ARTREF project was prepared under the coordination of APPRENDRE L'ANGLAIS, USED, INTERMEZZO, SOMALISKA FRF and DEMA partnership. ARTREF contains a range of adult education activities aimed at replacing the social negative social situation with the refugees through artist refugees. This project is to make a positive impact on the perceptions of European public opinion about refugees through the artist refugees. This project was needed to minimize the local people’s negative perception of refugees and to raise awareness in this area. Our aims; -To show that refugees are not problem and they can add value -Development of emphathy skills through refugees -Strengthening of intercultural awareness by positively affecting perception in European public through artist refuges -Better understanding of different cultures and languages as a gain for the EU -To work towards the cover of the social and cultural needs of the artist refugees In this project, 224 people from 5 different NGOs are expected to be influenced by different activities. This project will cover two-year period from October 2020 to October 2022. It is expected to impact indirect participants beyond partners Direct and indirect participants were suggested in our project. Attention was drawn to the fact that the participants had worked on the designated area or had mastered the specified issues. Also, the main staff of NGOs actively participating on local national and international activities. Each partner country has identified 6 artists to work in our refugee project. these people were reached by social media, print media and 3rd persons. France NA, Institutions working with refugees, NGO’s whose theme is refugees, local and national press, the universities in our region, local authorities, local participants will be indirect participants in our project. Members and volunteers of project partners are also direct participants of the project. Our foreseen results and effects as a result of interaction of participants and target groups will be as follows; -During the project, the groups that biased against refugees will have the opportunity to learn that refugees are not a problem and they can add value to the country they live in. -European people will remember again terms like peace, unity and equality –which are basic values of EU -After project, a positive impact on the perception of European public through the artists' refugees will be created and intercultural awareness will be strengthened. -After project, we will understand well that different cultures and languages are achievement for EU. -To make artist refugees’ sense of belonging to the society that they live in strengthen. -To improve participants’ ability of interpreting different cultural values positively, supporting sustainable development, finding solution offers for problems that affect large amount of people and communicate effectively with other project stakeholders. Participants will disseminate their positive ideas on institutions to people around them, and this will be a natural pr and advertising for NGOs. Also, The organizations will be known as good role models in locally, regionally and internationally. The competencies and experiences that the participants will gain will be provided by the management of the association with other staff, including the association's charter work schedule activity plan trainings and the strategic plan, so that our institutions will gain a new vision. Project activities ARTREF; -Dissemination studies -Awareness actions -Seminar, Workshop -Art works with artist refuges -Researches -surveys -Corporate ID design -International Exhibition -Articles and blog management -Introduction stands In ARTREF project, Princec2 will be applied. This method is a planning and management method that focuses more on the resources needed to carry out project tasks. Moreover,, In their work the volunteers will use various non-formal methods such as: showering, teamwork, self-directed work etc. In long term the project will contribute for the integration of the refugees in the local community and their empowerment, will broaden the horizon and will increase the tolerance and solidarity of the society, will encourage the active citizenship and the aspiration of more and more young people to join voluntary activities which will build Europe such as we would like to see it in 2022. sense of belonging of refugees to the society that they live in will strengthen. Negative ideas of the prejudiced group, which is the core target in the project process, will be minimized and new negative, racial discourses will be prevented from being formed in the long run. By reaching out to these people, our project will spread over a long period of time creating a multiplier effect.
