The document discusses UNIMED Week in Brussels from March 19-21, 2019. It provides facts about the refugee situation globally, noting that only 1% of refugees have access to higher education. It also outlines some of the top challenges refugee students face, such as lack of scholarships, legal status issues, and socioeconomic problems. The event focused on building university capacity to support refugees through training programs for staff on topics like social and psychological support, life skills, communication skills, and more. It discussed the University of Barcelona's refugee support program as a model and ways to deepen social responsibility and transformational efforts at universities to better help refugee and displaced populations.

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SOME FACTS AND IDEAS CONNECTED TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESCUE
PROJECT
By Cati Jerez
UB Technical Head for RESCUE

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The refugee situation at a glance
of refugee students can access higher education worldwide
Only 1%
Among the problems that refugee students tackle there are 5 top topics
P R I O R LACK OF SCHOLARSHIPS LEGAL SOCIOECONOMIC
LEARNING INFORMATION STATUS SITUATION
RECOGNITION onACCESS HE

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University and social responsability;
University as agent of social transformation

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EU and partner Universities share a
common framework (WP1.Need analysis)
❖Economic situation
❖Academic performance
❖Psycho-social approach
❖Documentation requirements
❖Dissemination of the information
❖ Structural adaptation to the specific needs of
refugee students

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Capacity Building actions
• Training for R-SOS Units staff:
Specific local training
IT training
Social and psychological training
Life skills
Dissemination methodology
Administration
General

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Social and psychological training
Development of assessing assessment skills (screening)
Aims:
Acquisition of abilities to monitor emotions and behaviours after an extreme event.
The different response patterns were discussed as well as the possibilities of
accompanying people affected from the paradigm of psychological first aid.
• Learning outcomes:
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of the role of screening skills within
everyday work
• Critically evaluate the possibilities and limitations of screening methods
• Critically review key tools and resources valid for mental health and
psychosocial screening
• Identify the needs of key stake holders within extreme events
• Deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively involving
support

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Life skills
• CV and motivation letters
Aims: To get competencies for applying counselling and coaching to the
final users in order to help them to identify their key skills and give them
tips/hints to write accurately their qualifications and achievements in CV
and motivation letters.
The module presented key elements for the individual self-assessment
(identification of personal skills, potential add value), strategies to match
skills with job requirements, resources and interests.
• Learning outcomes: the participants disposed of their own
professional portfolio and they had notions about how to advice
young job-seekers in the design and content of their CV and
motivation letters.
• Job interviews
Aims: To get competencies in applying counselling and coaching activities
in the field of job-search assistance.The module presented key elements
for the determination of the professional aim, based on the individual self-
assessment of needs, attitude towards the interview, preparation,
resources and interests.
• As learning outcomes, the participants will dispose of their own
professional portfolio and key job-seeking tools.

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Life skills
• Basic communication skills
Aims: Uunderstanding and developing some listening competencies
when working, assessing and relating to refugees. Participants learnt
some communication techniques by using different models & theories
such as non-violent and empathetic communication.
Furthermore, it specifically focused on sensitization for individual
communicative strengths and weaknesses, deeper understanding of
their own communication patterns and participants developed and
exercised real cases and situations so they would role play later will
with end users of the University’s Service.
• The following competencies were taught by introductory inputs and
practical exercises:
• Listening skills
• Empathetic listening
• Compassionate listening

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Study visit to the UB. Barcelona
28-30 November 2018
• The aim of the study visit was to show the
attendants what are the work lines of the
UB Refugee Support Programme, the
internal and external networks (NGOs,
local administration) that the Program is
creating and feeding and the collaborations
stablished.
• UB technical staff, members of the
Barcelona City Council, members of NGOs,
refugee students and UB student
volunteers participated in the study visits
as speakers

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Internal network

13. Public administrations. Support to
scholarships and accommodation
NGOs. Legal advice, accommodation, access
bachelor degrees and masters degrees
Enterprises. Integration on
the labour market

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Beyond the “classical” capacity building
• Cooperation with
Universities with
different schemes
and needs
• Empowerment and bes
understanding of
particular needs and
behaviours
• Institutionally,
increase the potential
cooperation among
universities after the
end of the project
• Approach to the
refugee and IDP
situation in each
country
To deepen in the
social responsability
action and the
concept of agent of
transformation

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Thank you for your attention!
Contact details:
Cati Jerez
cjerez@ub.edu
++ 34 93 403 55 37
solidaritatub.ub.edu/refugees