EEA project with Slovakia

• Project Name: Study trip to Norway on the integration of young migrants and refugees
• Start Date: 11.2024
• Date of Completion: 03.2025
• Project Type: FBR03 - Bilateral Events of the Fund for Bilateral Relations (EEA Financial Mechanism and Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014 – 2021)
• Project Topic(s): Integration, young people at risk, refugees

The project “Study trip to Norway on the integration of young migrants and refugees” was supported by the Fund for Bilateral Relations co-financed by the EEA Financial Mechanism 2014-2021 and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021. The programme administrator is the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic. Working together for a green, competitive and inclusive Europe (www.eeagrants.sk). The aim of the study visit was to contribute to a more effective integration of young people with a migration and refugee background in Slovakia by identifying and transferring good practices from Norway.

Project focuses on the analysis of support activities and measures for young people with a migration and refugee background in Norway.  We conducted 10 interviews with key actors in Norway and participated in a workshop implemented by the partner organisation from Norway, YYouth. The outcome of the bilateral cooperation is a policy brief document in which we described the integration system in Norway and Slovakia, the challenges both countries face in the inclusion of young people with a migration and refugee background, and the findings and inspirations from the study trip (lessons learned).