We have over 2 million new guests, many of them will stay in Poland for a long time. Let’s get to know each other! The conversation is the simplest, most accessible and at the same time much needed form of support for migrants, especially if it takes the form of long-term, systematic conversations in Polish. This is the first step to integration, which is a process that requires commitment, but is valuable for both parties. Let’s build new relationships!
We invite you to participate in a conference on forms of support for foreigners in Poland, including those connecting seniors and people with refugee or migrant experience. We will focus especially on conversations from the Polish language, the involvement of seniors in activities for the benefit of migrants, challenges and opportunities related to the arrival of new Polish residents from Ukraine. We will show good practices of intergenerational activities. We will also talk about migrants and migrants from other parts of the world.
And all this, incl. based on our experience related to the implementation of the project “Poland for beginners and advanced”, in which senior volunteers had conversations in Polish with people with refugee or migrant experience.
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11:00 – 11:45 OPENING AND SPEAKING (on site and online)
= >> Agnieszka Kosowicz, president of the Polish Migration Forum Foundation, will talk about the challenges of integration in the context of people from Ukraine
= >> Marta Białek-Graczyk, president of Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Twórczych “ę”, will talk about the potential of seniors in the process of intergenerational and intercultural integration
= >> Aleksandra Kochanowska (Polish Migration Forum Foundation) and Urszula Engelmayer (Towarzystwo Inicjatyw Twórczych “ę”) will talk about the project “Poland for beginners and advanced” devoted to conversations from the Polish language in seniors and migrants pairs.
11:45 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK
12:00 – 13:30 on site: KNOWLEDGE FAIR – exchange of experiences and knowledge in thematic subgroups regarding: senior-migrant conversations, migrant-volunteers, social involvement of refugees from Ukraine, senior activism, activities activating seniors, basics of teaching Polish by non-professionals , various forms of volunteering for migrants, the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border and migrants from outside Ukraine, taking care of themselves when helping others
12:00 – 13:30 online: Workshop on how to organize Polish language conversations for migrant women and migrants
13:30 – 14:15 LUNCH BREAK
14:45 – 16:15 on site WORKSHOPS in two subgroups:
GROUP 1: How to build intercultural and intergenerational relations through conversations from the Polish language?
GROUP 2: How to establish intercultural cooperation with refugees?
16:00 – 16:15 BREAK
16:15 – 17:45 on site WORKSHOPS in two subgroups:
GROUP 1: How to establish intercultural cooperation with refugees?
GROUP 2: How to build intercultural and intergenerational relations through conversations from the Polish language?
17:45 – 18:00 FINISH
20: 00 SHARED DINNER in a very nice place! We’ll talk freely and get to know each other better.
* The number of participants is limited. ** Registration for the event stationary and online is accepted until May 17 via the link: https://www.webankieta.pl/…/konferencja-nowe-relacje.html*** it does not constitute confirmation of participation. The organizers will contact selected participants on the basis of the submitted questionnaires.
Organizers: Society of Creative Initiatives “ę” and Polish Migration Forum.
The event is supported by a grant from the Active Citizens – National Fund program financed by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway as part of the EEA Grants.
