Current Projects
The People for Change Foundation is working on a number of projects in the areas of human rights, migration, and trafficking at the moment. To learn more about our projects, please contact us at [email protected].
Preservere: Preventing Racism and Discrimination - Enabling the Effective Implementation of the EU Anti-Racist Legal Framework
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Preservere proposes actions that prevent and fight racism and xenophobia through a more effective implementation of the European legal framework that has already been transposed in Member States that are part of the partnership: Italy, Cyprus, Netherlands, Greece, Bulgaria and Malta. It focuses, in particular, on professionals who are expected to enforce this framework, but are often unaware of, or unfamiliar with it and, therefore, unable to rely on it in order to protect and empower victimised groups.
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The EU Anti-Racism Action Plan 2020-25 notes that a system that protects groups vulnerable to racial or ethnic discrimination must, first and foremost, rely on the effective enforcement of the legal framework. While this is available in the EU (primarily in the form of the Racial Equality Directive and the Victims’ Rights Directive), the European Commission has acknowledged that effective implementation of said framework is often lacking. Preservere will address these identified gaps by:
1. Examining how the legal framework has been transposed in the national contexts of project partners. It will question whether the existing legal framework, at both the European and national levels, fits for purpose, or if there are gaps to be filled (by amending and strengthening existing Directives or passing new legislation).
2. Identifying the gaps (and reasons these exist) in the implementation of the law in each partner country.
3. Supporting these researches with better data. The project will explore the extent to which the law is enforced in different partner countries, by collecting and coding data on the number of relevant cases that are reported to the police or equality bodies, the outcomes of their investigations, how many cases reach the Court and their outcomes, including any penalties imposed on the perpetrators.
4. Building on the analysis and data collected, the project will develop educational materials for legal professionals.
The Preservere e-book #1 is out now!
The e-book consists of chapters about the legal framework of six EU Member States. It also includes a chapter on the Racial Equality Directive and Victims' Rights Directive, and a comparative analysis between the different case studies. Click here to download the e-book. You can also download the e-book from Academia.edu or read it as a flipbook on Issuu.
The Preservere online platform is online now!
The online platform contains materials from the Preservere training sessions for legal professionals, frontline workers, and educators. Click here to visit the website.
1. Examining how the legal framework has been transposed in the national contexts of project partners. It will question whether the existing legal framework, at both the European and national levels, fits for purpose, or if there are gaps to be filled (by amending and strengthening existing Directives or passing new legislation).
2. Identifying the gaps (and reasons these exist) in the implementation of the law in each partner country.
3. Supporting these researches with better data. The project will explore the extent to which the law is enforced in different partner countries, by collecting and coding data on the number of relevant cases that are reported to the police or equality bodies, the outcomes of their investigations, how many cases reach the Court and their outcomes, including any penalties imposed on the perpetrators.
4. Building on the analysis and data collected, the project will develop educational materials for legal professionals.
The Preservere e-book #1 is out now!
The e-book consists of chapters about the legal framework of six EU Member States. It also includes a chapter on the Racial Equality Directive and Victims' Rights Directive, and a comparative analysis between the different case studies. Click here to download the e-book. You can also download the e-book from Academia.edu or read it as a flipbook on Issuu.
The Preservere online platform is online now!
The online platform contains materials from the Preservere training sessions for legal professionals, frontline workers, and educators. Click here to visit the website.
DIOGENES: Digital storytelling to foster critical thinking on gender stereotypes
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The Diogenes project promotes gender equality, non-discrimination, social inclusion and shared values through innovative and integrated approaches. It helps students process information about gender equality by using critical thinking techniques. In doing so, the project responds to the Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy (2014-2017), which stresses that schools play a fundamental role in destructuring gender stereotypes and promoting gender equality.
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To achieve these goals, the project is going to develop the following activities:
1. Digital storytelling laboratories to stimulate critical thinking on the issue of gender stereotypes.
2. A training course for teachers on digital storytelling and a set of sensitising videos for peers and parents.
3. A To Do & Not To Do List to help parents understand appropriate and inappropriate behavior or statements towards gender stereotypes.
