SIMRA’s general objective is to foster active participation of migrant/asylum seeking/refugee women in the ‘host’ society by developing, implementing and evaluating a pilot intervention scheme. This is expected to create the social space for social interaction to take place, on the premise that the more dynamic and inclusive the interaction, the more successful the integration.
The project is funded by the European Union's AMIF-2016-AG-INTE Fund.
Which services does the project provide to its beneficiaries?
- Information about their rights and the available social services
- Facilitation of the access to schools, hospitals, health services
- Help and support in finding a job
- Employment counseling - preparation for the world of work
- Skills Development
- Active participation in cultural events.
Which are the risks the project aspires to challenge?
Now more than ever, Europe’s commitment to human rights is challenged: the need to offer practical solutions to the protection issues raised by the sheer existence of this ‘foreign’ population challenges Europe’s commitment to human rights. Would European societies dare go beyond the humanitarian response and create pathways leading to the acceptance of this “foreign” population on an equal basis that is what EU allegedly stands for?
Which is the philosophy of the project?
The project’s partnership, having a strong grassroots’ knowledge of the situation and a long standing experience in tending the needs of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, shares the belief that integration of the ‘different Other’ can only be feasible when it results from social interaction among actors that actively and knowingly participate in it.
By setting this objective, the SIMRA project is based on the view that equal access for third-country nationals to equal opportunities is the mean to achieve their active participation in the hosting European societies. The project builds upon successful methodologies, tools and practices created by the partners through support and empowerment services, skills assessment and training, gender and migrant oriented practices facilitating access to equal opportunities at education and employment, as well as initiatives facilitating interaction in local communities.
Find out more about the project here.
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