“Creativity in Human Rights and Solidarity”
Thessaloniki: 1-9 July 2018.
Refugee Integration LAB (RL) arose from identification of the dangers of xenophobia, intolerance and discrimination arising in Europe, and brings together 9 countries and 10 partners committed to work on Human Rights, Refugee and Integration projects. RL is all about improving the existing non-formal education methods and finding new ways of communicating a message to refugees (and similar vulnerable groups of people) in an inclusive and approaching way with regards to: integration into society, racism, equality, human rights, solidarity, minority groups, cultural indifferences, differences based on religion, membership of particular ethnic groups, gender equality etc. With RL we want to “give additional tools and ideas to other organizations so they can strengthen their work with refugees and help them to get on their way of integration in the new surroundings”.
Othernessproject was represented by Ayse Tolunay and Simon Fern.
1) AddArt – Thessaloniki, Greece (Organizer)
2) Seiklejate Vennaskond – Tartu, Estonia (2 participants)
3) Institute for Cultural Relations Policy – Budapest, Hungary (2 participants)
4) With the power of humanity Foundation – Pecs, Hungary (2 participants)
5) ÖJAB – Österreichische Jungarbeiterbewegung – Vienna, Austria (3 participants)
6) Stichting CAAT Projects – Utrecht, Holland (3 participants)
7) Comune di Cinisello Balsamo – Cinisello Balsamo, Italy (3 participants)
8) Othernessproject – Helsingør, Denmark (2 participants)
9) Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V. – Dresden, Germany (3 participants)
10) loveLife Generation – London, UK (2 participants).
Main aims:
- Empower organizations and project managers to convey various purpose messages to refugees and similar groups of people in an appealing way;
- Indirectly aid and improve the refugee integration process;
- Insert creativity as a focal point when using non-formal education methods and their work with specific target groups such as refugees- Provide a first-hand experience of the situation in the refugee camps to the participants;
- Give participating organisations new funding tools and ideas for achieving their goals;
- Enable and facilitate Networking between organisations working with refugees and human rights.
