On April 25th, at 19:30, an audio-visual PhotoVoice exhibition called #howyouseeintegration – Integration of foreigners through the eyes of Praguers will be opened at the Integration Centre Prague as a part of the INTEGRA campaign. The photos displayed along with audio interviews with selected participants will inform the visitors about the ups and down of integration and their personal experience with integrating into the Czech society. The authors of the photos come from various countries, including Bulgaria, Belarus, Russia, Poland, Chile, Israel and Syria. The exhibition will take place as a part of the Open Doors day of Integration Centre Prague, during which will ICP present its services and activities in an interactive way. The whole event takes place on the occasion of the 7th birthday of the organization. The grand opening is accompanied by light refreshments inspired by the Balkan cuisine as well as thematic music.
The exhibition is open to public until the 24th of May and it is accompanied by an online campaign introducing the authors of the photos and their work and ideas.
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Sofia Development Association held an INTEGRA awareness building workshop with students from three Sofia secondary schools, Sofia University, New Bulgarian University and Technical University on April 22, 2019. The students gained understanding of migrant integration, put themselves in the shoes of migrants and third country nationals to imagine the challenges they face trying to fit in our society, the complexity of the adaptation process and the diversity of individual experiences.
With the participants’ active participation, sharing personal stories and stories of individuals they know, with case studies and quizzes, students identified many integration benefits for the receiving society, such as a committed workforce, new business and job creation, transfer of knowledge, new ideas, a commitment to social activism. The students developed positive narratives to counter disinformation and hostile attitudes. Here are some ideas what we can learn from migrants: courage, decisiveness, different perspective, perseverance, motivation, gratitude. Participants embraced the principles of solidarity, respect for human rights and dignity, freedom and the rule of law.
The workshop will not be an end in itself. Participants received training resources, developed by INTEGRA project team, and instructions on how to conduct a lesson on migrant integration.
