7 March 2020

The first workshop within the project Co-Creation of Knowledge and Building of Expertise for the Protection of Children Affected by Migration and Forced Displacement – Curriculum Development was held at the Faculty of Political Science on March 6^th, 2020. The workshop was intended to participants in the piloting course Protection of Children Affected by Mixed Migration.

During the first part of the workshop students had a group discussion about actual cases of migrant children and problems they are facing with, thus having an opportunity to use the knowledge and skills obtained during the studies in solving the migrant crisis problem. In the second part of the workshop the participants’ task was to create messages to be addressed to public institutions, international organizations, social workers and students, in order to emphasize the importance of education in work with migrants.

The project will involve students of the third and fourth years of undergraduate academic studies of social policy and social work, as well as students from other departments demonstrating a particular interest in this field. The piloting was planned to include 5 professionals from the field. The project will be realized through four direct-contact, whole-day classes over two months. Upon the completion of the project, students will take a final test to be registered in their diploma supplement. The participants will also complete internship, to be organized in cooperation with organizations affiliated to the project. The approach to teaching units will be based on rights and protection of children. It will focus on migration, gender sensitivity and unaccompanied children.

Project coordinator is Prof. Nevenka Žegarac, member of the MIGREC team. The participants are Prof. Natalija Perišić and Junior Researcher Violeta Marković, both members of the MIGREC team, together with Anita Burgund Isakov and Katarina Lončarević, both PhD Assistant Professors at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade.  The course is developed in cooperation with UNICEF and supported by the Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration of the State Department.