Refugee Advisor Programme – Call for applications (extended)
As part of the Refugee sponsorship mobilisation platform activities, the Share Network is working on setting up a Refugee Advisor Programme for Community Sponsorship to ensure refugee voices are represented in advocacy at the local, national and EU level.
Working in collaboration with different partners in seven European countries currently implementing community sponsorship schemes, the Share sponsorship programme uses a multi-stakeholder, grassroots and bottom-up strategy to build strong and sustainable sponsorship programmes. We believe that sponsorship programmes should foster refugee participation, and ensure the voices, experiences and learning of grassroots sponsorship actors are present at the national and EU level.
The Share Network has developed a Refugee Sponsorship Mobilisation Platform which gathers a wide variety of actors, including civil society organisations, cities and regions, faith communities, volunteer groups, diaspora organisations, universities, private business, philanthropy, and refugee themselves. The platform builds strategies and joint advocacy initiatives to expand and develop different types of sponsorship programmes adapted to national contexts. As part of the Refugee Sponsorship Mobilisation Platform activities, the Share Network is working on setting up a Refugee Advisor Programme for Community Sponsorship.
Objectives of the Refugee Advisor Programme:
Promote refugee participation as a tool for the creation of more welcoming and inclusive societies, and advocate for more resettlement and complementary pathways, and the expansion of community sponsorship.
Enable the participation of refugees and raise awareness about sponsorship, bringing their lived experience and concerns to the local, national and particularly the EU level.
Enhance refugee participation in the design, implementation, and evaluation of sponsorship programmes and policies.
Offer a platform for refugees to network and exchange with a variety of actors in the sector in the context of the Refugee Sponsorship Mobilisation Platform and beyond.
Develop recommendations and influence policies and practices through advocacy.
To apply: Download the Application Form here and send it back to Sonia Devaux by email (devaux@icmc.net) by 16 March 2022 at 10:00 CET.