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🌍 Evaluation survey of the "Local Development and Poverty Reduction" and "Asylum and Migration" EEA Grants Programmes![]()
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The evaluation of the EEA Grants programmes assessed their effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability. Through document reviews, interviews, and field observations by Sarli Kouvaras Consulting, this evaluation provides valuable insights to guide future initiatives.![]()
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🔹 Key findings for Programme I: Local Development and Poverty Reduction![]()
✅ Strong alignment with beneficiary needs, fostering cultural and systemic shifts.![]()
✅ Effective responses to emerging challenges, despite systemic and bureaucratic barriers.![]()
✅ Resource allocation effectively maximized impact and sustainability.![]()
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🔹 Key findings for Programme II: Asylum and Migration![]()
✅ High-quality delivery, with multi-sectoral approaches driving sustainability through systemic change and long-term partnerships.![]()
✅ While financial sustainability is a concern, advocacy and legal reforms made a lasting impact.![]()
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📊 Explore the full evaluation survey here: www.asylumandmigration-eeagrants.gr/files-library/![]()
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🎶 Music Embracing Cultures: uniting youth through the Arts 🌟![]()
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The “Music Embracing Cultures” project, led by PRAKSIS in collaboration with Global Girl Media Greece and Culture Break Borders, sought to bridge cultural gaps and foster unity among youth from refugee, migrant, and Greek backgrounds through music, video production, and social awareness workshops. Despite facing challenges, this initiative successfully highlighted cultural diversity, gender equity, and human rights.![]()
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🎵 Music and songwriting workshop: Originally aiming for multiple songs, participants ultimately composed one multilingual song, expressing self-identity and fostering integration.![]()
🎬 Digital media and video production workshop: Participants learned about music video production and digital storytelling, creating one powerful music video that captures the essence of the project.![]()
🧑🤝🧑 Gender-based violence and Human Rights workshop: In-depth discussions about gender stereotypes, inclusion, and ways to recognize and address GBV and human rights violations.![]()
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Through music and media, the project cultivated empathy, unity, and advocacy for human rights, offering youth a platform to express themselves. Despite the challenges, the project showcased the transformative power of artistic collaboration, promoting justice, solidarity, and cross-cultural understanding.![]()
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📢 Learn more here: www.asylumandmigration-eeagrants.gr/2024/02/23/initiative-08/![]()
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🤝 Strengthening support for displaced women and children 🌍![]()
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This initiative, a collaboration between SolidarityNow (SN) and Dråpen i Havet (DiH), aimed to enhance the support provided to displaced women and children, with a focus on sustaining the Female Friendly Space (FFS) in Nea Kavala/Polykastro camp. The FFS serves as a safe and welcoming environment where refugee women can access crucial information on their rights and available services.![]()
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Through weekly planning and strategic sessions, SN and DiH worked together to ensure the space was maintained and effectively supported. Activities provided in the FFS included:![]()
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🎭 Recreational activities: 174 participants engaged in cultural and community-building events.![]()
🛠️ Skills-building sessions: 167 women developed practical skills for greater self-sufficiency.![]()
📚 Informational sessions: 84 participants received vital updates on legal rights, healthcare, and available support.![]()
A total of 272 women, primarily from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, actively participated in these activities, with women aged 26-44 most involved.![]()
This collaboration has made a lasting impact, empowering displaced women and creating a sense of community, even in the face of challenges. 🌿![]()
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📢 Learn more here: www.asylumandmigration-eeagrants.gr/2024/02/23/initiative-06/![]()
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🌍 SPIRAL initiative: Enhancing refugee integration in early childhood education ![]()
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The SPIRAL initiative aimed to strengthen bilateral relations between Greece and Norway through collaboration between municipalities, academia, and early childhood educators. Its main goal was to improve and expand services for refugee children and families, promoting refugee integration in urban preschools. The project officially launched with a virtual kick-off on November 27, 2023, bringing together 14 participants from both countries. ![]()
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📢 Key achievements:![]()
✅ Deepened understanding of refugee inclusion challenges through direct job-shadowing and reflection sessions.![]()
✅ Enhanced capacity-building and community engagement.![]()
✅ Shared insights into best practices and approaches for refugee integration in early childhood education.![]()
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The SPIRAL project has laid the foundation for sustainable collaboration and shared learning between Greece and Norway, focusing on improving the educational and social integration of refugee children. 🌍💡![]()
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📢 Learn more here: www.asylumandmigration-eeagrants.gr/2024/02/23/initiative-04/![]()
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🌍 Enhancing Assisted Voluntary Return & Reintegration (AVRR)![]()
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The recent project focused on strengthening Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) through valuable knowledge-sharing between Greece and Norway. Key activities included a study visit by HERO Norge to Athens (July 3–5, 2024), a joint recommendations paper, and a closing workshop.![]()
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📢 Key outcomes:![]()
✅ A joint recommendations paper to improve AVRR processes based on shared experiences and lessons.![]()
✅ A hybrid workshop where stakeholders from both countries discussed and reviewed best practices for enhancing Norway’s AVRR framework.![]()
This collaboration has successfully refined AVRR strategies, enhancing bilateral cooperation, and paving the way for improved voluntary return processes in both countries. 🌍✈️![]()
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📢 Learn more here: www.asylumandmigration-eeagrants.gr/2024/02/23/initiative-05/![]()
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