Budget:
18302 EUR
Period:
01.08-31.12.2017
Coordinator:
NGO Inceptus (Lithuania)
Consortium:
National Mining University (Ukraine)
Civic Organization "Development and Initiative" (Ukraine)
NGO "International Center for Intercultural Research, Learning and Dialogue" (Armenia)
Eurobug, International Youth Work Training and Collaboration Limited (Irland)
Yasar Universitesi (Turkey)
International Labour Association (Turkey)
I.D.E.A. (Greece)
Way of Hope ggmbh (Austria)
E-arch (Italy)
Stowarzyszenie Nasz Lag - Nasza Wies (Poland)
“It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in something, somewhere, with someone.” R.E. Goodrich
The project involves 25 participants representing 11 partner organizations from Austria, Italy, Lithuania, Ireland, Ukraine, Turkey, Poland, Greece and Armenia. The project seeks NGO members ready to use academic space for speaking about the refugee students' issues and implement non-formal learning in everyday life. In turn, the project will invite those university members who will traditional formal education, mixing it with non-formal learning for the benefit of local community. The cross-sectored approach is the project methodological pillar.
The project seeks young representatives of NGOs and universities (various social agents), including refugee students, to embrace multicultural mentalities of student refugees and better involve them into youth community by discussing critical issues they face, launching intercultural and cross-role dialog, critically analyzing media sources and shaping tools for better communication.
The project goal will be achieved due to objectives:
1. To gather youth from civic and academic community for exchanging ideas.
2. To investigate elements of refugee students' involvement (multiculturalism, tolerance, partnership and dialog) from partners' perspectives.
3. To listen to voices of participating refugee students about their displacement experience in friendly atmosphere.
4. To outline issues of refugee students’ inclusion from role groups' perspectives.
5. To provide participants with critical thinking tools for developing media literacy.
6. To make shift in mind for eliminating biases to refugees.
7. To offer a helpful guideline for NGOs and universities on how to involve cooperatively student refugees into university-NGO activities.
8. To encourage open reflection of individuals and groups on gained insights.
9. To facilitate after-project partnership between participants and reinforce their international scope.
10. To contribute to the 30th Erasmus Anniversary by sharing Erasmus success stories and exploring future opportunities.