The Diogenes Project aims to obtain the following results:
1. Updating the teachers’ skills on basic concepts of gender difference and elements of critical thinking.
2. Providing teachers with innovative tools to stimulate critical thinking on gender difference.
3. Empowering teachers to experiment with these techniques within a class and transfer their skills to fellow educators.
4. Promoting school-family alliance models and facilitating students’ active participation processes.
5. Planting a seed for an initial change by pupils on their perceptions of gender difference and for a more critical and aware use of social media.
6. Raising awareness among parents about the most appropriate attitudes to adopt when influencing their children.
The Diogenes project is founded by the European Commission, Erasmus+ Programme, KA220-SCH Cooperation partnerships in school education. It is implemented by The People for Change Foundation in collaboration with a network of partner organisations: Agenfap, Arjantin Ilkokulu, Consorzio Ro.Ma., Don Lorenzo Milani Institute, Raoul Wallenbergskolan Bromma, Szkoła Podstawowa w Jankowie Przygodzkim, The University of Iceland.
Click here to visit the official website of the project.
1. Digital storytelling laboratories to stimulate critical thinking on the issue of gender stereotypes.
2. A training course for teachers on digital storytelling and a set of sensitising videos for peers and parents.
3. A To Do & Not To Do List to help parents understand appropriate and inappropriate behavior or statements towards gender stereotypes.
The Diogenes Project aims to obtain the following results:
1. Updating the teachers’ skills on basic concepts of gender difference and elements of critical thinking.
2. Providing teachers with innovative tools to stimulate critical thinking on gender difference.
3. Empowering teachers to experiment with these techniques within a class and transfer their skills to fellow educators.
4. Promoting school-family alliance models and facilitating students’ active participation processes.
5. Planting a seed for an initial change by pupils on their perceptions of gender difference and for a more critical and aware use of social media.
6. Raising awareness among parents about the most appropriate attitudes to adopt when influencing their children.
The Diogenes project is founded by the European Commission, Erasmus+ Programme, KA220-SCH Cooperation partnerships in school education. It is implemented by The People for Change Foundation in collaboration with a network of partner organisations: Agenfap, Arjantin Ilkokulu, Consorzio Ro.Ma., Don Lorenzo Milani Institute, Raoul Wallenbergskolan Bromma, Szkoła Podstawowa w Jankowie Przygodzkim, The University of Iceland.
Click here to visit the official website of the project.
Past Projects
The People for Change Foundation has completed a number of projects over the past years in the areas of human rights, migration, and trafficking. To learn more about our projects, please contact us at [email protected].
Evaluation of "Learning - Exchanging - Integrating"
Start Date: 1 June 2023
Duration: 3 months
About this project
This project undertook an evaluation of the "Learning - Exchanging - Integrating" project by the Human Rights Directorate. The LEI project was carried out by the directorate between 2018 and 2022 and targeted the integration of migrants in Malta through four different project activities: I Belong Programme, Turning the Tables, Migrant Integration Information Sessions, and Diploma in Education for Cultural Mediation.
The People for Change Foundation’s role
PfC carried out the evaluation of the whole project, using qualitative and quantitative methods including interviews, focus groups, and surveys. On the basis of this, PfC wrote a report evaluating the project as well as suggesting recommendations for future projects.
Duration: 3 months
About this project
This project undertook an evaluation of the "Learning - Exchanging - Integrating" project by the Human Rights Directorate. The LEI project was carried out by the directorate between 2018 and 2022 and targeted the integration of migrants in Malta through four different project activities: I Belong Programme, Turning the Tables, Migrant Integration Information Sessions, and Diploma in Education for Cultural Mediation.
The People for Change Foundation’s role
PfC carried out the evaluation of the whole project, using qualitative and quantitative methods including interviews, focus groups, and surveys. On the basis of this, PfC wrote a report evaluating the project as well as suggesting recommendations for future projects.
