Cultural event to promote cultural heritage in Novaci
Cultural event for the local citizens was organized on 21 June 2018 in the recreational park by Konjarka river in the village of Skochivir in Municipality of Novaci.
Cultural event for the local citizens was organized on 21 June 2018 in the recreational park by Konjarka river in the village of Skochivir in Municipality of Novaci.
Hydroelectric potential for an enhanced Trentino-Kosovo cooperation - IdroTK
The lead partner of Local Democracy Agency of Kosovo, Associazione Trentino con i Balcani Onlus on the 12th of June 2018 in the premises of Italian Embassy in Prishtina organized the first meeting for the project IdroTK.
The lead partner of Local Democracy Agency of Kosovo, Associazione Trentino con i Balcani Onlus on the 12th of June 2018 in the premises of Italian Embassy in Prishtina organized the first meeting for the project IdroTK.
ENLARGE gamebook travels all over Europe
The gamebook of the project ENLARGE on participatory processes in the sustainable energy field is travelling throughout Europe.
Malta, Greece, Ireland, and Estonia are just some of the countries visited by the dissemination events of the project. And the response to the “Choose Your Own Adventure” book created by the consortium of ENLARGE is unanimous – a very original, as well as needed, project output!
During the event organized in Tallinn and hosted by the Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre, partner of the project ENLARGE, the time for debate was almost not enough – participants strongly welcomed the book, and made constructive suggestions for its improvement.
The book is intended to be a living tool for all communities wishing to kick off the participatory process. For this, for two years beyond project completion, the book will be integrated with comments and suggestions by those who are using it.
Are you interested in the project, and would like to have your say on the book, or to present it in your community? Get in touch with Irene Zanetti: irene.zanetti@aldaintranet.org
Useful resources:
ENLARGE project page
ENLARGE Twitter account
The gamebook of the project ENLARGE on participatory processes in the sustainable energy field is travelling throughout Europe.
Malta, Greece, Ireland, and Estonia are just some of the countries visited by the dissemination events of the project. And the response to the “Choose Your Own Adventure” book created by the consortium of ENLARGE is unanimous – a very original, as well as needed, project output!
During the event organized in Tallinn and hosted by the Stockholm Environment Institute Tallinn Centre, partner of the project ENLARGE, the time for debate was almost not enough – participants strongly welcomed the book, and made constructive suggestions for its improvement.
The book is intended to be a living tool for all communities wishing to kick off the participatory process. For this, for two years beyond project completion, the book will be integrated with comments and suggestions by those who are using it.
Are you interested in the project, and would like to have your say on the book, or to present it in your community? Get in touch with Irene Zanetti: irene.zanetti@aldaintranet.org
Useful resources:
ENLARGE project page
ENLARGE Twitter account
Is co-working the answer? Sometimes, it’s the best one!
The second international meeting of the project INCOME took place on 11-12 June 2018 in Novo Mesto (Slovenia), hosted by the Development Center Novo Mesto.
The project INCOME, co-funded by the European programme Erasmus+, aims at exploring the concept and practice of co-working in Europe, as a potential solution to youth unemployment.
Project partners from all over Europe discussed the lessons learnt and inspirational points gained through the job shadowing at other partners organizations, and the new ideas to be applied in their reality.
A round table gathering founders of Slovenian co-working spaces and freelance workers based in co-working places was an extremely interesting occasion for partners to learn more about personal and social motivations and obstacles towards co-working: the need to network and not being isolated, the presence of professionals around you, the need to balance work and life, the need to show our families and peers that we actually go work, are some of the most relevant motivations pushing an increasing number of atypical workers to sit together and share desks, wi-fi, and much more.
Partners discussed how to complete the project, and capitalize the huge work done so far. Co-working alone cannot be the solution to unemployment in Europe, but we need to be able to offer effective working places to all those who no long work with a collar shirt, 9 to 17.
Useful resources:
Read more about project INCOME
Follow the hashtag #projectINCOME on social media
The second international meeting of the project INCOME took place on 11-12 June 2018 in Novo Mesto (Slovenia), hosted by the Development Center Novo Mesto.
The project INCOME, co-funded by the European programme Erasmus+, aims at exploring the concept and practice of co-working in Europe, as a potential solution to youth unemployment.
Project partners from all over Europe discussed the lessons learnt and inspirational points gained through the job shadowing at other partners organizations, and the new ideas to be applied in their reality.
