C.I.P. Citizens in Power and Vilnius University

Lithuania

Vilnius

Universiteto str. 3, Vilnius

- Language and other introductory courses for refugee students
- Non formal education activities for students
- Social Events
- Tutoring and peer support for refugee students

- Newly arrived refugees
- Refugees of second generation
- Students

The innovative character of the project ‘From Alienation to Inclusion’ lies on the effective collaboration of the project partners, who are seeking to create activities by developing a unique on-line environment which contains comprehensive training modules on social integration of migrants and refugees into EU societies, while seeking to eliminate all those social, linguistic and psychological barriers which prevent migrants and refugees from being integrated in the new environment. Also, the environment of the project is being endowed with a variety of other pioneer digital tools and applications, specially designed for the creation and establishment of a strong network amongst European NGOs, social enterprises and charities for migrants and refugees, thus forming strong alliances, sharing best practices amongst those organizations and preparing a fertile ground for future collaborations, by simultaneously supporting, in a practical way, the notion of global citizenship and developing a mutual European policy in order to defend human rights and to fight against racism. Accordingly, the ultimate aim of the project is to bring together such organizations, thus adopting a more collective and therefore effective action.

Major outputs of the project are:
-Free Training Courses for Youth Workers
-Linguistic Tools for Migrants & Refugees
-Psycological Support for Youth Workers Dealing with Vulnerable Groups
-E-Videos

‘From alienation to inclusion’ social media campaign, endowed with e-videos created by the consortium, has been specially designed to raise the awareness on the topic, thus conveying the necessary knowledge concerning significant notions interconnected with social inclusion, whilst the innovative e-videos provide information about the general operation and contribution of the European NGOS and the European programs- funds and inform about the functions and objectives of the project ‘From alienation to inclusion’.

The media-campaign and the e-videos are seeking to promote the real process of integration within the specific educational method, thus achieving to convey the positive message of coexistence, interaction and equity, by providing a more humanitarian complexion of the issue which simultaneously manages to invoke the public feeling.

The e-platform involves the wider EU public, mainly through the ‘Library of Commodities’ which operates for the purpose of provision of humanitarian aid, as the wider European public gains the opportunity to offer its used objects to refugee settlements located in the partner-countries.

Additionally, through a ‘Directory of European NGOs, social enterprises and charities for migrants and refugees’, being created as a part of the outputs of the project ‘From alienation to inclusion, a strong network of such organizations emerges, therefore allowing their actions to acquire global dimension, primarily by using volunteers and services of other EU organizations located in other countries; such operation is being considered the initial point for the development of a mutual European policy on migrants and refugees.

Youth organizations were also involved in the project, by firstly acquiring specialized knowledge on film-making tools and media campaigns with sociological ramifications, therefore empowering youth workers with a comprehensive film-making skillset that will allow the latter to incorporate this tool in their daily work with such groups and more.