During the project, the groups that are biased against refugees and migrants had the opportunity to learn that refugees are not a problem and that can add value to the country. •biased groups developed empathy thanks to refugees and migrants. •European people remembered again terms like peace, unity, and equality –which are basic values of EU •Social and cultural needs of artist refugees supplied. •After the completion of the project, a positive impact on the perception of the European public through the artists' refugees and migrants was created and intercultural awareness was strengthened. •we understood well that different cultures and languages were achievements for the EU. •To make artist refugees feel valuable by exhibiting their works •To make artist refugees’ sense of belonging to the society that they live in strengthen. For the participants •We improved participants’ ability to interpret different cultural values positively, support sustainable development, find solutions offers for problems that affect a large number of people and communicate effectively with other project stakeholders. •It helped them look at new cultures from different perspectives •it contributed to their personal development •It helped them create awareness of working collaboratively
Arab Spring that has started in 2012, has caused civil wars in North Africa and Middle East countries. Thousands of people left their countries, took shelter in European countries, and became refugees and migrants as a result of these civil wars. The refugee problem has become visible in public when thousands of asylum-seekers crossed the boundaries of Europe. European public started to have troubles with accepting refugees, and an increase in the amount of offensive and racist discourses against refugees has been observed which stems from mass immigration. Public institutions and actors are not able to change this negative perception of Europe’s public against refugees and migrants on their own. Support of civil society dialog and NGOs played an important role in changing this negative perception. ARTREF project became a step to turn the negative perception of European people into a positive one. Fields of studies of project partners are refugees, asylum-seekers, and immigrants. The ARTREF project showed through artist refugees that, refugees became beneficial individuals for the society they are living in, and provided additional value to the countries’ cultures. Awareness was created in Europe. International cooperation of different cultures was made.
ARTREF project was prepared under the coordination of APPRENDRE L'ANGLAIS, USED, INTERMEZZO, SOMALISKA FRF and DEMA partnership. ARTREF contains a range of adult education activities aimed at replacing the social negative social situation with the refugees through artist refugees. This project is to make a positive impact on the perceptions of European public opinion about refugees through the artist refugees. This project was needed to minimize the local people’s negative perception of refugees and to raise awareness in this area. Our aims; -To show that refugees are not problem and they can add value -Development of emphathy skills through refugees -Strengthening of intercultural awareness by positively affecting perception in European public through artist refuges -Better understanding of different cultures and languages as a gain for the EU -To work towards the cover of the social and cultural needs of the artist refugees In this project, 224 people from 5 different NGOs are expected to be influenced by different activities. This project will cover two-year period from October 2020 to October 2022. It is expected to impact indirect participants beyond partners Direct and indirect participants were suggested in our project. Attention was drawn to the fact that the participants had worked on the designated area or had mastered the specified issues. Also, the main staff of NGOs actively participating on local national and international activities. Each partner country has identified 6 artists to work in our refugee project. these people were reached by social media, print media and 3rd persons. France NA, Institutions working with refugees, NGO’s whose theme is refugees, local and national press, the universities in our region, local authorities, local participants will be indirect participants in our project. Members and volunteers of project partners are also direct participants of the project. Our foreseen results and effects as a result of interaction of participants and target groups will be as follows; -During the project, the groups that biased against refugees will have the opportunity to learn that refugees are not a problem and they can add value to the country they live in. -European people will remember again terms like peace, unity and equality –which are basic values of EU -After project, a positive impact on the perception of European public through the artists' refugees will be created and intercultural awareness will be strengthened. -After project, we will understand well that different cultures and languages are achievement for EU. -To make artist refugees’ sense of belonging to the society that they live in strengthen. -To improve participants’ ability of interpreting different cultural values positively, supporting sustainable development, finding solution offers for problems that affect large amount of people and communicate effectively with other project stakeholders. Participants will disseminate their positive ideas on institutions to people around them, and this will be a natural pr and advertising for NGOs. Also, The organizations will be known as good role models in locally, regionally and internationally. The competencies and experiences that the participants will gain will be provided by the management of the association with other staff, including the association's charter work schedule activity plan trainings and the strategic plan, so that our institutions will gain a new vision. Project activities ARTREF; -Dissemination studies -Awareness actions -Seminar, Workshop -Art works with artist refuges -Researches -surveys -Corporate ID design -International Exhibition -Articles and blog management -Introduction stands In ARTREF project, Princec2 will be applied. This method is a planning and management method that focuses more on the resources needed to carry out project tasks. Moreover,, In their work the volunteers will use various non-formal methods such as: showering, teamwork, self-directed work etc. In long term the project will contribute for the integration of the refugees in the local community and their empowerment, will broaden the horizon and will increase the tolerance and solidarity of the society, will encourage the active citizenship and the aspiration of more and more young people to join voluntary activities which will build Europe such as we would like to see it in 2022. sense of belonging of refugees to the society that they live in will strengthen. Negative ideas of the prejudiced group, which is the core target in the project process, will be minimized and new negative, racial discourses will be prevented from being formed in the long run. By reaching out to these people, our project will spread over a long period of time creating a multiplier effect.