A round table gathering founders of Slovenian co-working spaces and freelance workers based in co-working places was an extremely interesting occasion for partners to learn more about personal and social motivations and obstacles towards co-working: the need to network and not being isolated, the presence of professionals around you, the need to balance work and life, the need to show our families and peers that we actually go work, are some of the most relevant motivations pushing an increasing number of atypical workers to sit together and share desks, wi-fi, and much more.
Partners discussed how to complete the project, and capitalize the huge work done so far. Co-working alone cannot be the solution to unemployment in Europe, but we need to be able to offer effective working places to all those who no long work with a collar shirt, 9 to 17.
Useful resources:
Read more about project INCOME
Follow the hashtag #projectINCOME on social media
Local Advisory Group meeting in Rauna, Latvia
The First meeting with the working group to raise awareness of the RECOV project in Rauna Municipality Latvia was held on 19 June 2018. On this meeting there was a debate on the need to involve the public and the citizens in the development of services and democratic governance.
During the meeting, the participants decided to develop an action plan with the focus on involvement of the different stakeholders in the project activities. In addition, problematic issues were identified as well as solutions to detect more successfully the needs of the citizens for social activity, not only in cultural events and activities, but also in decision-making and development of cooperation with the municipality.
As the result of this meeting, the participants decided to develop a set of questions to conduct a population survey. Therefore, the residents were asked how they get informations, which channels do they use (newspapers, internet, social networks, etc.), which of these they use more often and which are more convenient. They were also the question on how active the population is in general.
The project team members which is composed of 15 members, expressed their personal views on experiences of existing collaboration, awareness and initiative. We were debating how the municipality needs to be more open and how to find ways to inform the public sector in unconventional form to generate interest.
The meeting was organized in the framework of the project RECOV: REthinking COllaborative Values for Public Services, supported by the European programme Europe for Citizens.
The First meeting with the working group to raise awareness of the RECOV project in Rauna Municipality Latvia was held on 19 June 2018. On this meeting there was a debate on the need to involve the public and the citizens in the development of services and democratic governance.
During the meeting, the participants decided to develop an action plan with the focus on involvement of the different stakeholders in the project activities. In addition, problematic issues were identified as well as solutions to detect more successfully the needs of the citizens for social activity, not only in cultural events and activities, but also in decision-making and development of cooperation with the municipality.
As the result of this meeting, the participants decided to develop a set of questions to conduct a population survey. Therefore, the residents were asked how they get informations, which channels do they use (newspapers, internet, social networks, etc.), which of these they use more often and which are more convenient. They were also the question on how active the population is in general.
The project team members which is composed of 15 members, expressed their personal views on experiences of existing collaboration, awareness and initiative. We were debating how the municipality needs to be more open and how to find ways to inform the public sector in unconventional form to generate interest.
The meeting was organized in the framework of the project RECOV: REthinking COllaborative Values for Public Services, supported by the European programme Europe for Citizens.
WEMIN in the spotlight at the European Development Days 2018
During the EDDs (European Development Days) 2018, that took place on the 6th of June 2018 in Brussels (Belgium), and brought, as every year, the development community together to share ideas and experiences to inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions, ALDA presented many of its projects related to the gender issues under the common title: “(Im-) Perfect day: ALDA Europe fighting for a more equal society”.
Among the many projects presented by ALDA, the one that, above all, draws people’s attention is WEMIN (Migrant Women Empowerment and Integration). Through this project, we want to implement and promote a comprehensive integration model for migrant and refugee women. It does not just aim to help women to become an effective part of the community they live in, but also, through the direct interaction between women of the host and migrant societies, to challenge them to break down their prejudices and to promote reinforcement of the communities.
For further information please visit the official project website
During the EDDs (European Development Days) 2018, that took place on the 6th of June 2018 in Brussels (Belgium), and brought, as every year, the development community together to share ideas and experiences to inspire new partnerships and innovative solutions, ALDA presented many of its projects related to the gender issues under the common title: “(Im-) Perfect day: ALDA Europe fighting for a more equal society”.
Among the many projects presented by ALDA, the one that, above all, draws people’s attention is WEMIN (Migrant Women Empowerment and Integration). Through this project, we want to implement and promote a comprehensive integration model for migrant and refugee women. It does not just aim to help women to become an effective part of the community they live in, but also, through the direct interaction between women of the host and migrant societies, to challenge them to break down their prejudices and to promote reinforcement of the communities.
