Project "Partnership for Sustainable Refugee Inclusion" aims to enhance skills of refugee communities representatives, including Ukrainian for recognition of the institutional environment and access points to the decision-making system in Bulgaria.
Partners in the project are Center for Sustainable Communities Development (CSCD) and Bulgarian School of Politics with the active support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). During the 12 months of work, an analysis of the needs and challenges through refugees is envisaged and the construction of a Board for The Advocacy and Inclusion of Refugees (working title) with the participation of 15 representatives of the Arab, Afghan and Ukrainian communities to undergo training for the development and implementation of integration policies provided by experts of partner organizations. Piloting a model of board involvement in the institutional environment and a Roadmap for work with institutions are forthcoming. The activities of the project are located in Sofia, with the dissemination of the results through the communication channels of the partners and their partner networks up to 30 000 refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and 20 civil organizations with interest on the topic. The project started on 01.09.2022 and is scheduled to be completed in August 2023 with a final press conference.
Parthership for Sustainable Refugee Inclusion project is being implemented with financial support of EUR 17,067 provided by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway under the EEA. The main goal of the Parthership for Sustainable Refugee Inclusion project is to enhance skills of refugee communitie representatives for recognition of the institutional environment and access points to the decision-making system in Bulgaria.
All responsibility for the content of the document is borne by Center for Sustainable Communities Development and under no circumstances can it be assumed that this document reflects the official opinion of the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area and the Operator of the Active Citizens Fund Bulgaria.