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UNINTEGRA project is led by he University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) with the participation of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), Universidade do Minho (Portugal), Fundació Acsar (Spain), Fundació Universitaria Balmes (Spain) and Concello de Santiago de Compostela.

The UNINTEGRA project is co-funded by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) of the European Commission, with a financial contribution of 744,638.78 EUR.

The duration of the project is 24 months and its period of implementation runs from 1st December 2017 to 30th November 2019

The kick-off meeting of the UNINTEGRA partnership took place in Athens the 22nd - 23rd January 2018.

On this website, you will find general information about the objectives and activities of the project. You will also find news about the progress of the project and the information about our consortium and the contact details of each partner.

As the project progresses, we will extend and update the contents of this website.

Objectives

UNINTEGRA aims at efficiently managing immigrant populations while responding to the needs of those in need protection, at two levels: first, by directly working with new arrivals to address basic needs of inclusion, in conjunction with fostering receptive attitudes in target communities, and secondly, by establishing a normative framework in each host community.

At a more specific level, we aim at:

  • Acting as an early intervention stage in the migration process by providing refugees in refugee sites and centers with the psychological, emotional and educational resources necessary to empower them (with special emphasis on youth, young mothers and women) in addressing and processing challenges related to relocation.
  • Enhancing the opportunities and capacity building of refugees by offering them and the professionals in the host communities with specific training opportunities.
  • Facilitating the relocation process by providing follow-up support in conjunction with assisting institutional and social sectors in successfully facing the challenges often associated with cultural, social and regulatory integration.
  • Encouraging the social and economic participation of refugees from third countries in the host community through measures designed to eliminate stereotypes in these communities, paving the way to combat cultural and racial segregation and social exclusion.
  • Fostering academic integration of refugees at Higher Educational level.

For additional  information, please listen to the telephone interview with project coordinator Sonia Cordido, conducted by SER radio, minute 44:  http://play.cadenaser.com/audio/ser_galicia_hoyporhoysantiago_20180119_122500_140000

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