TC build homes, not walls: empowering local NGOs to take an active role in the migrants’ inclusion process

Aims & objectives

The main objective of the TC is to provide its participants with theoretical and practical knowledge about the current immigrants and refugees situation in Europe. Besides, participants are provided with concrete tools for understanding and fighting related issues, such as discrimination and building an inclusive society.

Through workshops, lectures, interactive presentations, and discussions hosted by experts on the subject, participants will learn about different approaches to this situation which will hopefully inspire them to act and share their knowledge. We will present to them a set of tools for achieving this.

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

There were partners from 7 different European countries involved, (Portugal, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria)

Training methods used & main activities

Workshops, interactive presentations, learning by doing, discussions hosted by experts on the subject, world café, simulations, and other NFE methods.

Outcomes of the activity

- Providing participants with theoretical knowledge about refugees’ situation in Europe;
- Presenting and exploring several tools for fighting discrimination and promoting positive values;
- Providing participants with a chance of personal contact with people of different cultures;
- creating an opportunity for them to make a change in themselves, but also on a local and international level.
- Including local people in our activities and thus create more understanding and empathic environment for discriminated groups;
- Giving a chance to refugees/immigrants for their stories to be heard about and including them in activities of our participants.
- Improving different skills and competencies of participants (communication in foreign
language, cultural expression, social and civic competence, sense of initiative and
entrepreneurship)

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

My responsibilities included:
• design of the program and methodologies, during the full lifecycle of the project, including the reporting
• delivery of the sessions,
• further help with inquiries and materials for participants and final reporting

I worked on this training for 8 days as a full time trainer.