The refugee and migrant crisis is one of the biggest challenges Europe is facing nowadays. In the last years there was a continued arrival of refugees coming from Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iraq and Eritrea, among others. These people are facing many difficulties to cross EU external borders. Many of the countries from where the partners of Future Target come from are having numerous arrivals of refugees and migrants (e.g. more than 174.000 have arrived in Greece and more than 181,000 in Italy) and more than 5.000 people already lost their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The help of NGOs and associations is every day more necessary to work in parallel with public authorities. Future Target believes that in order to improve the situation, it is necessary to find, understand and share good practices to have the opportunity to apply them in local territories, offering best services and guiding the population to the acceptance, inclusion and positive response towards humanitarian needs. For this reason, this project has planned activities which could support not only the partner organizations but also the local communities, the migrants and the refugees. The main activities are such as trainings, workshops, seminars and project meetings. Through them, the project aims to improve the present knowledge and the capacity to react at local/regional level, as well as to increase the quality of life of the migrants and refugees by working on their integration in local communities. Some of the expected activities and outcomes of Future Target are: - Face to face interviews with refugees & asylum seekers (10 per country). - Interviews with other organizations working for refugees/migrants (10 per country). - Guide of Good practices: Definition of the best 15 practices on integration of refugees and migrants. - 6 festivals of Foreign Cultures where the food, drinks and traditions of migrant communities will be shown. Transnational meetings and training activities of the project will foster the improvement of the skills and knowledge of relevant organizations staff. Ultimately, Future Target will try to provide active civil solutions for the refugee and migrant crisis by supporting integration and inclusion of migrants and refugees in local communities and extending and developing the competences of educators who work in this field all over Europe. It also intends to increase effective outreach, guidance and motivation strategies as well as to improve the skills and knowledge of relevant organisations staff through sharing the best practices.
The project worked to develop knowledge and the ability to respond at the local/regional level through its transnational and local level activities. It also intended to improve the quality of life for migrants and refugees by promoting their integration into local communities. The events promoted the development of the staff members of pertinent organizations' skills and expertise. The initiative worked to extend and enhance the competencies of educators who work in this sector across Europe in order to give active civil solutions to the refugee and migrant crisis by promoting the inclusion of migrants and refugees in local communities. By exchanging best practices, the main objective was to promote efficient outreach, guiding, and motivating tactics as well as to enhance the personnel of pertinent organizations' skills and expertise.
The project held the view that in order to improve the situation, it was necessary to identify, comprehend, and share best practices for the integration of refugees and migrants. The need to comprehend the significance of humanitarian issues was the primary need that the initiative addressed. The Future Target project made sure that the best methods for integrating refugees in each partner nation were discussed and brought to light so that they may be spread to other nations. The necessity to visit the local areas and to disseminate these beneficial techniques so that they can be used to direct citizens toward inclusion, acceptance, and a supportive response to humanitarian needs was highlighted. These initiatives assisted local communities, immigrants, and refugees in addition to the partner organizations. In order to serve public and private authorities both directly and indirectly, it was also necessary to improve the skills and talents of educators and other essential professionals. It was also discussed how important it was to deal with the subject of human rights and promote social inclusion, diversity, tolerance, and non-discrimination as well as the guarantee of fundamental human rights.