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Female Refugees Integration and Inclusion
through Volunteering
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About
FRIIV (Female Refugees Integration and Inclusion through Volunteering) is a European Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in Adult Education that aims to strengthen inclusion, diversity and civic participation across Europe through volunteering.
The project focuses on female refugees of all world recognising their potential not only as beneficiaries of support, but as active contributors to European society. By empowering volunteer managers and women with lived refugee experience, FRIIV works towards creating more inclusion, consciousness and sensitive volunteering environments.
FRIIV is coordinated by Erasmus University Rotterdam and implemented by a consortium of universities, NGOs and expert organisations from across Europe.
Resources
All materials are designed to support organisations, volunteer managers, educators, and policymakers working on inclusion and volunteering.
Planned resources include:
State of the Art Report
Research-based analysis on female refugees, volunteering and inclusive volunteer management practices across Europe.
Evaluation Report
Assessment of project impact, effectiveness of the training programme, participant feedback, and recommendations for future initiatives.
Validation Guidelines
Guidelines validating learning acquired by volunteer managers and female volunteers who used to be refugees in their volunteering experience.
Training Methodology & Toolkit
Practical learning materials for volunteer managers and female volunteers with refugee backgrounds.
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Our Activities
FRIIV combines research, training, and action learning to ensure real impact on the ground.
Key project activities include:
Volunteer Managers Meeting
Capacity-building meeting for professionals working with volunteers across partner countries.
Community of Practice Meetings
Peer-learning sessions to exchange experiences, good practices and challenges.
Local Dissemination Events
Events organised in each partner country to share project results with local stakeholders.
Pilot Training
Implementation of the FRIIV training programme with volunteer managers and female refugees.
Focus Groups
Qualitative sessions with female refugees and volunteer managers to identify needs, challenges and opportunities.
European Research Meeting
Transnational meeting bringing partners and experts together to coordinate research activities and share insights.
European Research
Meeting
Transnational meeting bringing partners and experts together to coordinate research activities and share insights.
International Policy Conference
High-level event bringing together policymakers, researchers, NGOs and practitioners to discuss inclusive volunteering.
European Research Meeting
Transnational meeting bringing partners and experts together to coordinate research activities and share insights.
International Policy Conference
High-level event bringing together policymakers, researchers, NGOs and practitioners to discuss inclusive volunteering.
Partners
Erasmus University Rotterdam (Coordinator)
– Netherlands
Centre for European Volunteering (CEV)
– Belgium
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Platform of Volunteer Centres and Organisations (PDCO)
– Slovakia
Contact us
Erasmus University Rotterdam
friiv@rsm.nl
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Nationaal Agentschap Erasmus+ Onderwijs & Training. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.