Supporting Integration of Migrant Learners, Asylum Seekers and Refugees Collection of best practices in the field of migrants’ integration www.similarproject.eu Table of Contents Introduction: 4 1: Web portal “InfoMigrator” 8 2: Multicultural Centre in Warsaw 10 3: ImiRadio 12 4: “Refugees Welcome Polska” 14 5: Club of Ukrainian Women 16 6: SmartUni mobile app 18 7: Immigrant Integration Model (Gdansk) 20 8: “Wroclaw on the tongues of the world” 22 9: “Welcome to Poland” info package for foreigners living in Cracow (Kraków) 24 10: Greek Language Courses for Third Country Nationals (I Learn Greek) 26 11: Establishment of Migrant Information Centre for Assisted Voluntary Returns 28 12: Upgrade of the Cyprus Information Guide 30 13: Intercultural Mentoring tools to support migrant integration at school (INTO) 32 14: Mothers and Children in L2 (L2M) 34 15: LIGHTHOUSE - Supporting lifelong learning and career paths for migrants 36 16: Mediterranean Migration Network (MMN) 38 17: Migrant Information Centre (MIC - miHUB) 40 18: US & Them 42 19: Digital Tools for Inclusion of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants 44 20: Mentoring (Mentor-Állás) 45 21: Classroom project 47 22: Inclusive Kindergartens and Schools 49 23: Rights-Activities-Communities 51 24: Migrants’ Voice 53 25: Complex psycho-social support for refugees and asylum seekers 55 26: Training Alternatives in the Hope of Marketable Knowledge and Jobs 57 27: Knowledge-Skill-Attitude 59 28: Mother-Child Unit in the refugee camp 61 29: MIRA 63 30: Slovenia is also your home 65 31: Police ESOL - The Cardiff E.S.O.L. Police Project 67 32: More Migrants as Teachers 69 33: Mathematics is everywhere 71 2 www.similarproject.eu 34: Let's facilitate the migrants’ first step 73 35: Let Slovenia become my home 75 36: Bibliomigra 77 37: Basic education for easier integration of immigrants into the local environment 79 38: “Mama Learns German – even Papa” program 81 39: “Erzählcafé für Migrantinnen” – Talking café for migrant women 83 40: MultiKulti Integrationsverein Roding – „MultiCulti Integration Association Roding“ 85 41: Wohnungslotsen (“apartment guide”) 87 42: ”talentCAMPus” – Talent camp for unprivileged children and youth 89 43: Volunteering point 91 44: German learning portal “Ich will lernen” 93 45: Counselling and information services for refugees and migrants 95 46: Integration courses 97 47: 1. “Refukitchen” 2. “Kitchen on the Run” 99 48: Arts Projects: 1. “Music group” 2. “Theatre Group” 101 49: Resources’ Day 103 50: Social startups 105 51: Understanding Politics 107 3 www.similarproject.eu Introduction This document consists of a series of 51 best practices successfully implemented in the SIMILAR project partner countries (Poland, Cyprus, Hungary, Slovenia and Germany). This collection provides (together with the SIMILAR Handbook, which provides general context and theoretical background) the persons working closely with migrants the useful knowledge which they can convey to migrants to facilitate their integration process. These empowering tools refer to several spheres of migrants’ integration, namely: social, cultural, legal, economic, political. It also provides good examples of activities that enable effective language learning, finding a job, give access to accommodation and other facilities or promote participation in various social and cultural events. Each example of good practice is presented in a clear and concise manner in order to be easily implemented in a new context. It includes information on institution that developed a good practice, target groups, detailed description of activity, expected benefits for target groups, resources required to implement a good practice as well as justification for its further usage. Since the collected best practices were developed in different countries and by various types of institutions (public, private, NGOs etc.) information of transferability (possibility of using it in different country/institutional contexts) is also provided. Finally, reader can also rely on provided websites and other references to get more information on a given good integration solution. Each good practice relates to particular module(s) of the SIMILAR Handbook (see the table on the next pages). 