In the present European climate, many citizens find themselves in a situation of crisis due to the invasion of Russia on Ukraine. Thousands of people are fleeing their homes with their families to find shelter in the neighboring countries. That in itself creates an enormous change in their lives to which adults, as well as children, need to adapt.
The Welcome! project aims at promoting integration of children and young people with a migrant background in their new school. Forced to flee their own homes, immigrant children can feel at a loss about how to get their lives back on track in a new country. The Welcome! project’s main idea is to ensure equal access to education and chances of adaptation for children with a migrant background in a new country.
– motivation for the migrant kids to get involved and to learn – how to check their knowledge in objective way
– how to evaluate their progress – how to motivate the local kids to include the migrant in their activities
– how to encourage migrant kids to share their culture and language with us and teach the locals about their country
– how to motivate them to learn local language and be active in the school life
– tips on how to take care of their mental wellbeing, etc.
Mikołaj Rej’s Foundation for the Support of Polish Culture and Language, since its inception, has been working to integrate children with migrant experience within the education system, and most of the projects are devoted to children and youth. The Krakow’s NGOs together with The City Council form a coalition “Open Krakow Coalition” to support together migrants and refugees coming to The City. Now, in times of war in Ukraine this coalition is working at full speed and involves about 1000 volunteers on a daily basis. Under the leadership of Fundacja Reja there were 2 Ukrainian schools established in Krakow in the first week of war, an emergency program of integrating Ukrainian kids in preschools and schools on exceptional conditions and the language support system was put in place. Foundation team with other organisations is working 24/7 to support Ukrainian families and to help the kids enter the educational system and start “regular” lives in times of crisis. To have home and school far away from home.
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Association of European Development is an NGO founded in 2013 in Bulgaria. AED organises various initiatives, events, trainings, seminars, round tables and prepares research and analyses. AED’s team works with high professionalism, meeting the needs of various target groups to improve their quality of life. They work with people of all ages on the topics: Social responsibility, civic engagement and participation; Education and Training; Social inclusion; Employability; Career counselling; Personal and professional development, etc.
Activities: supporting the fight against discrimination, development of the school community, education and non-formal education, ecology, social activities and psychology, youth activities, health, environmental thinking, green transport and others. AED conducts conferences, lectures, seminars, develops projects, programs, strategies, and innovation for the development of the social economy ecosystem, organises initiatives for integration of migrants and refugees, as well as other marginalised groups. Our partners are: kindergartens, schools, municipalities, regional administrations, universities, and others.
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Fundacja Understanding runs international projects, courses, and workshops for teachers, adults and youth on topics related to mental wellbeing, NVC, multiculturalism and multilingualism. Our projects involve research and creation of educational programs and materials as well as their implementation. We also organise classes and events for schools and families promoting multiculturalism, multilingualism, tolerance and integration. We believe in recognising individual needs and creating flexible methods and programs for psychological resilience, intercultural integration and education.
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Web2Learn is a research and development (R&D) company with expertise in design, development, testing and evaluation of digital solutions in the service of open and social learning. Web2Learn offers learning and training in Open Education, Open Science, citizen science with an emphasis on developing professional skills to embrace openness. Moreover, Web2Learn shapes and is engaged in EU-funded projects that enhance social inclusion, civic engagement and active citizenship (e.g. BOLD, HEIDI). Moreover, since 2022, Web2Learn develops and participates in projects that address Ukrainian refugees and displaced persons needs in Europe (e.g. AGILE, Baltics4UA).
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Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky PELICAN, s.r.o. provides educational opportunities in the field of school, higher and adult education. The main scope of the organisation is to serve the needs of students, teachers and educational communities by supporting, collaborating, and partnering with local, regional, and state non-profit organisations and providing quality products, programs, and professional services. PELICAN has considerable experience in international European Commission funded projects aimed at the development and implementation of innovative teaching and learning resources and methodologies. PELICAN uses its expertise to promote innovation at schools, support the implementation of current methodologies into curriculum, support teachers and schools to embrace and use innovative technology-based methods and tools. PELICAN strives for quality education in the Czech Republic.
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Lviv Polytechnic National University (LPNU), founded in 1816, is the largest university in Ukraine. It consists of 18 institutes, including 106 academic departments and educating about 34,000 students, 600 Ph.D. students. The educational process is provided by a faculty of almost 2,200 staff members, 280 of whom are full professors (holding Sc.D. degree) and over 1,200
associate professors (holding Ph.D. degree). Since 1961 LPNU has trained international students. At the beginning of 2022, the university had more than 300 international students from 20 countries. ECTS is broadly used to facilitate exchange programmes.
University’s educational and scientific achievements in various fields of science are based on the synergy of engineering, natural, economic, and socio-humanitarian schools. The fundamental principles defining the ideology of modern Lviv Polytechnic are high professionalism, academic freedom, institutional autonomy, innovation in research and teaching, trust, respect, and justice. LPNU is leading in Ukraine in the implementation of a new educational paradigm – student-centred education and a competency-based approach in the development and realisation of educational programs.
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