The project foresees the funding of two shelters in Samos and Chios. The organization’s approach to shelters is that they are a transit …
Open-Call Project title: HOUSE2
The project aims to establish a new long-term accommodation center for 16 unaccompanied minors (UAMs) in the center of Athens. It foresees the establishment of an innovative type of shelter …
Open-Call Project title: DIAPLOUS
The project addresses the lack of adequate accommodation places and services for unaccompanied minors (UAMs) and women victims of violence and their children in Greece, by establishing 77 accommodation places in Northern Greece…
Open-Call Project title: One step forward – Housing structure for women asylum seekers and especially for mothers with children
The project will be implemented in the center of Athens and its aim is to operate a new long-term open accommodation centre for single women or mothers with children, with focus on pregnant …
Open-Call Project title: For the Transition of Unaccompanied Children to Adult Life Programme
The project aims to provide 10 “Supported Independent Living” (SIL) apartments in Athens, with a capacity of 40 places to accommodate asylum seeking unaccompanied children aged 16 years old and above.
Pre-defined Project title: Assisted voluntary return and reintegration of vulnerable groups
Through the proposed programme, IOM will provide AVRR assistance to migrants in situations of vulnerability, expressing the will to return to their country of origin. The target will particularly consist of 290 cases of migrants in situations of vulnerability, identified primarily at the Greek borders, and shall include, among others, single parent families, victims of trafficking, migrants with health-related needs, UMCs and elderly migrants. Beneficiaries will receive effective and comprehensive assistance, based on the experience and lessons learned acquired by IOM throughout the years of AVRR operations.
Pre-defined Project title: Quality assurance of asylum procedures and free legal aid to vulnerable asylum seekers
The project will provide expert support to the Greek Asylum Service and provide free legal aid to vulnerable asylum seekers related to first instance asylum procedures. The following two activities shall be supported:
Pre-defined Project title: Capacity development for dignified reception and protection of the rights of migrants and asylum seekers in Greece
The project will strengthen the capacity of key government institutions in Greece, to uphold the rights of refugees and migrants and ensure dignified reception. The project will reduce the Reception and Identification Service’s (RIS) dependency of the international community to ensure dignified reception, child protection and site management and strengthen the capacity of the National Center for Social Solidarity (EKKA), to ensure protection of vulnerable asylum seekers, particularly survivors of human trafficking and unaccompanied minors.
Pre-defined Project title: Integration of Refugee Children in Greek Schools
The project is conducted by EWC under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. By the end of the school year 2021-2022, school leaders, teachers, pupils and parents from 150 Greek secondary schools will take part in the project.