Upholding Migrants Rights in the Fight Against COVID-19
Start Date: 20 July 2020
Duration: 8 Months
About this project
This project seeked to contribute to upholding migrants’ rights in the fight against COVID-19. It does so through mapping the ways COVID-19 has impacted migrants in Malta, identifying promising practices and developing, through consultation with migrant community organisations and NGOs, a series of guiding principles towards ensuring the response to COVID-19 into 2021 and beyond respects the rights of migrants, refugees, and trafficked persons.
The main output of the project was a set of principles that NGOs, migrant community organisations, and the public can use to promote a better response to COVID-19 that respects the rights of migrants and refugees.
Additional outputs include:
This project supplemented other work that The People for Change Foundation has done about the human rights impacts of the response to COVID-19 including for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
This project was funded by Alumni Rapid Response Fund of the US Department of State through the Embassy of the United States in Malta.
Duration: 8 Months
About this project
This project seeked to contribute to upholding migrants’ rights in the fight against COVID-19. It does so through mapping the ways COVID-19 has impacted migrants in Malta, identifying promising practices and developing, through consultation with migrant community organisations and NGOs, a series of guiding principles towards ensuring the response to COVID-19 into 2021 and beyond respects the rights of migrants, refugees, and trafficked persons.
The main output of the project was a set of principles that NGOs, migrant community organisations, and the public can use to promote a better response to COVID-19 that respects the rights of migrants and refugees.
Additional outputs include:
- A report providing the findings of the research
- A compendium of promising practices
- A new page on the Malta Human Rights Library collecting resources and information on COVID-19 in Malta
This project supplemented other work that The People for Change Foundation has done about the human rights impacts of the response to COVID-19 including for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
This project was funded by Alumni Rapid Response Fund of the US Department of State through the Embassy of the United States in Malta.
Migrant & Youth Social Inclusion Through Entrepreneurship
Start Date: 02 April 2018
Duration: 18 months
Project Funder: Erasmus+ (National Agency – Malta)
Lead Partner: The People for Change Foundation (Malta)
Project Partners: Aequitas (Cyprus), Allileggie Solidaritynow (Greece) Asociacion Socio Educativa Llere (Spain), Ce.S.F.Or. Centro Studi Formazione Orientamento (Italy).
About this project
This project addressed entrepreneurship as a tool towards integration. The target group was Third Country National and local young people interested in entrepreneurship.
The objectives of the project were:
The project involved research, training, and mentorship. The research component provided a snapshot of the opportunities for entrepreneurship for both groups in the five participating countries. National reports were drawn up for each country and a comparative report analysed developments and opportunities at the European level as well as providing a comparative analysis of the participating countries.
The training component catered for both TCNs and local youth and was developed on the basis of the research findings and delivered across the participating countries as well as online. The training covered a range of topics including the modalities and frameworks for setting up a business, accessing finance, and management. The mentorship components of the project involved pairing the participants with a relevant mentor (established entrepreneur in the field of their choice).
Our project was unique in that it encouraged TCN youths and local youths in five different countries to explore the opportunity of entrepreneurship together. Besides promoting entrepreneurship as a means of financial independence for young people it also supported the integration and social inclusion of TCNs in the participating countries.
The People for Change Foundation’s role
PfC was the lead partner of this project responsible for the overall direction and management of the project. We were responsible for the research stream of the project including the drawing up of the research methodology for the national research and the drafting of the comparative reports. Moreover, PfC was implementing the project activities in Malta.
The People for Change Foundation wishes to thank MEUSEC - the Malta EU Steering and Action Committee for their support in the development of the project proposal.
You can find out more about this project here.
Duration: 18 months
Project Funder: Erasmus+ (National Agency – Malta)
Lead Partner: The People for Change Foundation (Malta)
Project Partners: Aequitas (Cyprus), Allileggie Solidaritynow (Greece) Asociacion Socio Educativa Llere (Spain), Ce.S.F.Or. Centro Studi Formazione Orientamento (Italy).
About this project
This project addressed entrepreneurship as a tool towards integration. The target group was Third Country National and local young people interested in entrepreneurship.
