Economic Integration of Refugees in Greece: Practices and Potentials in Education and Employability 

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National Center for Social Research (EKKE)

This is the 2nd International Conference, hosted by the Communication and Media Psychology Lab of the Department of Communication and Media Studies of the NKUA, within the context of the European project UNINTEGRA ("University leading full and step-wise approach to the integration of refugees"), which is co-funded by the EC under the Asylum and Migration Fund (AMIF).
The aim of this meeting of experts and organisations operating in Greece, Spain and Israel is to share good practices and potentials regarding Education (morning panel) and Employability - Work Orientation (afternoon panel) to support the Economic Integration of Refugees in Greece within the current and emerging socio-economic context.
About the UNINTEGRA project
With the University of Santiago de Compostela as coordinator, the UNINTEGRA project brings together the NKUA (EL), the Catalan ACSAR Foundation (ES), the University of Minho (PT), the University of Vic (ES) and the Council of Santiago de Compostela (ES) aiming to develop parallel research, academic and educational activities in multiple levels; development of a Protocol for the validation of academic competences of refugees in Greece, Spain and Portugal; qualitative and quantitative research on the emerging social integration needs of vulnerable groups (e.g. children, women, LGBT) within the refugees’ population; development and provision of training activities (10 workshops in Athens, a modular course in Athens, Santiago de Compostela and Minho) for refugees and professionals that operate in the field; dynamic involvement of international volunteers (stages); awareness raising and dissemination activities (2 international conferences organized by the NKUA and ACSAR in Athens); reflection and sharing of experiences among all the involved agents (e.g. municipalities, NGOs, researchers, volunteers and academics). The duration of the project is 2 years and is due to be completed in November 2019.