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Integration through Arts

2019-2-DE04-KA105-0182622019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: DE|FR|TR|LV|PT|EL|HU|IT · Grant: €40,902.5
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Migrants' issuesIntegration of refugees

Objectives

Themes of the long term training course: The project looked at the migration in general terms and deepen its context with the youth work relation and its effects on inclusion of young refugees and young people with migration background. In addition to that, the participants of the project understood the context of youth work in contributing to the inclusion of young refugees and also they developed creative and innovative educational programmes for young refugees and young people with migration background. As a result of that, the participants were enabled to design, implement and evaluate their own creative and artistic education programmes related to youth inclusion for young refugees and also young people with migration background. The overall aim of the long term training course was to invent, share and explore creative and innovative non-formal educational workshop methods such as different kind of arts e.g. puppetry, theatre, dance, music, painting, etc. on promotion inclusion and cultural diversity of refugee and migrants’ kids or young people with migrants and refugees background. To initiate local and international creative and artistic workshops with, for and by young people with refugees and migrants’ background. To build a solid and strong partnership among partner organisations in order to support kids with refugees, migrants and IDPs background. Learning objectives of the long term training course were: TC1 on refugee issues and social change. We will work with puppetry as an artistic tool for expression and to create a message that will generate change. We focused on being creative and innovative when sewing and creating puppet heroes out of the simple materials we have. Participants shared ideas, experiences, good practices and work together to create concrete materials. We implemented an 8 days (including arrival and departure times ) between 10- 17 January 2022 Berlin, Germany TC1 focused on following objectives: To create a space to talk about the refugee issues existing in our societies and how it affects the lives of refugee children; To gain specific artistic skills (in puppetry, theatre performances) and competences to express ourselves creatively; (with creating finger and hand puppets) To bring Puppetry to new life with integration of refugee children; To build a bridge between adults and children, citizens and immigrants. To create artistic performance together to address the refugee issues; To create a link between local and refugee people using art and theatre as a tool; To develop a readiness to act, entrepreneurial mindset through taking part in organising local activities and public events; To create a multiplying effect by setting up an internet platform to share our work and inspire others. Community Researches ( February-July 2022): Participants were asked to do small scale community research to identify the needs of their target groups. The researches helped participants to create more effective educational programmes for their target group and more coherent with the needs of their target groups in their local area in the matter of inclusion. TC2 on inclusion and creation of creative and innovative educational programmes: during the training course following themes we have been working on: inclusion, refugee crisis, refugee situation, effects of migration, inclusion challenges and non-formal education techniques and Erasmus+ Programme. It will be implemented for 9 days (including arrival and departure times ) between 24 July 2022 and1 August 2022,Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany Its’ objectives: To strengthen the understanding of inclusion and its challenges for young refugees and young people with migration background; To create strategies on youth work context to improve the quality of youth services which are develop for refugees and young people with migration background; To explore the role of youth work in inclusion strategies on educational services; To create and implement local activities on inclusion of young refugees and young people with migration background; To strengthen ties between people and organisations engaged in the field of youth work.

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