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Study Visit to Armenia

The training activity took place
in Yerevan, Armenia
organised by Armenian Progressive Youth (APY)
22-29 October 2017
Reference person

Saida Ibrahimava

(Co-trainer, Co-Organiser)
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Aims & objectives

We aim to share good practices and tools on refugees and migrants integration processes, and to compare the approach to refugee integration in Armenia to the one used in other european countries

Civil society organizations can play an important role as a response to the crisis and radicalization that has become its consequence. There are examples when NGO's and active citizens have gone beyond their capacities in order to ll the gap left by national and regional authorities and have proven they have the will and the need to be heard. This positive cases must be multiplied and the role of civil society has to be expanded. Thus, creating network of organizations working or willing to work in the eld of migration and deradicalization is essential. It is also very important to build the capacities of sta
members, social workers, youth workers and human right activists in the eld so they can provide adequate support to young people with refugee and migrant background as well as to young people aected by "migrantaphobia" and violent extremism.

To achieve our objectives, we visited around 10 NGOs and organizations in Yerevan researching their aproaches and sharing testimonies and experiences.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Armenian Progressive Youth (APY) is a non-prot based in Armenia, non-political youth organization aiming to support, inspire and engage young
people from Armenia and all over the world to develop their social leadership skills, to take their civic responsibility and to act as change-makers.

The project involves ca 36 participants from 16 European countries: Lithuania, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Armenia, Belarus, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia, Ukraine.

Training methods used & main activities

TeamBuilding
Peace Education Energizers
Information Games
Focus Groups
Project Campaigns
Bussiness Canvas creation
Project design framework

Outcomes of the activity

The project is closely connected with the objectives of Erasmus+ programme in general and Learning Mobility of Individuals in particular. Its main focus is on promoting European values, such as respect to human dignity, freedom, equality, respect for human rights, including the rights of refugees and migrants. The project goes in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy regarding education, the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training as well as the promotion of European values in accordance with Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union. It addresses the main aims of KA1 because it focuses on supporting learners in the acquisition of competences (Knowledge, skills and attitudes) and supporting the professional development of those who work in education and youth with a view to innovating and improving the quality of teaching and youth work across Europe. It also aims to build strong network among youth workers of promoter organizations, so they can actively participate in fostering tolerance, inclusion and solidarity.

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Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was in charge as the main Trainer of Sessions ran in representation of the Berlin Organization TeachSurfing on the topic of inclusion, peace dialogue and refugee empowerment.

I worked on this training for 1 week days as a full time trainer.

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