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Integration of refugees in small villages

The Center for Community Organization supports the active participation of citizens in the process of public decision-making. It helps citizens formulate and defend their natural interests and creates space for effective cooperation between citizens, self-government and the business sector with the aim of community development.

In other words, at CKO we try to help build a more active, open, democratic and tolerant civil society in Slovakia by supporting the active participation of citizens in the public decision-making process. We help formulate and defend their natural interests and at the same time create space for effective cooperation between citizens, self-government and the business sector with the aim of developing communities with a special emphasis on excluded Roma communities.

Challenge

Integration of refugees in small villages. 

Building a community in which people are prepared to provide support within the community .

Target group

Volunteers

Refugee women with children

Solution

Providing digital abilities and teaching skills   for volunteers who are working with refugees. 

Empowering the refugees can lead to a faster integration into the society. 

Innovation

Developing a civic spirit in times of crisis. Connecting sophisticated educational tools with refugees in crisis and volunteers providing assistance.

Unique Selling Point

We are offering unique development tool for volunteers to provide mutual support in communities of migrants, especially women and children.

Impact

  • Increased quality of support for migrants, especially women with children
  • Improved situation in migrant communities in Slovakia
  • Better integration of migrants and refugees into society
  • Improved quality of life of communities in general

Feasibility / Transferability

The training can also be used for different groups of disadvantaged people who want to relocate themselves. 

People with no degrees or higher studies can use the training as a starting point in a specific career.

Maros Chmelik

maros@cko.sk

www.cko.sk

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