The objectives of the project were:
- To compile research on the needs of young entrepreneurs and on the resources available in each participating country
- To promote youth entrepreneurship as a means of employment and financial independence
- To promote the social inclusion of TCN youth in five different countries
The project involved research, training, and mentorship. The research component provided a snapshot of the opportunities for entrepreneurship for both groups in the five participating countries. National reports were drawn up for each country and a comparative report analysed developments and opportunities at the European level as well as providing a comparative analysis of the participating countries.
The training component catered for both TCNs and local youth and was developed on the basis of the research findings and delivered across the participating countries as well as online. The training covered a range of topics including the modalities and frameworks for setting up a business, accessing finance, and management. The mentorship components of the project involved pairing the participants with a relevant mentor (established entrepreneur in the field of their choice).
Our project was unique in that it encouraged TCN youths and local youths in five different countries to explore the opportunity of entrepreneurship together. Besides promoting entrepreneurship as a means of financial independence for young people it also supported the integration and social inclusion of TCNs in the participating countries.
The People for Change Foundation’s role
PfC was the lead partner of this project responsible for the overall direction and management of the project. We were responsible for the research stream of the project including the drawing up of the research methodology for the national research and the drafting of the comparative reports. Moreover, PfC was implementing the project activities in Malta.
The People for Change Foundation wishes to thank MEUSEC - the Malta EU Steering and Action Committee for their support in the development of the project proposal.
You can find out more about this project here.
Support and Advice Through Health System for Hate Crimes Victims (SHELTER)
Start Date: December 2018
Duration: 24 months
Project Funder: Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme, European Commission
Lead Partner: University of Castilla-la Mancha (Spain)
Project Partners: Asociación Socio Educativa Llere (Spain), Szubjektív Értékek Alapítvány and Nemzeti Kozszolgalati Egyetem (Hungary), Aequitas and the University of Cyprus (Cyprus) and The People for Change Foundation (Malta).
About the project
This project aimed to improve the protection for victims of hate crime and their access to health services. It's objectives were:
The project activities included:
The People for Change Foundation’s role
The People for Change Foundation was responsible for the implementation of the project activities in Malta. We worked closely with the relevant stakeholders. This project built on PfC’s extensive work in the field of hate crime and hate speech including the online reporting platform www.ReportRacism-Malta.org, and previous projects including the ‘Tackling Hate Crime and Hate Speech Project’ and the CONTACT Project.
You can find out more about this project here.
Duration: 24 months
Project Funder: Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme, European Commission
Lead Partner: University of Castilla-la Mancha (Spain)
Project Partners: Asociación Socio Educativa Llere (Spain), Szubjektív Értékek Alapítvány and Nemzeti Kozszolgalati Egyetem (Hungary), Aequitas and the University of Cyprus (Cyprus) and The People for Change Foundation (Malta).
About the project
This project aimed to improve the protection for victims of hate crime and their access to health services. It's objectives were:
- To tackle the under-reporting of hate crime and lack of data in the health system in relation to hate crimes
- To strengthen the medical and psycho-social care provided to victims of hate crime by healthcare services
- To facilitate the access to assistance, protection, and specialised support services for victims of hate crime
- To incorporate national health institutions into the support structures for victims of hate crime.
The project activities included:
- Research about hate crime victims, their access to healthcare services and the awareness of healthcare professionals of hate crime issues
- Capacity building for professionals and students in the health sector
- Development of tools and draft protocols for detecting and assisting victims of hate crime for the health sector
- Awareness raising activities
- The establishment of an International Network of Healthcare Workers focusing on identifying and assisting hate crime victims
The People for Change Foundation’s role
The People for Change Foundation was responsible for the implementation of the project activities in Malta. We worked closely with the relevant stakeholders. This project built on PfC’s extensive work in the field of hate crime and hate speech including the online reporting platform www.ReportRacism-Malta.org, and previous projects including the ‘Tackling Hate Crime and Hate Speech Project’ and the CONTACT Project.
You can find out more about this project here.
