Registration for workshops on migration and refugees in Paraíba now open
Training sessions will be held from 10 to 12 April. Registration is free.
Registration for activities of the project “Working in a network: training people involved in the reception, integration and interiorisation of refugees and migrants in Brazil”, in João Pessoa (PB), have been re-opened and will remain so until midday on Wednesday, 3 April. Registration is free.
There will be training sessions for members of refugee and migrant committees, reception committees, working groups on employability, managers and teams of shelters, civil servants and civil society organisations involved in this issue as well as students and journalists.
Symposium – The Symposium “Refugees and Migrants in Paraíba: how to receive and integrate?” will take place on the morning of 10 April and will have two discussion tables. The first one will deal with the issue of National Policy on Migration and Refugees, touching on historical aspects, the right to work and migratory management at the local level. Afterwards, there will be a presentation of local experiences of attention to migrants and refugees, highlighting information about migratory flow in the state and experiences at the State Secretary for Human Development, the State University of Paraíba and the National Coordination of the Pastoral Service for Migrants. See the full programme.
Register here for the symposium.
To register for the symposium. Before doing so, you must register on the site or log in in, if you have already registered.
To find out more, see the notice.
Workshops – Seven workshops will be held from 10 to 12 April. Those who are interested may sign up for more than one, as long as they are not at the same time. The workshop “Media Training” is exclusively for spokespersons at institutions and organisations involved in the reception and integration of refugees and migrants. “The Press in the Fight against Xenophobia regarding Refugees and Migrants” is aimed at journalists, press officers and bloggers.
Sign up for workshops of interest:
New Migration Law, Refugee Law, Rights and Access to Justice – Register here
Migratory Management at the Local Level – Register here
Labour Rights, Migration and Prevention of Slave Labour and People Trafficking – Register here
Gender, Human Rights, Migration and the Protection Network – where do I fit in? – Register here
Migration and Local Integration – Register here
Media Training (intended solely for spokespersons at local network institutions) – Register here
The Press in the Fight against Xenophobia against Refugees and Migrants (intended solely for journalists, press officers and bloggers) – Register here
For further information, see the notice.
Working in a network – The activities will be hosted by “Rede de Capacitação a Refugiados e Migrantes” formed of the School of the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (ESMPU), The Federal Attorney for Citizen’s Rights (PFDC), The Ministry for Labour (MPT), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (ACNUR), The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Conectas Human Rights, The Institute for Migration and Human Rights (IMDH), The Federal Public Defender’s Office (DPU), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), The Peace Mission and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Rede will be working in conjunction with the Pernambuco Inter-institutional Committee for the Promotion of the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in organising activities in Recife.
Rede will be working in conjunction with the Federal Attorney’s Office in Paraíba, The Paraíba Ministry for Labour, The Public Defender’s Office in Paraíba, local public institutions involved in attending to refugees and migrants and local non-governmental organisations involved in attending to refugees and migrants.
To find out more about the project: http://escola.mpu.mp.br/h/rede
Details
– Symposium: “Refugees and Migrants in Paraíba: how to receive and integrate?”
– Workshops of the project “Working in a network: training people involved in the reception, integration and interiorisation of refugees and migrants in Brazil”
Date: 10 to 12 April
Venue: Auditorium of the Federal Attorney’s Office in Paraíba (Av. Epitácio Pessoa, 1800, Expedicionários – João Pessoa/PB)
Registration: up to midday on 3 April, via the link “Inscrição e Resultados” at the address http://escola.mpu.mp.br.
