BLEND IN - Language, Cultural and Social Orientation for Young Refugees

The main purpose of the BLEND-IN project was the realization of a multilingual orientation tool-kit, usable through a mobile application (APP), intended for young asylum seekers / refugees recently arrived in the country of hospitality. The APP should have contained information related to issues such as job search, access to services, regulations, etc. This, in order to facilitate their integration into the new community, support their empowerment e active citizenship. The project has reached this goal because it has actually implemented a mobile application, free downloadable for Android systems, intended for young asylum seekers and newly arrived refugees in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta - the countries represented by the partnership. The contents of the APP were selected by the partners through a preliminary activity of needs analysis (both through review of the literature that through the direct involvement of end users through interviews and focus groups, i whose results are condensed in the IO1), structured for digital use, translated and tested with the target group first of the final release of the APP. The tool is also accompanied by a manual that illustrates the potential uses from part of the sector operators, also realized through consultations with professionals and volunteers BUSINESS. The secondary objective of the project was to increase awareness among operators and stakeholders of the needs of specific guidance of the target group of young asylum seekers. Also in this case the objective can be considered achieved, as the dissemination activities - as a whole - have made it possible to achieve over 40,000 people and the feedback collected were extremely positive.