BINIs - Best practices In tackling trafficking NIgerian Route
Implementation Start: January 2018
Project Funder: Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (European Commission – DG Migration and Home Affairs)
Lead Partner: Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud (Italy)
Project Partners: Dortmunder Mitternachtsmission E.V. (Germany); The People for Change Foundation (Malta); Herzwerk (Austria); CRESM – Centro di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali per il Meridione (Italy); MPDL – Movimiento por la Paz (Spain), International Organisation for Migration.
About this project
The project supports the exchange of good practices between practitioners and organizations working on the identification, support, protection and integration of trafficked persons. The project is carried out in Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malta and Spain.
Aims and Objectives
The project focuses on the circumstances and the needs of four vulnerable groups:
The project involves two main components: research and capacity building with key stakeholders. The research will be carried out across the six participating countries and it will produce 6 National reports and 1 Comparative report, which will be disseminated through roundtables across the participating countries.
A practical guide, an e-learning training programme and an information toolkit will also be produced on the basis of working groups and collection of best practices on the identification, protection and integration of victims of human trafficking.
The Role of the People for Change Foundation
Throughout the implementation, PfC will be responsible for the project activities in Malta, including the draft of the national report.and capacity building with relevant institutions in Malta. PfC will also produce online courses and other resources to help inform and support Malta's efforts in fighting human trafficking. Updates on the various aspects of the project will be posted on this page as the project implementation moves forward over the course of 2018.
Project Funder: Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (European Commission – DG Migration and Home Affairs)
Lead Partner: Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud (Italy)
Project Partners: Dortmunder Mitternachtsmission E.V. (Germany); The People for Change Foundation (Malta); Herzwerk (Austria); CRESM – Centro di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali per il Meridione (Italy); MPDL – Movimiento por la Paz (Spain), International Organisation for Migration.
About this project
The project supports the exchange of good practices between practitioners and organizations working on the identification, support, protection and integration of trafficked persons. The project is carried out in Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malta and Spain.
Aims and Objectives
- To enhance the skills and capacities of governmental and non-governmental actors to fight and prevent human trafficking (with a focus on Nigerian women and girls)
- To spread innovative practices of long-term sustainable integration of trafficked persons
- To increase cooperation between European and Nigerian civil society organisations involved in migration and anti-trafficking programs.
- To raise awareness of the risks of human trafficking in the participating countries.
The project focuses on the circumstances and the needs of four vulnerable groups:
- persons trafficked to the partner countries;
- persons trafficked through partner countries to other destinations,
- persons who are trafficked within the partner countries
- persons who are trafficked on the way to the partner countries.
The project involves two main components: research and capacity building with key stakeholders. The research will be carried out across the six participating countries and it will produce 6 National reports and 1 Comparative report, which will be disseminated through roundtables across the participating countries.
A practical guide, an e-learning training programme and an information toolkit will also be produced on the basis of working groups and collection of best practices on the identification, protection and integration of victims of human trafficking.
The Role of the People for Change Foundation
Throughout the implementation, PfC will be responsible for the project activities in Malta, including the draft of the national report.and capacity building with relevant institutions in Malta. PfC will also produce online courses and other resources to help inform and support Malta's efforts in fighting human trafficking. Updates on the various aspects of the project will be posted on this page as the project implementation moves forward over the course of 2018.
COMMUNITY: INteractive and Creative Approaches to Discover Different Cultures
Project Funder: European Commission Creative Europe, Culture Sub-Programme
Lead Partner: Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud, Italy
Project Partners: Associazione Arci Porco Rosso (Italy), Associazione Tavola Tonda (Italy), Associazione di Promozione sociale Maghwed (Italy), Asociatia Serviciul Apel (Romania) and Encardia (Greece).
About this project
ComeIN is an audio-visual project currently being implemented in five European countries including Malta. It introduces creative and artistic integration activities and strategies for refugees and migrants. The project empowers participants to use art and photography to present their experience of integration in Malta, with an exciting opportunity to present their work in an exhibition.
The focus of the project is on the use of art to convey important messages - including through painting, sketching, clay making, poetry, photography materials, using recycling to create 3D art and collages. It will help migrants and refugees develop and unlock their artistic potential whilst at the same time sharing their experience of integration in Malta. Aside from artistic skills participants will also acquire other key skills including self-discipline, creativity and patience.
