After two years of intense work with educators, legal guardians, mentors, social workers and heads of communities working with young people with migrant background on their way to leave the care system, the project INTEGRA is about to come to an end.
The 5th of June the Final wOnlineebinair Cconference, titled “INTEGRA project, supporting minors and young adults in the care system toward adulthood” has taken place with more than 80 participants, including all the partners of the project. The aim of the Conference has been to discuss the results of the assessment tools put in place to meet the needs of young people, such as the the Mentoring Integration Program (MIP) and the Platform for Cooperation (P4C) and to share the experiences regarding the use of the multidisciplinary Mentoring Program in the project countries. Moreover, during the Conference, the national and transnational INTEGRA networks have been presented together with the video spot for the Italian INTEGRA network. Representatives from Cooperativa 3P Padre Pino Puglisi, CIAI and ComeUnaMarea Onlus also attended the online Conference and intervened regarding the importance of mentoring and independent living. Participant feedbacks were positive in terms of effectiveness and usefulness of the mentoring instruments and in terms of facilitating the independency of minors who are preparing to leave the care system.
Lastly, the final meeting was held online on the 16th June to conduct a final evaluation in relation to project impact and sustainability.
A special thanks to all those who contributed to make #INTEGRAeu a useful resource for the support of our young people!
About the project
INTEGRA – Multidisciplinary Mentorship program to support the entrepreneurship of children in care and young care-leavers is co-funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Commission.
The INTEGRA approach envisions a personalised participatory framework, where the stakeholders take the role of guiding, connecting, mediating and supporting the children in the restoration process of new reference points for their future socio-economic inclusion as a persona integra into the community.
DG JUST – Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020) – Capacity-building in the area of rights of the child
Partners
Who are the INTEGRA partners?
- Coordinator: “Hope For Children” UNCRC Policy Center (Cipro)
- Associacao Portuguesa Conversas De Psicologia Apcdp (Portogallo)
- Associacio per a la Creacio i Estudis de Projectes Socials C.E.P.S. (Spagna)
- The Smile of the Child (Grecia)
- M.C. Management center limited (Cipro)
- CESIE (Italia)
For further information
Visit the website here.
Contact Cloé Saint-Nom: cloe.saintnom@cesie.org