4 www.similarproject.eu Where to use good practices: Module 1. New Module 2. Module 3. Module 4. dimensions of Intercultural Migrants’ Migrants’ migration in contact learning empowerment Europe 1: Web portal “InfoMigrator" x 2: Multicultural Centre in Warsaw x 3: ImiRadio x 4: “Refugees Welcome Polska” x 5: Club of Ukrainian Women x x 6: SmartUni mobile app x x 7: Immigrant Integration Model x (Gdansk) 8: “Wrocław on the tongues of x x the world” 9: “Welcome to Poland” info package for foreigners living in x Cracow (Kraków) 10: Greek Language Courses for Third Country Nationals (I Learn x x Greek) 11: Establishment of Migrant Information Centre for Assisted x x Voluntary Returns – AVR Cyprus 12: Upgrade of the Cyprus x Information Guide 13: Intercultural Mentoring tools to support migrant integration at x x school (INTO) 14: Mothers and Children in L2 x x x (L2M) 15: LIGHTHOUSE - Supporting lifelong learning and career paths for migrants by tailored x counselling and recognition of prior learning to improve skills, employability and mobility 16: Mediterranean Migration x Network (MMN) 17: Migrant Information Centre x (MIC - miHUB) 18: US & Them x x 19: Digital Tools for Inclusion of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and x x Migrants 5 www.similarproject.eu 20: Mentoring (Mentor-Állás) x x x 21: Classroom project x x 22: Inclusive Kindergartens and x x Schools 23: Rights-Activities-Communities x x 24: Migrants’Voice x x 25: Complex psycho-social support for refugees and asylum x seekers 26: Training Alternatives in the Hope of Marketable Knowledge x and Jobs 27: Knowledge-Skill-Attitude x x 28: Mother-Child Unit in the x x refugee camp 29: MIRA x x x 30: Slovenia is also your home x 31: LUV2 - Police ESOL - The x Cardiff E.S.O.L. Police Project 32: More Migrants as Teachers x 33: Mathematics is everywhere x 34: Let's facilitate the migrants’ x the first step 35: Let Slovenia become my x home 36: Bibliomigra x x 37: Basic education for easier integration of immigrants into x the local environment 38: “Mama Learns German – x x even Papa” program 39: “Erzählcafé für Migrantinnen” x – Talking café for migrant women 40: MultiKulti Integrationsverein Roding e. V. – „MultiCulti x Integration Association Roding“ 41: Wohnungslotsen (“apartment x guide”) 42: ”talentCAMPus” –Talent camp for unprivileged children x and youth 43: Volunteering point x 44: German learning portal “Ich x will lernen” 6 www.similarproject.eu 45: Counselling and information services for refugees and x migrants 46: Integration courses x 47: 1. “Refukitchen” 2. “Kitchen x on the Run” 48: Arts Projects: 1. “Music x group” 2. “Theatre Group” 49: Resources’ Day x 50: Social Startups x 51: Understanding politics x 7 www.similarproject.eu Best Practice 1: Web portal “InfoMigrator” The aim of the portal is to provide all categories of migrants as well as people working with migrants with comprehensive information in 5 languages (Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, English, French) regarding legal aspects of stay and everyday life in Poland. Developed/ implemented by: Fundacja Inna Przestrzeń (The Other Space Foundation) from Warsaw Reference: http://www.info-migrator.pl Establishing and maintenance of the portal was co-funded by the ‘European Fund for Integration of Third-Country Nationals’ (EFI), ‘Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund’ (AMIF), ‘Swiss Contribution’, ‘EEA Grants’, ‘Polska Fundacja Dzieci i Młodzieży’ (Polish Foundation for Kids and Youth), ‘Fundacja Batorego’ (Batory Foundation) and the Polish state funds. Target groups: ● all categories of migrants, especially those who have recently arrived or intend to arrive to Poland ● social carers ● volunteers Detailed description: InfoMigrator is a multilingual information website for migrants who have recently arrived or intend to arrive to Poland. It provides broad information regarding: ● formal and legal issues concerning migrants’ stay in Poland; ● procedures in local offices; ● basic aspects of everyday life in certain cities of Poland. The aim of the portal is also to facilitate the cooperation between people dealing (professionally or privately) with migrants as it serves as a space for exchange of information between migrants, NGOs, public institutions and scholars particularly interested in migration and multiculturalism. The portal contains of: - home page to navigate between all portal subpages, - ‘About Poland’ section which provides general information about Poland (its political system, demography, history, geography and climate, holidays and customs etc.), - nine major Polish cities’ profiles which describes services available for migrants in particular cities and news about migrant-related events, - legal information concerning most relevant areas of life (information for asylum seekers, marriage, citizenship, social assistance, legalization of a stay, education, employment, business activity, health care, tax system etc.), - ‘emergency’ section containing information on emergency telephone numbers (police, fire brigade etc.) as well as tips how to avoid troubles when looking for a job, renting flat or simply on a street, - news – local and nationwide news about events connected with migrants, 8 www.similarproject.eu - good to read – individual stories and essays by migrants, - experts' module – a communication tool for policymakers,