...supporting integration between the refugee and host communities in your
neighbourhood.
The Project
is in partnership with Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum
Seekers, NICRAS and has been funded by EU Peace III programme priority 1.2 -
Acknowledging and Dealing with the Past, Strand 3: Securing the Future. The
project is funded until 31 Dec 2011.
The aim of the project will be to support integration between the host
community and the growing refugee community in Northern Ireland.
This will be done
through
Developing
mutual understanding and common action between the host community and the
refugee community.
The
development of a package of formal and informal training.
The
promotion of ways of dealing with difference that may reduce the likelihood of
sectarian behaviour and violence, and increase the potential for members of the
refugee community to fully integrate into their new environment
The objectives of the project are:
- to identify the specific issues
faced by the refugee community and host community and design relevant
training with both groups to address these issues
- to provide training for members
of the host community and refugee community through residential and
community based capacity building programmes in cultural diversity,
conflict management, facilitation skills, orientation, mediation, creative
expression group work and communication.
- to support, resource and mentor
key members of both host and refugee communities with training programmes
and materials.
- to develop common actions
between the host community and the refugee community and build up a
support and advocacy base.
- to seek to establish and
disseminate the learning from the project.
- to collate and share good
practice in this specialised and new area of work.
- to exit the project well
Download the press release
For more info contact Ann
Marie White
tel: 028 90508080 email: amwhite@corrymeela.org
The
Project
is in partnership with Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and
Asylum
Seekers, NICRAS and has been funded by EU Peace III programme priority
1.2 -
Acknowledging and Dealing with the Past, Strand 3: Securing the Future administered by SEUPB. Please click on logo below to follow the link for more information.