The project will allow participants to share their narrative of integration and the general public to engage with and better understand the way in which migrant and refugees experience their integration journey in Europe. These workshops are open to all migrants and refugees irrespective of status and of how long they have been in Malta, even if they do not have a creative background. The resultant exhibition will be used as an awareness raising tool across the island.
Aims and Objectives
The People for Change Foundation’s role
PfC will be implementing the national project activities in Malta. To organise the workshops and the exhibition, we are collaborating with local organisations working with migrant communities in Malta, namely Migrant Women Association Malta and African Media Association Malta.
Lead Partner: Cooperazione Internazionale Sud Sud, Italy
Project Partners: Associazione Arci Porco Rosso (Italy), Associazione Tavola Tonda (Italy), Associazione di Promozione sociale Maghwed (Italy), Asociatia Serviciul Apel (Romania) and Encardia (Greece).
About this project
ComeIN is an audio-visual project currently being implemented in five European countries including Malta. It introduces creative and artistic integration activities and strategies for refugees and migrants. The project empowers participants to use art and photography to present their experience of integration in Malta, with an exciting opportunity to present their work in an exhibition.
The focus of the project is on the use of art to convey important messages - including through painting, sketching, clay making, poetry, photography materials, using recycling to create 3D art and collages. It will help migrants and refugees develop and unlock their artistic potential whilst at the same time sharing their experience of integration in Malta. Aside from artistic skills participants will also acquire other key skills including self-discipline, creativity and patience.
The project will allow participants to share their narrative of integration and the general public to engage with and better understand the way in which migrant and refugees experience their integration journey in Europe. These workshops are open to all migrants and refugees irrespective of status and of how long they have been in Malta, even if they do not have a creative background. The resultant exhibition will be used as an awareness raising tool across the island.
Aims and Objectives
- To assess whether and how audio-visual processes can contribute to integration
- To improve the experience of refugees in Malta by testing innovative integration strategies tailored to arts and photography as to bind the gap between Maltese society and refugee’s social inclusion.
- To showcase refugees and beneficiaries of international protection through art and photography
- To build capacity for domestic as well as international NGOs to familiarise their societies with creative integration strategies
The People for Change Foundation’s role
PfC will be implementing the national project activities in Malta. To organise the workshops and the exhibition, we are collaborating with local organisations working with migrant communities in Malta, namely Migrant Women Association Malta and African Media Association Malta.
Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality
Project start date: 01 May 2017
Project Partners: Hogskolen i Oslo og Akershus (Norway); Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France); Anadolu University (Turkey); Koehler Daniel (Germany); University Leiden (The Netherlands); Fachhochschule Dusseldorf (Germany); Teesside University (UK); Collegium Civitas (Poland); Panteio Panepistimio Koinonikon Kaipolitikon Epistimon (Greece); National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russia); Institute Drustvenih Znanosti Ivo Pilar (Crotia); European Network Against Racism (Belgium); People for Change Foundation (Malta); and Sfax University (Tunisia).
About the Project
DARE aims to significantly enhance our understanding of why and how young people become radicalised, that is adopt radical ideologies with the potential for violent action . It does so through conceptual innovation and refinement based on new empirical research on young people’s encounters with messages and agents of radicalisation, their receptivity and responses to them and the paths they subsequently take.
The concept and approach of the DARE project is embedded in its focus on:
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the DARE project is to deepen and broaden our scientific understanding of why and how young people become radicalised. The project also seeks to demonstrate that radicalisation is not located exclusively in any one religion, community or demographic. Through its focus on Islamist and anti-Islam(ist) radicalisations, it explores how radicalisation processes interact and may have cumulative effects in society.
