refugees & migration +1 more.

Pista Mágica is a Portuguese non-profit association, recognised as an NGO for development (ONGD), founded in July 2008. It builds capacity in volunteer management, designs and operates volunteer programmes for organisations, and runs social inclusion projects using volunteering, including support for immigrants. It also works in development cooperation and development education, and offers training, including a certificate of participation, with services delivered in person, remotely or in hybrid format. Its base is in Rio Tinto, Portugal, and it funds its services partly through fees, with any surplus reinvested in its volunteering activities.

Location

Rio Tinto, Portugal

Founded

2008

Organisation type

NGO

Legal form

Associação

Focus areas

volunteeringcapacity buildingsocial innovationvolunteer managementsocial inclusiondevelopment cooperationdevelopment education

Languages

PTEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Democracy & Civil societyCommunity developmentRefugees & MigrationInternational development

Works for

Refugees & MigrantsCommunities

How they work

Capacity buildingVolunteer programmesAwareness & educationAdvocacy & campaigning

Programmes

VOLMIG

Refugees & Migration · Portugal

Applies the Supported Volunteering methodology to support immigrants in civic involvement and social inclusion in the Municipality of Esposende, over 18 months with 24 participants.

VOAHR (Voluntariado Organizado para uma Ação Humanitária de Referência)

Humanitarian aid & Disaster relief

Project organising volunteering for humanitarian action, first edition in 2014 and municipal editions from 2018.

CADEI

Democracy & Civil society

Methodology for building capacity in volunteer management for organisations, developed in 2013 and studied as an example of social innovation.

Countries of operation

Portugal

Funding & support

Funded by

Earned incomeEU funding

Ways to support

VolunteerMembershipShop

Credentials & affiliations

Awards

Menção honrosa do Prémio Manuel António da Mota

Prémio Manuel António da Mota

Partnerships

Banco BPI, Fundação La Caixa, Município de Esposende, Portugal Inovação Social, Fundo Social Europeu, ISSSP

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