For further information please visit the official project website
ALDA launching entrepreneurial education in schools - Student Talent Bank
On 14 June, ALDA officially launched the project Student Talent Bank, dedicated to promoting entrepreneurial education in secondary schools among teachers in order to prevent early school leaving, in partnership with 6 other European organisations (Platon M.E.P.E. , European Schoolnet, Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Iasi, Inqubator Leeuwarden, Eurocrea Merchant, Universidad de Valladolid). The launch event was organised in partnership with and took place in Sceaux (France) and gathered together local authorities, civil society organisations and the general public to exchange knowledge, experience and good practice on entrepreneurship education.
The panel discussion titled “Entrepreneurship at school” was moderated by Jeanne Bretécher, (Génération 2 Conseil) and saw interventions from local stakeholders of entrepreneurship education: Othmane Khaoua (municipality of Sceaux), Sarah Garrido (L’ESPER), Marjolaine Girard (Innov’Avenir) and Laurent Lescure (Wweeddoo). The discussion centred around the different components of entrepreneurial education: how initiatives are being implemented both at European level, such as Banque de talents étudiants, and local level, such as Sceaux Valley; why and how learn “entrepreneurship” and new soft skills at school; online tools and entrepreneurship education to train trainers and introduce civil society in schools.
The project Student Talent Bank is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme, under its Key Action 2 “Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices”. The objective of this initiative is twofold: to strengthen the skills and competences of secondary school teachers in terms of entrepreneurial education; to support schools to tackle early school leaving, by using entrepreneurial education as a tool supporting teachers to foster students’ engagement, motivation and empowerment. The project Student Talent Bank is developing an Entrepreneurial Course for teachers: this material will be first used during an Intensive Study Programme gathering 5 teachers per partner’s country to train them and prepare them to carry out pilot test in their country. The other major outcome of the project will be the Student Talent Bank Platform which will host the Entrepreneurial Course for teachers as well as a Student Talent Time Bank where students will be able to exchange their talent in terms of services offered to other students one hour at a time.
If you are working in education and you want to have your say on entrepreneurial education to help the project Student Talent Bank design a training course that best caters to your needs, please fill out our survey on teacher’s perspective on entrepreneurial education following this link
Lire en plus project Student Talent Bank
On 14 June, ALDA officially launched the project Student Talent Bank, dedicated to promoting entrepreneurial education in secondary schools among teachers in order to prevent early school leaving, in partnership with 6 other European organisations (Platon M.E.P.E. , European Schoolnet, Inspectoratul Scolar Judetean Iasi, Inqubator Leeuwarden, Eurocrea Merchant, Universidad de Valladolid). The launch event was organised in partnership with and took place in Sceaux (France) and gathered together local authorities, civil society organisations and the general public to exchange knowledge, experience and good practice on entrepreneurship education.
The panel discussion titled “Entrepreneurship at school” was moderated by Jeanne Bretécher, (Génération 2 Conseil) and saw interventions from local stakeholders of entrepreneurship education: Othmane Khaoua (municipality of Sceaux), Sarah Garrido (L’ESPER), Marjolaine Girard (Innov’Avenir) and Laurent Lescure (Wweeddoo). The discussion centred around the different components of entrepreneurial education: how initiatives are being implemented both at European level, such as Banque de talents étudiants, and local level, such as Sceaux Valley; why and how learn “entrepreneurship” and new soft skills at school; online tools and entrepreneurship education to train trainers and introduce civil society in schools.
The project Student Talent Bank is co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme, under its Key Action 2 “Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices”. The objective of this initiative is twofold: to strengthen the skills and competences of secondary school teachers in terms of entrepreneurial education; to support schools to tackle early school leaving, by using entrepreneurial education as a tool supporting teachers to foster students’ engagement, motivation and empowerment. The project Student Talent Bank is developing an Entrepreneurial Course for teachers: this material will be first used during an Intensive Study Programme gathering 5 teachers per partner’s country to train them and prepare them to carry out pilot test in their country. The other major outcome of the project will be the Student Talent Bank Platform which will host the Entrepreneurial Course for teachers as well as a Student Talent Time Bank where students will be able to exchange their talent in terms of services offered to other students one hour at a time.