Background
The DARE project recognizes the importance of social inequality and discrimination in giving rise to a sense of grievance and perceived injustice, which motivate engagement with radical ideologies and actions. Recognising radicalisation to be a social phenomenon requiring urgent and serious attention given its significance for societal security is crucial, and DARE’s particular concern deals with the social origins and effects of radicalisation. DARE starts from the premise that the interaction between political and cultural context and an individual’s cognitive development is pivotal to understanding the radicalisation process and the pathways leading individuals toward extremist behaviour. It captures this interaction through a focus on radical milieu (e.g. ethnic, religious, or political) – social formations through which collective identities and solidarities are constructed. This project provides unique insights as this is rarely the focus of empirical study and often gets overlooked in research on radicalisation. DARE sees the future of radicalisation studies not in profiling the individual and his/her presumed associated qualities but understanding the process and meaning of engagement with radicalisation for the individual in historical, socio-cultural and political context.
The People for Change Foundation’s Role
The People for Change Foundation (PfC) is the national project partner responsible for conducting the project activities in Malta. In particular PfC will:
- Duration: 48 months
- Project Funder: European Commission Horizon 2020
- Lead Partner: University of Manchester (United Kingdom)
Project Partners: Hogskolen i Oslo og Akershus (Norway); Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (France); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France); Anadolu University (Turkey); Koehler Daniel (Germany); University Leiden (The Netherlands); Fachhochschule Dusseldorf (Germany); Teesside University (UK); Collegium Civitas (Poland); Panteio Panepistimio Koinonikon Kaipolitikon Epistimon (Greece); National Research University Higher School of Economics (Russia); Institute Drustvenih Znanosti Ivo Pilar (Crotia); European Network Against Racism (Belgium); People for Change Foundation (Malta); and Sfax University (Tunisia).
About the Project
DARE aims to significantly enhance our understanding of why and how young people become radicalised, that is adopt radical ideologies with the potential for violent action . It does so through conceptual innovation and refinement based on new empirical research on young people’s encounters with messages and agents of radicalisation, their receptivity and responses to them and the paths they subsequently take.
The concept and approach of the DARE project is embedded in its focus on:
- Young people (broadly defined as those between 12 and 30 years of age);
- Islamist and anti-Islam(ist) radicalisation (as manifestations of contemporary, and potentially cumulatively interacting, forms of radicalisation);
- Dialogue about radicalisation and equality (as a means for enhancing young people’s capacity to counter radicalisation and promote non-radicalisation choices).
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the DARE project is to deepen and broaden our scientific understanding of why and how young people become radicalised. The project also seeks to demonstrate that radicalisation is not located exclusively in any one religion, community or demographic. Through its focus on Islamist and anti-Islam(ist) radicalisations, it explores how radicalisation processes interact and may have cumulative effects in society.
Background
The DARE project recognizes the importance of social inequality and discrimination in giving rise to a sense of grievance and perceived injustice, which motivate engagement with radical ideologies and actions. Recognising radicalisation to be a social phenomenon requiring urgent and serious attention given its significance for societal security is crucial, and DARE’s particular concern deals with the social origins and effects of radicalisation. DARE starts from the premise that the interaction between political and cultural context and an individual’s cognitive development is pivotal to understanding the radicalisation process and the pathways leading individuals toward extremist behaviour. It captures this interaction through a focus on radical milieu (e.g. ethnic, religious, or political) – social formations through which collective identities and solidarities are constructed. This project provides unique insights as this is rarely the focus of empirical study and often gets overlooked in research on radicalisation. DARE sees the future of radicalisation studies not in profiling the individual and his/her presumed associated qualities but understanding the process and meaning of engagement with radicalisation for the individual in historical, socio-cultural and political context.
The People for Change Foundation’s Role
The People for Change Foundation (PfC) is the national project partner responsible for conducting the project activities in Malta. In particular PfC will:
- Undertake research on forms of radicalisation in Malta including anti-islamic radicalisation
- Hold a number of focus group discussions about radicalisation in Malta
- Develop educational toolkits about the themes of the project (co-leading the work package)
- Host the mid-term Consortium Meeting and Policy Forum
- Develop and support the project’s continuation, dissemination and impact plans
- Work with relevant stakeholders in Malta to ensure a greater awareness of the project’s results.
