SDA supported the interactive AR exhibition "Identity” organized by UNHCR in Sofia to mark the world refugee day. “We are glad to be able to join and express our commitment to local integration of refugees”, declared Yordanka Fandakova, Sofia Mayor, in her address at the exhibition opening on June 20, 2019. She also mentioned the own projects of Sofia aiming at better integration policies, especially focusing on INTEGRA. The exhibition “Identity” presents the faces of the people called ‘refugees’ in Bulgaria. Not with their id card, not with the definitions of others about them, but with their personality, with who…

On 18th June 2019 at Kazamat Gallery, Centre for Peace, nonviolence and human rights Osijek, in cooperation with the Croatian Red Cross Osijek and Udruga Breza, hosted INTEGRA day as a part of an exhibition "Create the Change" that marked World Refugee Day. The exhibition presented „Balkan trails“ - works of award-winning Slovenian authors Ciril Jazbec, Matic Zorman, Boštjan Pucelj and Matej Povše. The photographs were taken during the time of migrant and refugee flow that happened in 2015 and they present the individual experience and the current state of each of the authors. In the framework of the exhibition…

As a part of the creative tool in the framework of the INTEGRA project, Centre for Peace, nonviolence and human rights publishes foreign recipes. The online publications puts the culinary added-value of foreigners under the spotlight, and aims at better migrant integration by celebrating diversity. On 13th of June Centre for Peace presented a hummus recipe. Hummus is a Levantine dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas or other beans, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and garlic. It is popular in the Middle East and Mediterranean, as well as in Middle Eastern cuisine around the globe.…

INTEGRA project had its Brussels premiere on June 11, 2019! A year and a half after the project launch we were ready to reflect on our experience, to propose policy recommendations for better TCN integration local, national and European policies, to share broadly the creative tools and information materials we have created. The policy briefing was hosted by the European Committee of the Regions. The project manager Sevdalina Voynova emphasized on the main strength of the project: broad citizen participation and co-creation of integration policies. Botyo Botev, Sofia Municipal Councilor, shared that “We are proud Sofia is the lead partner…