IM’APPY is an integration map especially for young refugees living in Europe. Project is designed to reach young refugees who don’t have access to social and basic information about the asylum country or has no parents or families and provide them information and support. Our idea is to establish a platform to serve as Refugee Information Center by working with Youthwork Organizations/NGOs. IM’APPY will pin Youthwork organizations that shall provide social and basic information to young refugees as well as able to provide popular language lessons to the young refugees for overcoming the language barrier that will better enable their inclusion in the labor market. A brief description of that organization including the languages that NGO spoke will be provided on the map. Those NGOs will provide young refugee information about employment in asylum country, survival kits, training opportunities aiming to gain competences and be proactive in building a sustainable European society. From language learning to the recognition of qualifications, education is a part of the solution throughout the inclusion process. IM’APPY will pin NGOs which have engaged with and support minority groups and migrant workers into employment through job shadowing, work placement, employer engagement and employability skills development. Therefore our ultimate aim is to overcome multiple barriers/problems faced by this group, aiming to restore young people’s dignity and strengthen their psychological wellbeing; and ease their inclusion to the society; especially for those who has no chance to enroll to formal education. IM’APPY project will be carried out under 4 stages: 1st Stage (6 months) / Survey – Evaluation and Expectations: A programme including discussions and a workshop will be carried out based on the expertise and information shared by the foreign partners. In this period, the groundwork of the next stages is prepared and project’s framework is built. At the beginning of the project, it is important to look deeper into the foreign partners' experiences and knowledge in terms of inclusion, integration, empowerment and education. This experience and information needs to be adapted for partners’ conditions as an essential element for the project’s success. 2nd Stage (9 months) / Developing the Application IM'APPY: During the following 9 months, application IM'MAPPY will be developed by considering the whole findings, observations, needs, expectations, technical aspects etc. determined during the 1st Stage of the project. All partners will contribute for the development of the application by their expertise and experience. There will be a workshop in Ankara / Turkey (İGAM) at the 6th month of this stage in order to get the feedbacks of the NGOs on the usage, format, content, interface etc. of the application. By considering these feedbacks, the application will be finalized in the remaining 3 months of this stage. 3rd Stage (6 months) / Training of NGOs and Multiplier Events: After finalization of the application IM'MAPPY, training programs will be organized for NGOs from Turkey, Lithuania, Greece, Italy and Slovakia in order to have a good understanding of the application, not only in terms of technical points but also the logic and approach behind this application. For each training program, at least 1 young refugee from each partner will participate since one of our main approaches is the contribution of young refugees to the project in every step. Therefore, these young refugees would internalize the project main concept and be active for the sustainablity of the project after completion. Multiplier events will be organized in Turkey in each camp (if it is allowed to organize such events in the camps) or in the cities where the camps are located, 1 or 2 times depending on the population of the refugees. These events will aim to explain the application IM'APPY to the young refugees; how to use it and how to contact with the NGOs by using this application. Besides, with these events, young refugees will be informed about the possibilities and opportunities which they can benefit through NGOs. 4rd Stage (3 months) / Closing Workshop and Final Report: The project will further build capacity and awareness raising by a closing workshop. The workshop is aimed to be held in TURKEY aiming to attract the attention of society on the opportunities and possibilities for young refugees provided especially by NGOs in Turkey.
Context/background of the project; There are 70,8 million forcibly displaced people in the world today, 25,9 million are refugees and 3,5 million are asylum seekers forced to leave their countries to escape war, persecution, or natural disasters. About 80% of this number of forced migrations is destined to arrive in other developing countries, which, in addition to their own social and economic challenges, struggle to develop policies and services to host these vulnerable populations. The Syrian refugee crisis is no exception to that. Since 2011, over 3,7 million refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria have been hosted in Turkey. Alongside with refugees with other nationalities, Turkey is the most refugee hosting country in the world. The inability to find employment and make a decent living, in addition to several problems pertaining to social integration, constitutes a major push factor for immigration Considering refugees -contrary to what many believe- are some of the most advanced members of their country it shows that highly-skilled population is on the move. Their main reasons for leaving their previous locations are the lack of non-exploitative employment opportunities that matched their skills, financial needs, concerns for security and protection, search for better opportunities for their children, and the hope for educational opportunities. Overviewing the current situation and rethinking the near future in the Middle East and Europe, donations and volunteers have been pouring into the refugees however stories of waste and inefficiency are becoming more common. Mostly, waste is linked to the volume of donations or disorganization. We believe that the easiest ways to build a collective response to the crisis of this kind and to prevent resources to go waste, is to provide better coordination and unity among NGOs. Therefore, we call NGOs for better unity and coordination which were resulted in a better economic, and social life, and as their children require educational and psycho-social support for refugees. Objectives; 1-) Strengthen the European and international dimension of adaptation of refugees through NGOs, 2-) Raise capacities of NGOs working with refugees by fostering cooperation, networking and exchanges of practices in the field of youth, 3-) Developing an integration map especially for young refugees living in Europe who do not have any access to social and basic information about the asylum country or has no parents or families and provide them with information and support Number and profile of participating organisations; 6 partners in this strategic partnership: IGAM from Turkey is the lead applicant, TERA Ankara from Turkey, IASIS from Greece, TDM 2000 from Italy, ADEL from Slovakia and Global Citizens Academy from Lithuania Description of undertaken main activities; Transnational meetings, Workshops by the participation of NGOs, Training of young refugees on I'mappy (Multiplier events), Closing conference (workshop) Results and impact attained; The project results include project’s website, I’mappy application, user guide for NGOs and survival kit for refugees. This motivates the established dissemination strategy of directing activities at the identified stakeholder groups including: Internal: Young refugees, NGOs active for refugees, Individuals supporting learning and teaching (teachers, educational developers, and more); External: Refuge related institutions of all kinds, Public authorities and policy makers (local authorities, governmental Departments and agencies, those responsible for refugee issues at all levels), Subject communities. Key specific motivation for the above groups is our belief we have something special and innovative. Main target group for I'mappy project is the young refugees. At the end of the project, it is aimed to reach many young refugees through the application I'mappy. Dissemination of this application to young refugees is the crucial point since it was a very big support for integration period of the refugees. I'mappy project does not target only young refugees in Turkey as explained through the whole document. All refugees in the project partners' countries are considered in the project. Therefore, dissemination activities were carried out for the young refugees in all partners' countries. If relevant, longer-term benefits: Application of I’mappy and websites of the project alongside with user guides and survival kits were available after the project ends. Each output was updated regularly by the lead applicant IGAM hence the project’s sustainability was ensured.