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Epsilon: Equipping Professionals for Supporting Refugees
Purpose
- Support Personnel
The online course will be designed in a manner that is accessible independently of location. It will be accredited with CPD status and will include software that will allow it to be translated in all European languages. It will include digital educational resources and tools that will enable professionals and volunteers to identify LGBT groups’ most current and urgent needs some even reaching on issues of survival, dignity and respect. It will also help them challenge their own biases and improve their skills in providing tailored and culturally sensitive services.
| Title | Epsilon: Equipping Professionals for Supporting Refugees |
|---|---|
| Date launched | 2016 |
| Duration | Ongoing |
| Type of Resource | Blended |
| Purpose | Support Personnel |
| Online or Blended | OL |
| Learning objectives | EpsiLon aims to enhance the knowledge and competences of professionals and volunteers working in services for LGBT asylum seekers (one of the most vulnerable groups in modern Europe), refugees and migrants. It will develop an innovative, evidence-based, user-led educational platform in order to raise adult learners’ awareness and sensitivity to the needs of people with LGBT background. |
| Target group | Professionals and Volunteers working with migrants & refugees |
| Evaluation results/ monitoring plan | - |
| Recognition or certification of learning | Accredited by the IARS International Institute |
| Financing and sustainability model | Erasmus+ European Commission |
| Leading Organization | IARS International Institute (UK) |
| Contact Person | Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Website | http://www.epsilonproject.eu/ |
