welcomE.Ukrainians

<< Background >>We created this project to respond to several needs, firstly for moral reasons, a moral need related to the drama witnessed daily as citizens of a democratic and inclusive Europe; minimize the trauma of the Ukrainian people; create synergies and opportunities in the communities where activities with Ukrainian refugees were carried out; know and learn local and national good practices and strategies and the different cultures and experiences of the partners involved; encourage cooperation between the different European communities involved; acquire language skills; promote European identity and diversity; promote reflection, discussion and participation of organizations, young people and refugees on this topic at European level; know the needs and problems of refugees; learn about and explore existing tools that the EU has to support refugees; promote opportunities for social integration and inclusion and carry out activities to involve Ukrainian refugees in participation in European civic and political life.<< Objectives >>Empower organizations and their leaders to integrate refugees by:1. Hold a meeting with the Head of Mission of the United Nations International Organization for Migration, due to its importance for each of the participants, both at an individual and organizational level, giving them more in-depth knowledge of the social phenomenon addressed and what the answers that this institution has for the same;2. Create an international partnership network;3. Promote and inspire organizations and young people towards this topic and support and opportunities for organizations/young people involved in this area;4. Foster synergies with and between projects/programs/policies at local, regional, national and European level and reach the greatest number of new partners to the program, young people who have never participated in a project or events, who have never even heard of the program or who have fewer opportunities;5. Increase the civic and democratic participation of young refugees, awareness and acceptance for refugees and diversity and inclusion, mobility opportunities for Young People within the diversity and inclusion dimension and access to the program for small actors and to people who are difficult to reach in the youth sector.<< Implementation >>The activities we implemented were face-to-face and online meetings; in-person workshops and online workshops; meetings with refugees, schools, NGOs, local governments and companies, quizzes, visits of local and national good practices; cultural visits and intercultural festivals.<< Results >>The project outputs and results were:1. Empowerment of the 4 organizations involved and their leaders;2. Raising awareness and inspiration of organizations, young people, communities and stakeholders for migration, refugees, solidarity, diversity and inclusion;3. Activities carried out within the scope of the 4 meetings, such as workshops, exhibitions, debates, discussions, good practices and study visits;4. Seminar with the UN IOM head of mission in Portugal and use of various non-informal techniques to engage participants (information and statistics on migration, quiz and role-play);5. Creation of a partnership network locally with Stakeholders and internationally with the 4 organizations, which will allow the creation of more projects together in the future;6. Involvement of young refugees in organizations’ activities and even in new projects;7. Project report;8. Dissemination of the role of the EU and Youth programs in supporting migration and refugees, connecting the EU with participants;9. Civic and democratic participation and promotion of social integration of young refugees, providing opportunities for interaction with local young people, through the activities carried out.