CICS.NOVA

Researcher in Charge:	Iva Miranda Pires
Applicant Entity:	LIPKA - School Facility for Environmental Education (República Checa / Czech Republic)
Funding Entity:	Comissão Europeia (Erasmus +)
Keywords:	Roma and/or other minorities; Disabilities / Special needs; Integration of refugees.
Goals:	Project objective is networking of organizations dealing with using nature (and gardens) as a communication tool when working with target groups: People with social and health disadvantages (e.g. seniors, disabled, unemployed, inmates, war veterans, victims of violence, and people with burnout syndrome); Minorities (e.g. Roma people, ethnic minorities); Migrants. We expect that multinational cooperation will lead to understanding and convergence between people from different cultures. This educational system could help better understanding and cooperation even in the current unstable situation in Europe.
Partnerships:	NOVA FCSH: Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais (CICS.NOVA); Garden Organic - Henry Doubleday Research Association (Reino Unido / United Kingdom); AWO - Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Berlin Mitte e.V. (Alemanha / Germany); SOSNA (Eslováquia / Slovakia); Co.M.P.A.S.S. Social Cooperative Society ONLUS (Itália / Italy); Fundación Global Nature (Espanha / Spain)
Starting Date:	2016
Ending Date:	2019