Enhance professionals knowledge for a sustainable refugees integration Erasmus Project

Project Title

Enhance professionals knowledge for a sustainable refugees integration

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

The project was elaborated starting from the current issue that integration of refugees is a challenging process that involve not only refugees but also the host societies from Europe. The project addressed several problems, among which the delivery of insufficient support from well-skilled social/legal/health professionals that should play an important role in guiding refugees through the complex process of integration.
The project’s objectives consisted in:
-To equip social/legal/health professionals with knowledge on how to provide support, assistance to refugees, in a cultural sensitive manner.
-To transfer / exchange information on practices that are used in Romania, Germany, Spain, Belgium and Sweden, to implement integration programs for refugees.
– To develop cooperation, dialogue among professionals from the countries involved in the project.
The project involved 5 organizations that have expertise in refugees’ issues (assistance services, training for professionals, monitoring the migration phenomenon and developing studies on such topics). The organizations involved were: Association Pro Refugiu Romania (applicant), Passage Germany (partner), Association Trabe Iniciativas para la Economia Social y Solidaria Spain (partner), Caritas International Belgium (partner), Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers Sweden (partner).
The main activities consisted in:
-Management and coordination of the project.
-Develop project’s website and used it as dissemination tool for relevant information, materials obtained as result of project’s implementation.
-Develop publications (intellectual outputs): Study report on the integration of refugees in Romania, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Sweden. Handbook for social/legal/health professionals supporting the refugees’ integration.
– Implement Joint staff training events in Hamburg Germany and in Brussels Belgium at which attended professionals from 5 countries (Romania, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Sweden).
– Organize seminars (as multiplier events) in Romania, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Sweden. Events at which attended social, legal, health professionals that learned more about the project’s results and received information on the right approaches to be used when assisting refugees.
The project results / achievements consisted in: A consolidation of legal/social/health knowledge, skills of professionals using a refugee centered-approach, based on their cultural background. An upgrading of skills (social, communication ones) in order to provide better assistance to refugees. A transnational exchange of information on each country practices to integrate refugees in the countries where they obtained an international form of protection. A better awareness on the needs to improve the integration process of refugees on EU territory. Professionals improved their understanding upon the causes and barriers the refugees have to overpass, avoid misconceptions when assisting refugees. The project increased also the partners’ organizations capacity to work in a transnational manner as result of project preparation, implementation, management.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 130500,7 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASOCIATIA PRO REFUGIU & Country: RO

Project Partners

• passage gGmbH
• ASSOCIATION TRABE, INICIATIVAS PARA LA ECONOMIA SOCIAL Y SOLIDARIA
• SCANDINAVIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS
• CARITAS INTERNATIONAL ASBL