If you are working in education and you want to have your say on entrepreneurial education to help the project Student Talent Bank design a training course that best caters to your needs, please fill out our survey on teacher’s perspective on entrepreneurial education following this link
Lire en plus project Student Talent Bank
Student Talent Bank – one step closer to bringing entrepreneurship education in schools!
On the 4th and 5th of June, the ST Bank project partners met in Katerini, Greece, for the second coordination meeting. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss the activities progress and to plan the next steps.
Iasi County School Inspectorate (ISJI) has presented the results of the National Framework Analysis as part of the project research phase. The report reflects the analysis of the policy context regarding entrepreneurial education in secondary schools.
In conclusion, referring to the national/regional strategy regarding entrepreneurial education in the countries in the partnership, 4 of them (Belgium, Netherlands, Romania, Spain) have a specific strategy and 3 of them (France, Greece, Italy) have only specific initiatives.
• Financial resources are allocated in 5 countries (3 with specific strategy, France and Romania) and 2 (Greece and Italy) have no financial allocation.
• There is awareness regarding the need of entrepreneurial education in each country and training programmes are organized for the interested teachers.
• Guidelines and teaching materials are offered in all countries, except Greece and Italy.
• There are Centres of expertise and/or teacher networks in 5 countries (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Romania and Spain), but there is no evidence on this issue in Greece and Italy. All countries include the entrepreneurial education in the national curriculum, but there are countries where EE is introduced as an option course (France, Spain, Romania), in extracurricular activities (France, Italy, Spain, Romania), or in activities proposed by NGOs, universities, small enterprises (France, Greece, Spain, Romania). Moreover, ISJI presented as well the preliminary results of the survey launched earlier.
This study emphasizes the following ideas:
• Entrepreneurship education is based on developing the students’ competences; • Both students and teachers are very interested in entrepreneurial activities; • All respondents appreciate the benefits of entrepreneurial education;
• The entrepreneurial initiatives are not in enough in number. The recommendations derived from the preliminary results point out the following elements:
1. Entrepreneurship education should be connected to other learning initiatives in order to maximize the impact and sustainability of entrepreneurship education initiatives.
2. Entrepreneurship should be promoted among teachers. For students to develop entrepreneurial skills, teachers need to develop similar competences themselves. For this reason, it is necessary to introduce an optional entrepreneurship course in initial teacher education, as well as a training course for experienced teachers to develop the competences needed for entrepreneurship education.
3. A method to assess the students should be developed: it is necessary to evaluate the students’ entrepreneurial competences in order to ensure that entrepreneurial education is taken seriously by students and teachers – for instance by assessing the students’ portfolio.
4. The business community and entrepreneurs should be involved in the learning and teaching processes in schools. This will provide teachers and students with practical experiences of entrepreneurship and innovation.
School Talent Bank is Erasmus+ funded project that promotes entrepreneurial education in secondary schools among teachers in order to prevent early school leaving, facilitate the transition from school to work and increase students’ engagement. The specific target are those schools which register a high percentage of ethnic minority and foreign-born students. In order to do so, School Talent Bank enriches school teachers with entrepreneurial competences, as well as creating an online platform, “The School Talent Time Bank”. The web will work as a motivation and take action tool designed to support teachers to manage school drop-outs.
On the 4th and 5th of June, the ST Bank project partners met in Katerini, Greece, for the second coordination meeting. The meeting was an opportunity to discuss the activities progress and to plan the next steps.
Iasi County School Inspectorate (ISJI) has presented the results of the National Framework Analysis as part of the project research phase. The report reflects the analysis of the policy context regarding entrepreneurial education in secondary schools.
In conclusion, referring to the national/regional strategy regarding entrepreneurial education in the countries in the partnership, 4 of them (Belgium, Netherlands, Romania, Spain) have a specific strategy and 3 of them (France, Greece, Italy) have only specific initiatives.
• Financial resources are allocated in 5 countries (3 with specific strategy, France and Romania) and 2 (Greece and Italy) have no financial allocation.
• There is awareness regarding the need of entrepreneurial education in each country and training programmes are organized for the interested teachers.
• Guidelines and teaching materials are offered in all countries, except Greece and Italy.
• There are Centres of expertise and/or teacher networks in 5 countries (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Romania and Spain), but there is no evidence on this issue in Greece and Italy. All countries include the entrepreneurial education in the national curriculum, but there are countries where EE is introduced as an option course (France, Spain, Romania), in extracurricular activities (France, Italy, Spain, Romania), or in activities proposed by NGOs, universities, small enterprises (France, Greece, Spain, Romania). Moreover, ISJI presented as well the preliminary results of the survey launched earlier.
