In the framework of the COMET project, Fons Català de Cooperació al Desenvolupament organizes five online training sessions dedicated to the design and implementation of safe routes for people in need of international protection with a municipalist perspective.
The aim of the sessions is to raise awareness of the importance of guaranteeing the right to international protection and to promote the active involvement of city councils and other local agents in the creation of this type of project. In addition, the aim is to create a space for the exchange of good practices and collective reflection on shared challenges and opportunities, while promoting opportunities for training and improving processes and resources, encouraging collaboration between various levels governments, NGOs, civil society, the private sector and communities with lived experience of forced displacement.
The complete program of the sessions can be consulted through the website of Fons Català. The first session will take place on 05/11/2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., dedicated to “public-private sponsorship for the reception of persons in need of international protection as a sustainable local solution“, in which collaborative experiences for the implementation of sponsorship programs in different regions will be shared, including Navarra, the Basque Country and models implemented in Europe in the framework of the COMET project.
AGENDA:
10:00 Welcome
  • Catalan Development Cooperation Fund
10:05 COMET project
10:15 Community sponsorship in the Basque Country
  • Nerea Aginako, Fundación Ellacuria, Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes
  • Jose David Saenz Rodriguez, Immigration Technician, Directorate of Migration and Asylum, Euskadi
10:40 Community sponsorship in Navarre
  • Virginia López, Centro P. Lasa, Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes
  • Laura Laquidáin, Head of the Accompaniment and Mediation Section, Directorate General of Migration Policies, Navarra
  • 11:05 Q&A
11:25 Closing remarks
Register through the following link.