Starting date:
18 june 2024
European Co- Funding: co-funded by the European Commission under Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV), under the Grant Agreement No. 101146813
The project ReBel “Redesign Belonging” aims to address the solidarity related challenges of our society through service design and co-creative methods. It will engage migrant women to work alongside professional designers to create solutions to challenges of belonging and solidarity. The created models and solutions are designed within different contexts in the project countries, with input from a wide range of stakeholder groups, thus allowing for new concepts that can be utilized within different arenas in the European Union, including municipalities, national authorities, local communities, NGOs and other actors developing integration of migrants.
The objectives include providing a model for co-creation that fosters migrants’ belonging. The project’s significance lies in its approach to engaging migrant women who have been in the host countries for over 5 years, addressing the gap in integration efforts for this group.
Through participatory co-creation activities, the project will create meaningful outputs that can be widely disseminated and implemented, contributing to the exchange of best practices. Using an intersectional approach, the project will explore barriers and resilience strategies migrant women face in relation to belonging and integration. The project seeks to provide concrete solutions and recommendations that can influence policy strategies on local and international levels.
The impact will be seen in empowering migrant women, enhancing their sense of belonging, and fostering positive narratives. It will also contribute to broader societal understanding, inform more inclusive immigration policies, and provide practical tools to promote solidarity.
Through its comprehensive approach, the project aligns with Sustainable Development Goals, including reducing inequalities and promoting inclusive societies. The work plan outlines a detailed approach, involving various research dialogues, co-creation workshops, and policy engagements to achieve these goals.
Coordinator:
Laurea University of Applied Sciences (LAUREA) – Finlandia
The upcoming online round table titled “Policy Pathways: Enhancing Migrant Integration and Sense of Belonging in the EU” will take place on November 7, 2025. The event, held via Zoom…
The Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies recently participated in the REFUGIN Project Final Conference, held on May 30th in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference served as a vital platform for professionals…
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On March 19th, the Rebel Jury convened at WDCD’s headquarters in Amsterdam and selected 11 finalists from 56 applications received during an open call that invited designers, students, creative makers,…
If you are interested in participating in the European project ReBel (Redesign Belonging) and submitting your project to the Open Call we have just launched, you should not miss one…
The European project will hold the first focus group on 30 October in which participants will talk about their experience of the migration process in Spain.
The ReBel project “Redesigning Belonging”, presented last week in Helsinki (Finland) with the participation of researchers from the Euro-Arab Foundation, Karen Hough and Jusaima Moaid-Azm Peregrina, addresses the challenges related to solidarity and the sense of belonging of migrants in our societies, through the design of co-creative services and methods.
The project was launched this morning and its target audience is migrant women who have been in the host countries for more than 5 years and who will actively participate in this initiative co-financed by the European Commission.
