The project “I’Mmigrant NOT IGNORANT” is an one activity Training Course that will take place in the region of Caserta, Italy between 18-26 February 2018, with the participation of 9 partner organisations from Italy, Croatia, Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Germany and Turkey.
The main aim of the project is to tackle one of the biggest issues of our time. As Europe is experiencing one of the most significant influxes of migrants and refugees in its history, the associated problems are urging us to come up with radical solutions.
This project is designed for young leaders, youth workers, volunteers or simply humanitarian individuals who are involved with immigrants or refugees in their countries, or who have special interest in sustainable development, social inclusion and are eager to raise the level of general knowledge and awareness about this topic and have intention to use their competences to come up with methodologies and techniques of how to help immigrants in facilitating their own knowledge and skills to become active and productive members of their new societies.
Specific objectives of the project are:
– Re-Define 3 main overlapping terms (Immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker), then spot the main similarities and differences between them,
– Explain immigration from different perspectives, depending on the characteristics of the immigrants and of the hosting country,
– Shed light on the current tendency to treat immigrants based on their nationality, religion, etc. in order to explain the underlying reasons, and become more aware about the need of tolerance, open-mindedness and, in general, foster social inclusion, integration and respect of human rights
– Reach on an individual level the understanding that immigrants and refugees are not only seekers of help and refuge, but individuals capable of providing and improving their hosting environment.
Through non-formal education methodologies, we aim to provide participants with the right tools to strengthen their learning process, creating an experiential and inclusive environment that will be completely focused on their needs. Everyone will be encouraged to share experiences and take initiatives and challenges, with the support of trainers and organizing team.
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