Second transnational meeting of the project "INTEGRA - Multidisciplinary Mentorship program to support the entrepreneurship of children in care and young care-leavers"
13 February 2019
PRESS RELEASE
Athens, 13 February 2019
Second transnational meeting of the project "INTEGRA - Multidisciplinary Mentorship program to support the entrepreneurship of children in care and young care-leavers"
In the framework of the project entitled "INTEGRA - Multidisciplinary Mentorship Program for the Support of the Entrepreneurship of Children in Care and Young Care-Leavers" it took place on Thursday and Friday (7-8 / 2/2019) at the "Titania" hotel, the 2nd transnational meeting of the project partners. The project is co-funded by the European Union's program “Rights, Equality & Citizenship”.
The aim of the transnational meeting was to plan the implementation of the next project activities that concerns:
● A personalized assessment tool for children in residential care.
● A Mentoring Integration Programme for Leaving Care Mentors.
● An Online Platform of Cooperation to engage and sustain a network of support stakeholders.
The meeting was coordinated by Mrs Sofia Leito from the organization “Hope for Children” (Cyprus), which is the coordinator of the project. Representatives from APCdP (Portugal), CEPS (Spain), CESIE (Italy), Child Smile (Greece) and MMC (Cyprus) took part in the meeting.
Mr Konstantinos Giannopoulos the president of the organization “The Smile of the Child” made the welcome speech. Mr Giannopoulos talked about the holistic model that the children grow up in the homes of the organization, the volunteers and the reference persons. He talked about also the actions that are taken for the preparation of the children for the adulthood and the support of adults after they have left the care homes.
The next transnational meeting is scheduled for 6-7/06 in Coimbra, Portugal.
