EUROPE FOR CITIZENS
The Citizens Are United / TCAU

Project Description: 
The project " The Citizens Are United - TCAU" aim to engage EU citizens on the stigmatization of immigrants with a view to encourage civic participation, promote tolerance and understanding. The Citizens Are United, is a follow up to 2016's successfully implemented project - "The Citizens are Speaking", where the issue of stigma was first raised by the TCNs themselves during implementation.

The specific objectives of the project are to:
  • address the gap within the EU's integration policy
  • fight stigmatization of TCNs that has only increased along the years
  • promote opportunities for inter-cultural engagement and volunteering at Union level

The activities of the project are:
  • volunteering activities
  • Intercultural dialogue activities
  • publication of a guide book with recommendations to reducing stigma
  • Conferences for covering the topics of the project
  • Communication paper on European Agenda for integration of TCNs
- Commission Staff working paper on EU initiatives supporting the integration of TCNs
- European Agenda for Migration
- Handbook on Integration for policy-makers and practitioners

Project Information: 
  • Funding source: EACEA
  • Project Title: The Citizens Are United
  • Project acronym: TCAU
  • Project Code: 588208-CITIZ-1-2017-1-MT-CITIZ-CIV

Project Information: 

Project Consortium:
Coordinator: 
  • CCIF MALTA
Project Partners:
  • Cross Culture International Foundation CYPRUS
  • Wezesha -Ireland 
  • InterAlia -Greece 
  • Check-In -Portugal 
  • Asociazione Interculturale NUR -Italy 
  • ADEL -Slovakia 
  • SFERA - Macedonia 
  • Association of European projects - Bulgaria 
  • Asociatia Be Inclusive - Romania

​CCIF Cyprus Contribution to the project:
6 Volunteers worked 90 hours each for executing all tasks related to the activities and project. 
The activities executed were:
  1. Informative meetings with TCNs from Nepal, Syria, Lebanon and other
  2. Teaching lessons every Thursday for 3 months
  3. Identifying needs and provide support workshops
  4. Learning by doing meetings for learning through ART, promoting cultural and entrepreneurial skills  to TCNs
  5. The story telling workshops
  6. The kitchen and culture days

Our Intercaltural Dialogue events were covered by local, national press and RIK TV.
  1. Intercultural Campaign for « The Citizens are United » at Elysium hôtel in Pafos on 29/3.2018. Great thanks to BPW Pafos!!!!
  2. The SODAP beach cleaning with the Municipality of Pafos, volunteers, our Norwegian and TCN friends, 29/4/2018. We only left our steps in the beach!!!!!
  3. « If your body had a voice » at Anemi hotel on 25/5/2018

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