How to handle diversity in your work environment or daily life?
The WELCOMM partners met in Palermo on 11th and 12th February 2019 and worked on the development of the upcoming trainings to improve awareness and build capacities of professionals/ practitioners/ activists and volunteers in host communities regarding the intercultural sensitivity & competence and thereby facilitate the inclusion of third-country nationals. The trainings will take place in the upcoming months in Austria, Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.
During the days of the meeting, the participants confronted with the asylum seekers’ situation and the effect of the newly introduced policies, by conducting a series of study visits in the city. They had the chance to hear from the founders of Moltivolti about good practices of collaboration and co-creation among a diverse group of people with different cultural background in one of the oldest neighborhoods of Palermo, Ballarò. Moreover, they visited Arci Porco Rosso where they confronted with the reality that activists face daily with the current migration, reception and inclusion policies that are being implemented in Italy. Both visits provided the opportunity to reflect and raise awareness on the current European situation on the topics of asylum, migration and inclusion as well as, useful considerations regarding the next steps of the project to reassure its effectiveness and adaptability in local contexts.
Moreover, partners discussed the development of the online Community of Practice that is involved in the activities aimed to strengthen the mutual learning and exchange between host communities.
Both intercultural sensitivity training and the on line ‘Community of Practice’ will be integrated in the WELCOMM platform in the following months. At the same time, learning tools and information on aspects of living in each of the four countries is already available to all individuals on the website.
About the project
WELCOMM – Supporting integration of third country nationals through developing learning and collaboration tools to build welcoming and inclusive communities is a two year project co-founded by DG Home Affairs – Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) – Integration of third-country nationals.
It aims at contributing to pre-departure and post-arrival integration of persons in need of international protection, relocated within the EU or resettled from a third country.
Partners
The project holds together 5 organisations:
- Coordinator: REHABILITACIJSKI CENTAR ZA STRES ITRAUMU_RCT (Croatia);
- SUDWIND (Austria);
- SLOVENSKA FILANTROPIJAZDRUZENJE ZA PROMOCIJO PROSTOVOLJSTVA_SP (Slovenia);
- UDRUGE CENTAR ZA MIROVNE STUDIJE_CMS (Croatia);
- CESIE (Italy).
For further information
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Please contact migration@cesie.org.
