On April 29th 2019, Centre for Peace, nonviolence and human rights presented INTEGRA project within the study tour ˝Peace is in our hands˝, Peacebuilding school forum which was led in Osijek, Croatia. Centre for Peace emphasized the importance of Integration in sustainable peace processes by giving specific examples from their practice and shared their experience in the field of TCN integration.
The forum Peacebuilding brings together all schools that pay particular attention to peacebuilding as one of the highest values of constitutional order of Republic of Croatia as well as all other organisations and institutions that want to support the peacebuilding processes in school communities.
The point of Peacebuilding school forum is to connect schools with other educational institutions and organisations that work on peace building, local and regional self-administrations which promote culture. The forum also establishes a connection between the schools and experts from peacebuilding area to promote and evolve their own peace potentials. “Peace is in our hands” advocates culture, development and peacebuilding through education and cooperation and Centre for Peace supports their initiative.
In April 2019, ETP Slovakia introduced four infographics presenting data about TCN living in Košice: number of TCN, their age, sex and most frequent reasons of coming to Košice, number of temporary and permanent residences issued, number of working permits issued by Labour office to TCN and list of countries, from which most TCN come to the city of Kosice. Infographics also showed the trend covering the last 4 years and how the numbers changed. However, the graphic design of four posters was inspired by four stories of TCN, who found a new home in Košice. There are always real people behind any statistics and numbers.
Posters were presented online and also as printed ones. ETP Slovakia created a mini-series consisting of 5 short summaries: the history of multicultural Košice, the presence of TCN, reasons for coming, working TCN and studying TCN. These were published on social networks during April and May and so far have reached more than 2300 people and 200 engagements.
More than 200 printed posters were distributed to public offices in Košice (e.g. Municipality Office, Košice Self-governing Region Office, Migration Office), cultural spots (cinema, local culture centers, bookstores/cafes), libraries, universities, information centers, premises of NGOs working with TCN and there is a plan to publish them also in public transport vehicles.
By posters, ETP Slovakia aimed to spread awareness regarding relevant facts about TCN presence in Košice and by publishing names and quotations of individuals they pointed out the importance of integration.
