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Study visit in Klagenfurt

On 5-9 February, a study visit of all Partners of the project 'MentUwell - Preserving youth mental wellbeing in wartime migration crisis' took place in Klagenfurt, Austria. This was the third international meeting of all the partners involved in the project after the first one in Padua in September 2023 and the second one in Helsinki. The study visit was aimed at learning about system solutions, tools and good practices of direct work with migrants in Carinthia Region.

The international meeting in Austria was hosted by the European Center of Entreptreneurship Competence & Excellence, our project partner from Klagenfurt.  The WSB University was represented by Prof. Artur Fabiś, Prof. Monika Sosnowska-Bąk and Prof. Maciej Witkowski.

In Klagenfurt, the visit participants attended meetings with representatives of governmental institutions and NGOs. Interviews and discussions were held with people working directly with migrants and coordinators of assistance projects for people seeking to stay in Austria. There was also an opportunity to talk to the beneficiaries themselves - migrants who have settled in Austria and who are now involved in helping others in need of support in their new life situation.

The visit to Austria was also an opportunity to design a universal methodology for working with migrants, with a particular focus on young war refugees from Ukraine - which is a main  goal of the project. The intensive study trip was full of discussions about the possibility of adapting the methods learnt in the conditions of Poland, Lithuania and Romania and applying them to support young people from Ukraine. An important element of learning about good practices was the presentation of Ukrainian partners' reflections on the possibility of cultural adaptation of the learned solutions in the case of war refugees from Ukraine.

Study visit in Padua

On 17-19 October 2023, Padua hosted the first study visit planned as part of the project 'MentUwell Project - Preserving youth mental wellbeing in wartime migration crisis'. The international meeting in Padua was hosted by the social cooperative ENAIP and Studio Progetto, the WSB University was represented by Prof. Artur Fabiś, Dr. Maciej Witkowski, Prof. AWSB and Dr. Michał Szyszka. Guests from partner institutions (WSB University, Mykolo Romerio Universitetas from Lithuania, Universitatea De Arta Si Design Din Clujnapoca from Romania, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University from Ukraine, European Center of Entreptreneurship Competence & Excellence from Austria) had the opportunity to learn about good practices in supporting migrants in Italian non-governmental institutions.

On the first day of the meeting, the Italian partners conducted familiarisation and integration workshops for the partner teams and introduced the guests to, among other things, the legal and administrative regulations of the Italian migrant reception system, the characteristics of the latest changes in the reception procedure and the provision of support to asylum seekers. Representatives of Studio Progetto presented the experimental system for the reception and integration of refugees (SAI) implemented in the Valdango centre. The hosts shared with the project participants information on the vocational training system, social and psychological support offered by their institution to migrants.

On the second day of the stay, a study visit to the ENAIP Terraferma centre took place. Participants attended a workshop on competences needed in working with migrants, learnt about the method of integration of migrants through improvisation theatre, and met with beneficiaries of the centre from Mali, Nigeria and Ukraine.

On the third day, a study visit to the ENAIP centre "Il Sestante" allowed the project partners to look behind the scenes of a social cooperative offering vocational training to migrants intending to work in Italy. The intensive study trip was full of discussions, e.g. about the relationship between migrants and the local community of residents, about the possibility of adapting the methods learnt in the conditions of Poland, Lithuania and Romania and applying them to support young people from Ukraine. An important element of learning about good practices was the presentation of Ukrainian partners' reflections on the possibility of cultural adaptation of the learned solutions in the case of war refugees from Ukraine.

Study visit in Helsinki

On 11-15 December, a study visit of all 90wsPartners of the project 'MentUwell - Preserving youth mental wellbeing in wartime migration crisis' took place in Helsinki. This was the second international meeting of all the partners involved in the project after the first one in Padua in September. Both visits were aimed at learning about the legal basis, system solutions, tools and good practices of direct work with migrants.

In Helsinki, the visit participants attended meetings with representatives of governmental institutions and NGOs. Interviews and discussions were held with people working directly with migrants and coordinators of assistance projects for people seeking to stay in Finland. There was also an opportunity to talk to the beneficiaries themselves - migrants who have settled in Finland and who are now involved in helping others in need of support in their new life situation. 

The visit to Finland was also an opportunity to design the last of the project's planned visits - to Austria - and to discuss joint research and the creation of a universal methodology for working with migrants, with a particular focus on young war refugees from Ukraine - which is a main  goal of the project.