To connect young migrant communities in IE/DE/ES/LT and to build their capacities in civic participation To connect migrant-led NGOs in IE/DE/LT/ES and support their growth and capacity building in the field of migrant platforming To collect and share expertise in migrant participation from our partners and local organisations To energise and develop a sustainable network of young migrants and NGOs working in the area of migration (the Migration in Dialogue network)
Eurobug, for nearly a decade now, has been led by first and second-generation migrants, and has operated as a platform for young migrants to develop initiatives locally and internationally. After this decade of projects, we have reached a point where many former participants from earlier years are operating the ogranisation. This of course has led to many reflections among the project team of what drew us all to Eurobug, how we can reproduce that for the next generations, and what the new needs of migrants in Ireland may be. In 2020 we reflected on these needs, and Eurobug's needs and saw action was needed in several areas: reigniting our local and international communities post/during COVID-19, and critically reflecting on our migrant-focused work. To meet these needs we designed the cooperation with two of our core partners, from years of KA1 cooperations, (Europimpulse, Eurobug LT) and one partner experienced in Horizon Europe level migrant participation projects, with the aim to connect all of our experiences and communities in an 18-month long cooperation that would help crystalise and share the organisational knowledge developed by EB over the years regarding young-migrant led projects.