The themes included by our project are; welcoming refugees, respect for the environment and the development of cultural awareness and civic, social and creative skills. The island of Lesvos hosts refugees leaving their countries because of war and persecution, in a world also threatened by the climate crisis. This urgency implies to empower this target group, potential future European citizens, and raise awareness for the protection of our common environment. They are also always facing new situations and a change of lifestyle. The creative improvisation driven by our project is presented as an essential means of expression to help them to better confront themselves to these problems and to be more receptive to conflict management. We aim for a sustainable inclusion of refugees thanks to educators trained to use innovative educational methods involving artistic and non-formal practices. In this context, we want to set up this strategic partnership in cooperation with 4 partner organizations from France, Greece and Germany, which meets the following objectives: 1- To create and implement a musical performance using instruments made from recycled materials, with the refugees, by using creative educational methods. 2- To allow a group of educators/ social workers to exchange experiences and good practices in order to strengthen their capacities to engage and support the inclusion and the key skills development of refugees. 3- To empower a group of refugees who will develop social, civic and creative skills useful for their inclusion in the host communities and their professional integration. 4- To raise awareness to the local authorities and the wide public to the issues of the migration and ecological crisis which are correlated. Our project offers an innovative response to environmental and therefore social challenges, since it offers educational solutions for the acquisition of skills and good practices that respect the environment, adopted upon arrival of migrants. 5- To create technical and educational tools that allow the emergence of innovative initiatives for the inclusion of refugees and that encourage the exchange of good practices for local, participatory, inclusive and sustainable development (video of the musical performance, tutorial blog for musical workshops through recycling instruments, and tutorial for the sound recording software). The arrival of refugees in Greece is a major problem for a country already weakened by the economic crisis. Our project offers solidarity between European organizations to fight withdrawal into oneself and the fear of others. We bring an innovative proposal to host refugees in a cohesive Europe. A well-received and well-trained refugee in Greece will be a better future European resident in host countries such as Germany or France. To achieve these objectives, our project consists the following activities and results: 1- A kick-off meeting in Greece between partners, to determine the methods of project implementation. 2- A learning seminar in France which will bring together supervisors from each partner organization and social workers to strengthen their tutoring skills to support the inclusion of refugees through artistic practices and non-violent mediation methods. 3- Setting up local musical performance workshops with refugees, using recycling instruments, by social workers who participated in the seminar in order to reuse the good practices exchanged. 4- Creation of the video tutorial for the sound recording software. 5- Training in Greece which will lead to the establishment of the performance of the refugees, supported by the social workers involved in the learning activities of the project. 6- Editing of the film from the musical performance in Greece. 7- Creation of the tutorial blog about techniques and methods developed to create an improvisational musical performance from musical instruments made from recycled materials with refugees. 8- A dissemination event organized in each partner country (3 events in total) to disseminate the results of our project and to raise awareness among stakeholders, for the inclusion of refugees, the development of cultural awareness and the adoption of daily eco-gestures. 9- An evaluation meeting in Germany, between partners, to present the results obtained and to create a plan for cooperation and sustainability of the project.
With this project we wanted to meet the following objectives: 1- Create and produce a musical performance using instruments made from recycled materials, by and for refugees and local inhabitants, with educational and creative methods that strengthen social ties and the inclusion of these vulnerable groups within the host community. 2- Allow a group of educators and social workers to exchange their experiences and good practices in order to strengthen their capacities to engage and support the inclusion and development of key skills for refugees. 3- Empower a group of refugees and develop their social, civic and creative skills, useful for their inclusion in host communities and their professional integration. 4- Sensitize local authorities, political decision-makers and the general public to the problems of the migratory and ecological crisis which are interrelated. 5- Create technical and educational tools that allow the emergence of innovative initiatives for the hosting and inclusion of refugees and encourage the exchange of good practices for local, sustainable, participatory and inclusive development.
The idea of the project was established with regular partners, encompassing themes that concerned us all; welcoming refugees with respect for the environment, and developing cultural awareness and civic, social and creative skills. The island of Lesbos welcomes refugees who are victims of war and persecution in their country, in a world threatened by the climate crisis. Given this urgency, we wanted to make this target group, potential future European citizens, aware of the protection of our common environment. They are also always confronted with new situations and lifestyle changes. The creative improvisation driven by our project presented itself as an essential means of expression to help them better confront these problems and be more receptive to conflict management. We aimed for the sustainable inclusion of refugees and the strengthening of their social and civic skills. Educators working with this public have also been trained to use educational methods following artistic and non-formal practices, promoting an innovative approach to welcome refugees for a cohesive Europe.