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>>> TMF has its own website: check the latest updates here <\/b><\/span>togethermovingforward.eu<\/b><\/a><\/span>! <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2016, the European Students\u2019 Union is implementing the Together Moving Forward programme (TMF),<\/strong> aiming at building positive refugee-host interactions across Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TMF started in 2016 as a small grants programme supporting projects led by refugee and non-refugee student organisations across Europe working on the inclusion of young refugees in education and society.<\/strong> Student-led initiatives can show – but have also shown – a path to alternative ways to promote inclusive and open societies, to create societal and political change, all the while demonstrating the strength and true value of student and citizens\u2019 engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the programme, ESU did not only (co-)fund projects but took an active role in providing guidelines, advice and valuable feedback especially to those that were \u2018first-time\u2019 coordinators and drivers of such initiatives. Capacity building seminars<\/a> and a \u201cBest practices\u201d handbook<\/a> to give inspiration and recommendations for future initiatives are also developed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the present moment, the programme has given support to 33 projects<\/strong> and it keeps adding more initiatives to the list. Recently, ESU received a very special notification announcing that TMF had been shortlisted for the Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach<\/a>, a contest run by the European Commission and whose edition this year focuses on young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, a special action fostering on social inclusion of young refugees has started together with OBESSU<\/a> focussing on joint projects between university and secondary school students. In 2018 3 projects were selected in 2018, and additional will be funded in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We want to continue our efforts to encourage and promote valuable and viable options for refugees and asylum seekers to access and benefit from education and be part of our communities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s time to combine your creativity to kick-start actions in Europe that tackle the main barriers limiting the access and inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in education and society!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With this programme, we want to inspire change<\/strong> and:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Reshape public discourse around forced migration and confront hate speech in our societies<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Inspire student-led initiatives addressing refugees\u2019 and asylum seekers\u2019 living conditions and not least their access to education<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Build capacity for student representatives to be more responsive to issues related to forced migration, focusing on social inclusion and access to education<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Empower National Student Unions to promote and advocate for clear policies that ease the access of refugees and asylum seekers to Higher Education<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Open up to new student groups and other stakeholders active on refugee issues, especially education<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Build long-lasting links between refugees, their communities, and student communities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Need more help from ESU?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Contact Fanchon Lefevre, our TMF Project Manager, at <\/span>movingforward@esu-online.org<\/span><\/a><\/span> with specific questions. If you prefer the phone, call +32 2 893 25 48 during working hours. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Discuss it with one of the former grantees (<\/span><\/span>find contacts on the website<\/span><\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    >>> TMF has its own website: check the latest updates here <\/b><\/span>togethermovingforward.eu<\/b><\/a><\/span>!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Need some inspiration? You can check the TMF projects portfolios<\/a><\/span> <\/span>while you\u2019re preparing your own application for next call.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Twice a year, ESU opens a call for projects, Stay tuned!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Global Students’ Demands<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Student representatives from OBESSU and ESU gathered in Geneva with other groups of students coming from Africa, North and South America, Asia-Pacific and the Middle-East for the “Global Student Voices: education and migration” forum. Together, we are united in diversity and in the belief that access to education is a human right that should be granted to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We developed these demands<\/a>, through a consensus-based process to address the challenges of access to quality education, legislation, living conditions and building solidarity and cohesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n