On the 16th of October 2018, Centre for Peace Osijek organized the first City walk, one of the activities of INTEGRA project. The first city walk was organized in the central area of Osijek, close to the train and bus station, sport’s hall and on the city street where Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics are. Due to the beginning of the academic year, the visited area was vibrant and full of life. The walk itself was very informative, and due to a smaller number of participants, the atmosphere was more relaxed, open and, therefore, enabled more in-depth conversations…

On September 27th 2018, Center for Peace-Osijek organized a second meeting of SIG as part of the project of Integration of Third Country Nationals through Urban Partnerships – INTEGRA. Representatives of organizations and institutions of the local integration group – representatives of the City of Osijek, Breza association, Red Cross Osijek and Volunteer center Osijek took part in the meeting. On the meeting, both the results of activities done so far and plans for carrying out future activities were presented. The emphasis was on planning and organization of the integration laboratory. The organization itself is planned to be done in…

Centre for Peace, Nonviolence and Human Rights organised Photovoice activity on 20th of August 2018. Twenty participants of different age and ethnicity answered our call for application and participated in the activity on the subject of integration of third country nationals. Considering the fact that small number of unaccompanied minors in reside in Osijek , who are also beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, we contacted people who come from third countries, but are already integrated in our community. All of them accepted our invitation to participate. During the activity, the Photovoice team first discussed integration issues in Osijek, followed by participants…

Between June 21 and August 31, 2018, RiSSC invited stakeholders and interested citizens to take part in a participatory audit of how the city of Rubano is integrating their third country nationals and migrants. Nearly 20 persons walked the streets of Rubano, assessed the city with the INTEGRA project checklists and took pictures of what they liked and what they did not like about the city integration capacity and practices. The pictures show positive images like the inauguration of the initiatives organized by the Municipality of Rubano and the SPRAR project aimed to increase integration of migrants; meetings of Sprar’s…