Seminar / Conference: Let’s Make it Home: seminar on inclusion of IDPs and refugees in hosting communities. * IDP is an internally displaced person

Location: Sumy, Ukraine

Dates: 14-22 April 2016

Number of participants: 36

Let’s Make it Home: seminar on inclusion of IDPs and refugees in hosting communities

The seminar will take place on 14-22 April 2016 in Sumy, Ukraine. It is aimed at empowering youth and NGO workers with tools and practices in working on inclusion and humanitarian support of IDPs and refugees.

WHY THIS SEMINAR?

The communities hosting refugees and IDPs, especially when the numbers are large definitely experience economic, social and political consequences. Community and public services are strained. The countries that host large numbers of refugees face political problems, social turbulence, a long-term economic and environmental damage.
The local communities where newcomers are placed have to take a huge responsibility involved providing different services, deal with the conflicts which are triggered in the communities because of the cultural difference and limited resources.
NGOs, voluntary organizations play a substantial role in providing services on local levels. Local communities and authorities are not prepared to deal with the issues caused by growing amount of IDPs and refugees. They need to get some tools and share experience with other actors active in the field.

OBJECTIVES
– to share best practices between the NGOs and youth workers for the work with IDPs and refugees in hosting communities;
– to point out possible issues which could arise in the local communities experiencing the growing amount of IDPs and refugees and elaborate possible measures to deal with them;
– to compare the legal instruments existing in the countries of the participants concerning the status and support of the IDPs and refugees;
– to develop suggestions for local authorities for the possible measures to prevent possible conflicts in local communities;
– to develop follow-up initiatives for the support of IDPs and refugees in the communities of participants.

METHODOLOGY

The methodology of the seminar will be built on non-formal education methods, intercultural learning, experiential and participatory approaches. The participants will work together for elaborating individual and common ideas in order to apply the received knowledge and skills in their practices and establishing a cooperation for future.
The program of the seminar will consist of the following phases: getting-to-know each other and integration (ice-breakers, name games, getting-to-know each other games, team-building and integration activities), setting common ground (presentation of the program, aims and objectives of the seminar, expectations of participants from the seminar, presentation of Erasmus +, introduction to YouthPass, presentations of organizations of participants), theoretical phase (definition of IDPs and refugees, international and European instruments concerning status of IDPs and refugees, sharing the practices of national and local legislations on IDPs and refugees), practical phase (case studies on the needs and challenges of IDPs and refugees and local communities, field study on the status and support of IDPs, mapping of stakeholders involved into the support of IDPs and refugees), planning of follow-up initiatives and evaluation.

FOR WHOM?

The seminar will involve 36 youth and NGO representatives from 12 countries (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK, Ukraine, Turkey working with IDPs and refugees in their communities ). Particularly recommended for those who:
– have efficient level of English,
– have organizational support for further activities;
– work with the IDPs/refugees in the local communities; and readiness to make follow up activities;
– ability to take part in the whole seminar.

DEADLINE TO APPLY
The deadline for applying is 9 March. You can do it through feeling out online application form.

Before applying, please, contact official partner of this project in your country:
Sweden – Active Ukrainians in Europe, actukreu@gmail.com
Ukraine – Center for European Initiatives, yuliya.ielfimova.cei@gmail.com
Italy – Eurogems Aps, info@eurogems.eu
Turkey – Dinamik Gelisim Dernegi, zek.dundar@gmail.com
United Kingdom – Nefelieducationcic, info@nefelieducation.co.uk
Armenia – Armenian Progressive Youth, mariasimonyan@apy.am
Belarus – Belarusian Youth Public Union New Faces, newfacesbox@gmail.com
Spain – Asociacion Cultural SENDE, sendeorg@gmail.com
Georgia – Student-Youth Council, syc_guria@yahoo.com
Germany – FAIRbund e.V., Doerte-dietrich@verein-fairbund.de
Hungary – MeOut Association for Peace and Development, info@meout.org
Poland – Instytut Wschodnich Inicjatyw, projects@iwi.org.pl