The Global Minds Café: Crafting Ideas, Cultivating Global Insight
At Thalay Association, we are a vibrant community of global citizens, individuals who have crossed borders and share a passion for the world’s diverse tapestry. We gather here at “The Global Minds Café” to amplify our voices, offer constructive critiques, and exchange illuminating insights.
Our mission transcends geographical boundaries, as we unite as global citizens to provide invaluable feedback, enriching lives across nations. Together, we embark on a journey around the globe, pioneers of enlightenment. Knowledge knows no limits, extending beyond academia and classrooms. Within each of us lies a unique tapestry of experiences waiting to be shared, regardless of our roles or locations.
Thalay Association is an international non-profit organization that promotes and supports the Thai and People living abroad, particularly in Europe. Thalay is an Independent self-sustained platform with a long-term vision to contribute to idea generation, and take actions in a multi-dimension of social and global issues.
We have organized the first general meeting and elected the board on 17 June 2021 under the name Thalay Association (สมาคมทะเล).
Thalay Association is founded by a group of Thai scholars, professionals and entrepreneurs based in Europe with the aim of creating a citizen initiative exchange area, which is independent from government agencies with the intent to pass on experiences and knowledge abroad to people around the world
The first articles of the Thalay association was outlined and submitted to the City of Kassel on 08.09.2021 by the association founders. We revised the articles several times to fit the non-profit-organization guideline in Germany. Our association was then afterward officially registered at the district court of Kassel in Germany on 19.12.2022.
Association Registration Number (Nummer des Vereins): VR 5685
Registration at (Eintragung beim) : District court of Kassel in Germany (Amtsgericht Kassel) in Germany
Vision: We create our space as a hub of exchange and transfer of science and social innovations. This space will facilitate the development of vibrant, challenging, and reflective learning experience and will empower our main target groups steps into becoming a responsible global citizen.
Mission: We encourage, support and recruit our target groups to create and sustainably grow a community to develop themselves, and to have a playground for their own activities.
March 2021 – a group of friends have the idea to contribute the knowledsge whcih is not only associated with academic works by estabishinga group called “thalay”, means “sea” in Thai language.
March 2021 – The “return project” inititated a progressive movement The Forward to contribute the insight information to Thai society in multiple dimensions
