The society`s representatives say that the main accents in the project are aimed at the subjects that are topical for asylum seekers after their arrival in Latvia, starting an independent life after receiving the status.
To provide asylum seekers, refugees and persons with an alternative status with the knowledge useful for life in Latvia, the training program in the social and economic inclusion will have lessons about how various systems operate in Latvia – labour market, education system, housing market, support system for refugees, and others. In addition to the training courses, the trainees will make Educational Visits, during which they can personally ask educators and employers about educational and employment opportunities for adults, so expanding their future opportunities to choose an employment direction according to the already received profession and their desire to get a new profession.
During the project, some work will be performed to develop the information adapted for asylum seekers: The information material `Latvia is a state at the Baltic Sea` will be updated, having translated it into Arabic, Dari, English, and French.
More and more minor children, including children with special needs, arrive in Latvia as refugees, for this purpose the project especially considered also this target group – the information material about Latvia will be created for children, and it will include both general subjects about the Latvian State and subjects meeting age stages about school and the school environment. To support the persons under international protection who have no writing or reading skills, or their use is rather hard, 10 interactive and easily understood information stories will be created in the project for various subjects that are important for each refugee starting life in our state.
Within the project, it is planned to update the www.beglis.lv/refugees.lv page, offering the Latvian society the information on refugees, as well as a new section will be developed, which will give answers to refugees on the issues of interest, with translations into five languages – Arabic, Russian, English, Dari, and French. This homepage will provide every interested visitor with an opportunity to obtain up-to-date information on the situation with refugees in Latvia, receive answers to the issues of interest, and to take part in providing support to improve the situation of the refugees.
The Support Actions for Persons under International Protection project within Asylum, Migration and Integration Foundation is performed by Society "Shelter "Safe House"". The project is co-financed by the European Union. The project`s total budget is EUR 221 538.67, of which the financing from the European Union is EUR 166 154.00, and the financing from the state budget is EUR 55 384.67. Grant Agreement No. PMIF/9/2016/1/03.
Information was prepared by: Rasa Salina (Rasa Saliņa), Communications and Social Media Expert, e-mail: rasa.salina@gmail.com
