Aim

The study session aims to empower participants to create positive stories, narratives and communication that makes young refugees and migrants feel valued, accepted, and a sense of belonging in their new homes; and that makes the communities refugees have moved to welcoming, inclusive places, where people value diversity and the contribution that refugees and migrants make to their society.
 

 Objectives

The objectives of the study session are:

• To enable participants to connect, learn, share their experience and knowledge with each other and to be inspired to take action.
• For participants to share and strengthen their knowledge, awareness and understanding of the key narratives and stories about migrants in their contexts.
• To strengthen participants’ knowledge and understanding of the key human and social rights issues impacting refugees and migrants and host communities.
• To strengthen participants’ knowledge, skills, competencies and confidence to work with young people to develop effective rights-based stories and communication campaigns that positively change the narrative about refugees and migrants.
• For participants to develop an understanding of the role of Council of Europe’s work in supporting refugees and migrants, especially around Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers ‘CM/Rec(2019)4 Supporting Young Refugees in Transition to Adulthood’ and the practical guide ‘Turning 18 with Confidence’
• For participants to develop realistic, realisable and impactful story telling projects, initiative or actions that positively change the narrative towards refugees and migrants in their context.
   

 About the organisation(s)

YSRN

Y-SRN is an international network working to improve access to social rights for all young people. YSRN’s work focusses on supporting young people from disadvantaged neighbourhoods that are denied access to their social rights, and young people facing multiple disadvantages. Y-SRN’s mission is to improve access to social rights, social inclusion, and participation for these young people, and to protect young people of all forms of discrimination and violence.

I-participate

I-participate is a non-profit organisation established in 2018 and based in Larissa, Greece. I-Participate aims to strengthen active citizenship, to support active participation, and to promote European values, culture and ideas. I-Participate promotes lifelong learning as a necessary means for strengthening citizenship.

 Applications for the study session are being manged by YSRN. You can find out more about the programme and register your interest here.