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IMMERSE NEWSLETTER
Promoting the integration of refugee and migrant children in Europe
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After these last five years, the project is approaching its final stretch. In recent weeks, we have held dissemination events in several European cities, and we are preparing for a final conference at the European Parliament in one week.
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Recap of our latest events
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Since our first national dissemination event in Cork, Ireland, a whirlwind of events has taken place this October in Leipzig with DOZ, Rome with Save the Children, Brussels with ACE, and Madrid with Comillas Pontifical University. These events featured an array of speakers, including policymakers, educators, migrant students, and researchers. Some of the touching interventions are worth revisiting on our channel.
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Final conference at the European Parliament
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We're excited to share news of our upcoming, final dissemination event taking place at the European Parliament on November 6th, hosted by Member of the European Parliament Juan Fernando López Aguilar. In collaboration with the H2020 project REFUGE-ED, the conference is set to share insights, achievements, and contribute to the vision of a more inclusive and cohesive Europe.
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Children are the main focus of the IMMERSE Project. They’ve been part of the it from the begining. IMMERSE project set up a Children and Young People’s Advisory Group with young migrants to ensure that children and young people’s voices were included. 25,000 children, the majority from migrant backgrounds, participated in the project and showed their perspective.
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Policy consultation activity
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The University Institute for Studies on Migration organized a policy consultation with 12 migrant students aged 12-14 from various countries at school in Madrid. The workshop involved a presentation of IMMERSE project results and discussions on hypothetical situations, concluding with ideas on improving inclusion in schools, communities, and countries.
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Surveying younger children
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Over two years, we collected more than 30,000 questionnaires across six European countries. We incorporated feedback from the Children and Young People's Advisory Group to create questionnaires that are not only more accurate but also easier to understand. When working with younger children, specifically those aged 7 to 9, our efforts were concentrated on ensuring they could comprehend the project and the questions they were asked.
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IMMERSE co-creation approach: core facilitation tools - facilitation welcomes and farewells
One of the main methodological contributions from IMMERSE is the implementation of a co-creation approach to meaningfully engage children and young people in the project design and delivery: in designing the dashboard of indicators, in carrying out the data collection process and in developing policy recommendations.
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In this article, you can find some tools to be implemented in workshops with children, to facilitate the introduction and to finish the session.
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 745625. The dissemination of results herein reflects only the author’s view and the European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.
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