Arrival Regions
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Can a difficult challenge become an opportunity?
The rural areas of Central Europe are facing an unprecedented demographic decrease and an increase in migration flows, but if the conditions for an effective integration process are created, this new challenge in the long run can represent an opportunity.
Arrival Regions, a project funded under the Interreg Central Europe programme, lays the foundations for the development of new approaches to social innovation to foster the social and economic integration of non-EU citizens in rural areas.
The project supports and promotes the development of practices that make the integration process a success story, enhancing the competences of actors on the territory and supporting the social inclusion of non-EU citizens.
Project partners
Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, LAG Escartons and Waldensians Valleys, City of Osijek, Information legal centre, Mountain Union of Mongia e Cevetta Valley Langa Cebana Alta Valle Bormida, National Union of mountain municipalities and mountain communities – UNCEM Piemonte, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Center Rotunda, Koper, Municipality of Postojna, University of Szczecin, Westpomeranian Region, Burgenland district, Lodzkie Region
LAG actions
Final events
Events to give continuity to the Pilot Action and give ideas for the future. The events have as themes the story of the pilot action, the parents-school confrontation and possible future scenarios.
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Training
Stakeholders participated in 3 workshops on intercultural dialogue, social innovation and networking, and the migrant economy. Speakers and participants were able to discuss these topics, creating food for thought for daily work.
Pilot action
One of nine pilot actions was conducted in the area of the Escartons and Waldesian Valleys LAG, in the Pellice Valley, involving front desk operators who interact with the public on a daily basis.
The aim of the action was to facilitate access to society for non-EU citizens to enable them to become an active part of it.
With the aim of fostering interaction with the users of their services from non-EU countries, the front-desk operators benefited from a series of trainings on intercultural dialogue, social innovation and networking, and the migrant economy. Subsequently, they had the opportunity to be tutored and, when necessary, to receive support from cultural mediators in serving non-EU citizens. The project provided the opportunity to develop informative infographics aimed at both citizens and operators and a vademecum to support operators in an easy and direct way.
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