Web Links
The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) is responsible for the management of certain parts of the EU's programmes in the fields of education, culture and audiovisual.
The Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) is a European funding programme which supports education and training across Europe. The LLP provides funding for all stages of lifelong learning; for activities at school, at college, at university, in the workplace and in the community.
Official site of the Council of Europe about the European Language Portfolio
Ministry of Instruction website section dedicated to the legislation of integration and welcome of foreign students
Website containing statistical data on immigration in Italy and in the world
Resources Center for Cultural Diversity in Education, Ministry of Education
Intercultural Education website
Ministry of Work and Immigration Affaires, Spain
European Migration Network
Immigrant National Survey 2007
The Migrant Resource Centre works with migrants and refugees and in partnership with other agencies, to effect social justice and change, enabling migrants and refugees to fully participate in this society. They work with displaced people from all over the world from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. MRC provides a place to receive assistance, to learn, to meet with others, to develop individuals and their communities, to speak out for a better world and to move on feeling stronger. Much of their success is underpinned by their values and principles; also sometimes very beneficial unplanned outcomes result from human interaction.
Portal shows Warsaw as a culturally diverse city. It has information on cultural events, institutions, organizations and places where cultural diversity flourishes. Managed by people and organizations coming from foreign communities as well as national and ethnic minorities.
Portal for foreigners: legal resolutions, important addresses and telephone numbers, contacts to embassies, translation agencies as well as general information about Poland.
Site of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Site of Office For Foreigners, responsible for granting the status of a refugee in Poland. The Office also manages the resources for foreigners applying for a refugee status. The site contains, among others, Polish statistical data and legal resolutions on the issue of foreigners.
Site of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), a UN agency, which deals with the issue of refugees. The site contains much information about the situation of refugees all over the world and a special section for teachers – with didactic aids.
Regional UNHCR site with information on the activities of the agency in Central Europe
Amnesty International organization is a worldwide movement of people active in the field of human rights. The basic form of activity is running campaigns. The EDUCATION section contains many articles as well as educational aids and scenarios ready to be applied during lessons.
British department of education’s site for schools and local administration, contains, among others, good practice examples, publications and links to other sites dealing with the subject of migrant’s children’s education.
Portal devoted to Arabic issues. It contains information on the culture of Arabic countries, educational materials on Islam as well as a section about Poland in Arabic language for migrants from Arabic countries.
ARTERIA organization undertakes different initiatives related to the diversity of the world. It gets involved in drama and artistic activities with the participation of children applying for the refugee status in Poland.
Diversity Forum Foundation (Fundacja Forum Różnorodności) . The organization runs a mobile informational and counselling desk for migrants. It gives legal advice and different kinds of social counselling in Russian, English, Ukrainian, French and German.
Polish Migration Forum Foundation (Fundacja Polskie Forum Migracyjne) acts for the benefit of respecting human rights of foreigners in Poland, mainly by informational and educational activities. The site contains web-based counselling for foreigners, publications for foreigners in Polish, English and Russian, downloadable publications on the issue of migrants.
Portal of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights , which runs a free-of-charge program of legal counselling for foreigners, regardless of their legal status. It also gets involved in trainings and lobbying for the benefit of foreigners in Poland.
Site of the Legal Intervention Association (Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej), which runs a program of legal counselling for foreigners, it also gets involved in informational activities on the issue of refugees, directed mainly to schools and social service workers. It offers translation services and employs integration trainers.
Institute of Public Affairs , Non-governmental research and analytical centre, runs, among others, a program on migration. Besides research and analysis it also runs lobbying activities for the benefit of respecting migrants’ rights in Poland as well as initiatives directed to foreigners.
Site of the Deliverance Foundation (Fundacja Ocalenie), which offers a wide integration support activities for migrants and refugees. It also employs mediators who help solve culture-based problems.
Portal on the issue of refugees and migrants in Poland run by the Centre for Refugees of the Polish Humanitarian Action . Current news from Poland and the world on the issue of refugees, information about intercultural events, texts written by refugees, mini-ads, information about the countries of origin and others.
Villa Decius Association runs different initiatives for promotion of tolerance and cross-cultural issues
Caritas works for the benefit of migrants and refugees in Białystok, Lublin, Zgorzelec and Słubice. It offers social, legal and psychological assistance as well as career counselling and activities for the benefit of children
