Some of the projects in which we have participated, collaborated or directed.
Completed
Training on Human Rights for Youth Members of European organizations
Course created thanks to a partnership of four European organizations with the financial support of the Council of Europe and the European Youth Foundation. This project aims to improve knowledge and raise awareness of human rights and related issues (refugees, social integration, immigration, etc.) among young Europeans working in NGOs or associations.
Training program for Youth Volunteers and European Organizations in Management and Professional Competences
Funded by the European Youth Foundation (EYF) and coordinated by the NGO RESPECT Refugees, the project has consisted in the development of an educational training for members and volunteers of youth and civil organizations in Professional Skills to help them improve their skills in the management of social and international projects in Europe. The training has been delivered online on a new platform created to facilitate access to the course from all over Europe, using new technologies and increasing the effectiveness of the subjects taught during the 6 months of the project. The training material has been created and delivered in English for candidates from all COE member states.
Training On Professional Skills for Workers In Nations of Europe – “TOP Skills”
Educational project funded by the Leonardo da Vinci – Lifelong Learning Program (agreement number: 2010-1-ES1-LEO04-20645). This project in which we have collaborated as technological partners with the company SAHEL Solutions has aimed to develop a training program in “soft skills” for intra-community workers who move outside their countries of origin in search of job and professional improvements. The project has produced a series of manuals and educational material distributed among associations and organizations in the European Union that support people in search of new opportunities abroad.
Multicultural Consultant – Educational Liaison officer to support Children and Young People from ethnic minorities and immigrant communities in statutory education and non-statutory VET
Funded by the European Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci programme and carried out under our former name RESPECT Refugees, this project aimed to work with trainers, advisors and consultants who have a professional role in supporting the retention and combating the drop-out of students and learners from immigrant communities in statutory and higher education (mainly 14-19 year olds). The project shared and exchanged tools, strategies, good practices and experiences between different EU organisations and partners, focusing on the role of migrant students’ education and training in the integration process, in Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain and the UK (Project Id 2011-1-IT1-LEO04-01767 4).
Final report (pdf) | ACCESS Manual
Training on psycho-social needs of refugees
Funded by the Grundvitg programme and carried out under our former name RESPECT Refugees, this project aimed to increase the quality of training activities on the psychosocial needs of refugees by sharing knowledge and experience among the participating organisations.
This partnership enabled the exchange of experience and knowledge between organisations providing training to human rights activists and working on the provision of psychosocial support to refugees arriving mainly in Europe. The participating institutions conducted training of human rights activists on the psychosocial needs of refugees and migrants and shared knowledge and experience on this topic (2008-1-TR1-GRU06-02961).
The final document can be downloaded here
Educational campaign for youth European students to raise awareness on refugee issues 2006- 2007
Funded by the Council of Europe (COE) and carried out under our former name RESPECT Refugees, the project aimed to raise awareness among European youth and adolescents about refugee issues in the world and to increase the knowledge that civil society has about refugees, including NGOs working to help them and improve their living conditions.
The target groups have been primary and secondary schools, universities, civil society organisations and NGOs in France, Belgium, Spain, Cyprus, Albania, Romania, Italy, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Serbia and Montenegro. (EDU-EU2006)
The final report of the project can be downloadedhere.