This study emphasizes the following ideas:
• Entrepreneurship education is based on developing the students’ competences; • Both students and teachers are very interested in entrepreneurial activities; • All respondents appreciate the benefits of entrepreneurial education;
• The entrepreneurial initiatives are not in enough in number. The recommendations derived from the preliminary results point out the following elements:
1. Entrepreneurship education should be connected to other learning initiatives in order to maximize the impact and sustainability of entrepreneurship education initiatives.
2. Entrepreneurship should be promoted among teachers. For students to develop entrepreneurial skills, teachers need to develop similar competences themselves. For this reason, it is necessary to introduce an optional entrepreneurship course in initial teacher education, as well as a training course for experienced teachers to develop the competences needed for entrepreneurship education.
3. A method to assess the students should be developed: it is necessary to evaluate the students’ entrepreneurial competences in order to ensure that entrepreneurial education is taken seriously by students and teachers – for instance by assessing the students’ portfolio.
4. The business community and entrepreneurs should be involved in the learning and teaching processes in schools. This will provide teachers and students with practical experiences of entrepreneurship and innovation.
School Talent Bank is Erasmus+ funded project that promotes entrepreneurial education in secondary schools among teachers in order to prevent early school leaving, facilitate the transition from school to work and increase students’ engagement. The specific target are those schools which register a high percentage of ethnic minority and foreign-born students. In order to do so, School Talent Bank enriches school teachers with entrepreneurial competences, as well as creating an online platform, “The School Talent Time Bank”. The web will work as a motivation and take action tool designed to support teachers to manage school drop-outs.
Bringing local issues at the local level: a LADDER project initiative
The Regranting Scheme Action of the LADDER Project contributed to bring the Sustainable Development Goals at the communities’ level, and all our expectations were more than exceeded!
The goal of this initiative was to support local authorities, grassroots organizations and local institutions by developing local projects addressing core issues related to development education and the SDGs. In 2016 and 2017 two calls for proposals gathered a multitude of propositions and in the end LADDER supported 73 micro-projects in 25 different countries. Almost 1.000.000 people have been indirectly reached by this initiative which demonstrate to have a great impact.
Supporting so many projects allow LADDER to promote different SDGs and in this way raising awareness about different issues that community can face in their daily life. The outstanding results of this action with all its stories and people involved have been collected in the new Handbook of the LADDER Project!
Have a look at it and get inspired by their great initiatives!
The Regranting Scheme Action of the LADDER Project contributed to bring the Sustainable Development Goals at the communities’ level, and all our expectations were more than exceeded!
The goal of this initiative was to support local authorities, grassroots organizations and local institutions by developing local projects addressing core issues related to development education and the SDGs. In 2016 and 2017 two calls for proposals gathered a multitude of propositions and in the end LADDER supported 73 micro-projects in 25 different countries. Almost 1.000.000 people have been indirectly reached by this initiative which demonstrate to have a great impact.
Supporting so many projects allow LADDER to promote different SDGs and in this way raising awareness about different issues that community can face in their daily life. The outstanding results of this action with all its stories and people involved have been collected in the new Handbook of the LADDER Project!
Have a look at it and get inspired by their great initiatives!
Read the LADDER Regranting Scheme Handbook
URGENT Final Conference- the beginning of a new path in creating inclusive cities
Between 30th of May and 1st of June, the URGENT project consortium met in Athens, Greece to share the results of the local activities and to conclude the project during the final conference “Reactivating European urban citizenship: a network of inclusive towns”.
During the last international seminar, the partners developed a city manifesto to build a common understanding about interculturalism, social inclusion, integration of migrants. The project results are to be valorised in a Handbook collecting the experiences of the enactment that overcome stereotypes about immigrants and build counter narratives. Equally, during the seminar, ALDA in cooperation with European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Amphictyony (EGTCA) and the Municipality of Agia Varvara, organised a half day conference where the project outcomes were presented to the local stakeholders, partners shared their pilot projects and a dedicated space for interaction and exchange of experience was provided during the URGENT Inclusion Fair.
