The University of Nicosia is a partner in project Prom-Par, “Promoting migrants’ democratic participation and integration” (Project No. 2019-1-IT02-KA204-063109), under the Erasmus+ programme. The main purpose of the project is to offer multi-faceted civic education opportunities and to introduce new tools of civic education, to support and empower the social inclusion process of newly arrived and/or settled Asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection into the host societies and communities of the project partner countries: Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Bulgaria and Denmark.
The general objective of the proposed action is to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches in civic education and training available to migrants and refugees currently applied in the partner countries, in an effort to develop alternative and accessible ways of learning towards their active integration. More specifically, the project is going to introduce an effective civic education training system, which will equip the target group with tacit knowledge such as virtues, norms and critical thinking, so as to strengthen their autonomy, self-efficacy, and self-confidence, while enhancing their cognitive skills. It perceives the notion that the migrants’ effective integration can be achieved by understanding the culture, social and working practices, language, communal life and institutional rules and organizations of the host country.
Activities of Project PROM-PAR
In order to achieve the stated aims, the following activities will be conducted:
- Reflection on current practices regarding civic education, along with research on new approaches.
- Development of civic education modules based on the knowledge gained in the previous step.
- Creation of an e-learning platform acting as a hub for the civic education modules, and to promote the approach of PROM-PAR to the general public.
- Creation of an ECTS format, in order to award participants with an official certificate for participation.
The Partners of the project are:
- Cooperativa sociale Glocal Factory (Italy, lead partner)
- University of Nicosia (Cyprus)
- SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education Limited (Cyprus)
- Centre for European Constitutional Law (Greece)
- European Information Centre (Bulgaria)
- Resource Centre for Integration (Denmark)
More information available at: http://prompar-civiceducation.eu/