- Manage the project’s website and online presence
Classrooms for Change
Project start date: 15/01/2017
Duration: 6 months
Funder: Educating for Change: Capitalising on the EU Presidency in Malta to raise awareness on Agenda 2030, a SKOP project funded by the EU with the financial support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Malta.
About the project
Through this project. The People for Change Foundation will launch online courses on migration, development, and empowerment for secondary school teachers. These courses which will be available in the second half of 2017 will give teachers in-depth knowledge about these topics, as well as equipping them to implement lessons about them for their students. This material will be intrinsically linked to the national minimum curriculum and to particular subjects within it, and will therefore allow teachers to integrate these topics within their teaching.
The aims of this project are to:
Background
We live in an ever-changing world in which complex global issues affect each and every one of us. Mass-migration, global poverty, climate change, and inequality matters of concern to all. Educators are in an ideal position to equip children with the knowledge and skills to understand these important global challenges, each within their own sphere of influence. It is therefore important that teachers use this position, and their influence with the students they teach, to help them become knowledgeable, reflective, and responsible citizens, capable of acting purposefully to change their local, national, and international area for the better.
You can find more about this project here.
Duration: 6 months
Funder: Educating for Change: Capitalising on the EU Presidency in Malta to raise awareness on Agenda 2030, a SKOP project funded by the EU with the financial support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Malta.
About the project
Through this project. The People for Change Foundation will launch online courses on migration, development, and empowerment for secondary school teachers. These courses which will be available in the second half of 2017 will give teachers in-depth knowledge about these topics, as well as equipping them to implement lessons about them for their students. This material will be intrinsically linked to the national minimum curriculum and to particular subjects within it, and will therefore allow teachers to integrate these topics within their teaching.
The aims of this project are to:
- Provide a sustainable source of knowledge and educational materials for teachers and educators to include the SDGs and migration into their core curriculum
- Inspire teachers to teach on topics relating to the SDGs, migration and empowerment
- Ensure children and young people can engage with positive materials, facts, experiences, and attitudes relating to the SDGs and migration, and to build a better informed and empowered younger generation
Background
We live in an ever-changing world in which complex global issues affect each and every one of us. Mass-migration, global poverty, climate change, and inequality matters of concern to all. Educators are in an ideal position to equip children with the knowledge and skills to understand these important global challenges, each within their own sphere of influence. It is therefore important that teachers use this position, and their influence with the students they teach, to help them become knowledgeable, reflective, and responsible citizens, capable of acting purposefully to change their local, national, and international area for the better.
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Access to Protection: A Human Right!
Dates of Project: 2012-2013
Duration: 18 months
Lead Partner: Consiglio Italiano per i Refugiati (CIR)
Funding: European Programme on Integration and Migration (EPIM) of the Network of European Foundations (NEF)
Between 2012 and 2013, The People for Change Foundation has been implementing the Access to Asylum: A Human Right! Project in Malta. The issue of access to protection including the issue of human rights at the external borders is particularly relevant for Malta as an EU border State. The overall objective of the project was to bring national/EU policies and practices in line with the obligations set out by the European instruments on Human Rights and in particular by the Strasbourg Court in the Hirsi case, as far as the access to the territory and to protection is concerned.
The desired outcome was the improvement of Member States’ respect of fundamental human rights relating to access to protection at EU’s external borders.
You can find out more about this project here.
Duration: 18 months
Lead Partner: Consiglio Italiano per i Refugiati (CIR)
Funding: European Programme on Integration and Migration (EPIM) of the Network of European Foundations (NEF)
Between 2012 and 2013, The People for Change Foundation has been implementing the Access to Asylum: A Human Right! Project in Malta. The issue of access to protection including the issue of human rights at the external borders is particularly relevant for Malta as an EU border State. The overall objective of the project was to bring national/EU policies and practices in line with the obligations set out by the European instruments on Human Rights and in particular by the Strasbourg Court in the Hirsi case, as far as the access to the territory and to protection is concerned.
The desired outcome was the improvement of Member States’ respect of fundamental human rights relating to access to protection at EU’s external borders.
You can find out more about this project here.
