On 13 January the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants participated in a workshop session organized by the Sofia Development Association, Bulgarian Red Cross and the UNHCR Representation in Bulgaria on the establishment of a Municipal Center for Information and Integration of Third Country Nationals. The focus of the discussion was on the vision of the center, the type of services, that will be provided, as well as coordination between the different organizations. The meeting was initiated by Malina Edreva – Chairperson of the Education, Culture, Science, and Cultural Diversity Commission in Sofia Municipality.

The progress of Bulgaria in 2018 and 2019, as a new country participating in the refugee resettlement program, is featured in the latest Info Graphics, developed within the SHARE Network, coordinated by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC Europe), as well as the contribution of the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants and the Bulgarian Red Cross. Additional focus is also put on the voluntary reception and integration of persons by municipalities/municipal districts.

The progress of Bulgaria in 2018 and 2019, as a new country participating in the refugee resettlement program, is featured in the latest Info Graphics, developed within the SHARE Network, coordinated by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC Europe), as well as the contribution of the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants and the Bulgarian Red Cross. Additional focus is also put on the voluntary reception and integration of persons by municipalities and municipal districts.

In the edition you will find information about:

∙Statistics on provided international protection in Bulgaria for the period January-November 2019

∙Opportunities for financing activities related to the integration of refugees and migrants under the Horizon 2020 Programme

∙Refugee Month 2019 Bulgaria

∙Bulgarian and British experience in refugee integration

∙Media and refugee integration

∙Your/Our Europe ?! Strengthening the sense of European belonging to young migrant leaders:

∙The Bulgarian participation in Go Local International Conference in Brussels on Integration of Refugees and Migrants

∙Presentations of the Bulgarian Red Cross and Vitosha District of Sofia Municipality at an International conference in Brussels

∙Regional Seminar “Building Capacity for Work with Refugees ”

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On 18 and 19 December 2019, the BCRM participated in a Kick-off Meeting for the Project RefuIn – An Innovative tool for the integration of refugees. The leading organization is Crescer in Portugal and national partners are the Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants in Bulgaria,  ARCI Catania and Programa Integra in Italy, Ostersund Municipality in Sweden. The project is funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of EC.   The aim of the project is to identify, research and transfer good practices and innovations for refugee integration. During the project are planned several focus groups with refugees and experts. The final output of the project will be a training kit for innovative good practices for the integration of refugees.