🎤 “Education pathways are not just access to a classroom or a degree, they’re hope.”

Today at the #ShareHERCoN Conference, one of our refugee student advisors shared what higher education truly means for students seeking safety & a future.

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💡 Labour pathways highlight the contributions that displaced people make to their host societies, which helps explain their broad political support.

These pathways allow us to refer to displaced people through their skills, rather than their vulnerabilities.

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💼 There is a growing expansion of labour-mobility pathways & increasing interest in those among countries with diverse political orientations.

Since 2020, the @ec.europa.eu has promoted the creation of labour pathways for displaced people, signaling political intention.

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📌Integration & rural revitalisation can reinforce each other.

Migrants find opportunities & dignity through work, while rural communities regain vitality, labour & hope for the future.

We’ve learned that small-scale, community-based reception can create big change.

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🗣️ “We must humanise people, share our culture with newcomers & help locals understand theirs.

When we share stories, we realise how much we have in common.”

An important reminder from our second panel today on integration, rural revitalisation & rural development.

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When asked to capture #CommunitySponsorship in one word, panelists shared powerful answers:

✨ Engagement
🤝 Meaningful integration
🤲 Partager (Sharing)
🌍 Humanitaire (Humanitarian)
👁️ Awareness
🏘️ Communauté (Community)

Together, they reflect the heart of CS.

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🗣️ 1st panel: speakers highlighted that rising anti-migration narratives pose major challenges but also opportunities for #CommunitySponsorship.

By involving community members & fostering real connections with newcomer families, CS strengthens understanding & supports meaningful integration.

Our partners from the #ShareNetwork present local initiatives, opportunities & challenges, showcasing how community sponsorship & integration work in practice across Europe. 🌍

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“Accompaniment goes far beyond meeting basic needs, it entails social, economic, sanitary & emotional support; it’s about building bridges, understanding cultures & strengthening local communities.”

— Maider, from Centro Lasa, on the value of #CommunitySponsorship and intercultural mediation.

🗣️ “Welcoming is a political act, not one of charity.”

Powerful words from Begoña Alfaro, Vice President of the Government of Navarra , as we open the #ShareNetwork Conference on #CommunitySponsorship & #Inclusion in Rural Territories in Navarra 🇪🇸.

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🤝Meet Abdourahamane Diaby, our Community Outreach & Engagement Coordinator in #Portugal.

• Economist
• Founder/President Associação de Refugiados em Portugal

He’ll mobilise refugee & migrant communities to take an active role in #CommunitySponsorhip.

More: bit.ly/4molPrf

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