October 2024 – Research and Projects

The conference, held this Thursday at the Faculty of Law with more than forty people from different parts of Europe, has been dedicated to reviewing the work carried out in the first year of implementation of the VANGUARD project, as well as defining and organising the steps to be taken in the coming months.

According to Javier Ruipérez Canales, director of the Projects Department of the Euro-Arab Foundation, ‘the balance that can be drawn from this meeting is highly positive, as a large number of activities have been carried out in relation to the research developed around the theme of the project, trafficking and smuggling of human beings, thus fulfilling the objectives set for this first year of the project’s life’.

About VANGUARD

VANGUARD, a project funded by the HORIZON Europe programme, focuses on strengthening the fight against human trafficking through advanced technological solutions, promoting understanding and capacity building to interrupt the trafficking chain at an early stage, fighting the culture of impunity.

Among the most important objectives of VANGUARD is the development of a technological tool that integrates artificial intelligence to facilitate the work of law enforcement agencies in different European countries, including Spain, in this sense, the project is currently in the discussion phase.

The Euro-Arab Foundation based in Granada has opened the call to participate in the ReBel (Redesign Belonging) project, which seeks to foster solidarity and a sense of belonging among migrant women by creating spaces for dialogue and co-creation of strategies. To this end, it invites migrant women over the age of 18 of any nationality who have lived in Spain for more than 5 years who want to share their experiences, talk about the challenges and barriers they face throughout the process of settling in Spain, and form part of the team that will design new integration policy strategies, with better services and more opportunities.

The first of the activities to be carried out by the participants will be a meeting, a reflection group, which will take place on 5 November in Granada. All the data of the participants in the activities of the ReBel project will be treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act (GDPR) and the information they provide will be treated with strict confidentiality.

Those interested should send an email to rebel@fundea.org where they will be able to ask any questions they may have, also with regard to the coverage of transport costs, and will be able to register.