The 35 international participants present at the conference had also the opportunity to learn about the Greek realities in regards to urban inclusion for newcomers and migrants. Mr. Georgios Alexopoulos, General Manager at Symplexis has shared with the public the challenges civil society organisations in Greece are facing, such as institutional barriers, financial or operational ones. Mrs Chrissa Geraga, Local coordinator for international city-networks from the municipality of Patras has shared their experience within the ARRIVAL CITIES EU project and Patras local action plan for migrants’ inclusion.
Equally, Mr George Krikri, Vice-Mayor of the municipality Nea Smyrni has stressed their commitment in creating more inclusive urban spaces. The local reality and activities taking place in Athens were present also by Mrs Giouli Gonou from the Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government.
URGENT project is financed by the Europe for Citizens programme of the European Union. The programme offers multiple opportunities to both civil society organisations and local authorities to partner for European projects. Mr Antonios Karvounis, Europe for Citizens programme focal point in Greece has also shared with the participants during the conference the contribution of the programme to tackling the migration issue and the opportunities laying ahead.
The 3 days seminar concluded with a session on the future of the URGENT project where partners explored different funding opportunities to continue the work started. URGENT: Urban Re-Generation: European Network of Towns project aims at promoting city-level and local awareness-raising about the urgent need for establishing new intercultural connections among inhabitants of marginalized multi-ethnic neighbourhoods/areas and population of central areas. Within the project we are particularly tackling the growing fear of immigration and debating on how to overcome related misleading stereotypes, which feed euroscepticism and undermine fragile European cohesion.
More information about the local activities and project outcomes can be found on the site web.
Useful resources:
Agenda
URGENT-Presentation
GA Presentation final
ARRIVAL CITIES – συνοπτική περιγραφή – συνέδριο URGENT – 31/05/2018
KARVOUNIS EUROPE FOR CITIZENS 2014/2020 UPDATE
Between 30th of May and 1st of June, the URGENT project consortium met in Athens, Greece to share the results of the local activities and to conclude the project during the final conference “Reactivating European urban citizenship: a network of inclusive towns”.
During the last international seminar, the partners developed a city manifesto to build a common understanding about interculturalism, social inclusion, integration of migrants. The project results are to be valorised in a Handbook collecting the experiences of the enactment that overcome stereotypes about immigrants and build counter narratives. Equally, during the seminar, ALDA in cooperation with European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation Amphictyony (EGTCA) and the Municipality of Agia Varvara, organised a half day conference where the project outcomes were presented to the local stakeholders, partners shared their pilot projects and a dedicated space for interaction and exchange of experience was provided during the URGENT Inclusion Fair.
The 35 international participants present at the conference had also the opportunity to learn about the Greek realities in regards to urban inclusion for newcomers and migrants. Mr. Georgios Alexopoulos, General Manager at Symplexis has shared with the public the challenges civil society organisations in Greece are facing, such as institutional barriers, financial or operational ones. Mrs Chrissa Geraga, Local coordinator for international city-networks from the municipality of Patras has shared their experience within the ARRIVAL CITIES EU project and Patras local action plan for migrants’ inclusion.
Equally, Mr George Krikri, Vice-Mayor of the municipality Nea Smyrni has stressed their commitment in creating more inclusive urban spaces. The local reality and activities taking place in Athens were present also by Mrs Giouli Gonou from the Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government.
URGENT project is financed by the Europe for Citizens programme of the European Union. The programme offers multiple opportunities to both civil society organisations and local authorities to partner for European projects. Mr Antonios Karvounis, Europe for Citizens programme focal point in Greece has also shared with the participants during the conference the contribution of the programme to tackling the migration issue and the opportunities laying ahead.
The 3 days seminar concluded with a session on the future of the URGENT project where partners explored different funding opportunities to continue the work started. URGENT: Urban Re-Generation: European Network of Towns project aims at promoting city-level and local awareness-raising about the urgent need for establishing new intercultural connections among inhabitants of marginalized multi-ethnic neighbourhoods/areas and population of central areas. Within the project we are particularly tackling the growing fear of immigration and debating on how to overcome related misleading stereotypes, which feed euroscepticism and undermine fragile European cohesion.
More information about the local activities and project outcomes can be found on the site web.
Useful resources:
Agenda
URGENT-Presentation
GA Presentation final
ARRIVAL CITIES – συνοπτική περιγραφή – συνέδριο URGENT – 31/05/2018
KARVOUNIS EUROPE FOR CITIZENS 2014/2020 UPDATE