Enhancing Digital Skills for Migrants and Refugees
Country: Croatia
Lead organisation: Borders:None
Target audience: Migrants and refugees
Geographical focus: Croatia
Project duration: 2023 – Ongoing
Project status: Active
Project Overview
Project Description
This project seeks to enhance digital skills among migrants and refugees in Croatia and Greece, enabling them to access essential social services more effectively and integrate into their host communities. By addressing barriers related to digital literacy and limited online access, the initiative provides critical support to these vulnerable populations, fostering self-reliance and improving their quality of life.
Funding Sources
City of Zagreb
Impact And Acchievements
- Successfully adopted strategies to mitigate challenges related to low digital literacy among asylum seekers.
- Overcame barriers in reaching target groups during visitor bans at reception centers by leveraging community networks and promoting word-of-mouth outreach through informed asylum seekers.
- Empowered migrants and refugees with essential digital skills, improving their ability to navigate social systems and access services.
Additional notes
The project emphasizes the importance of community support and digital empowerment to overcome systemic barriers, particularly in restricted environments like reception centers. Its approach highlights adaptability and the use of localized strategies to achieve impactful results.
Documents and Attachments
Article from Borders:None about the project
This article brings together the perspectives of Borders:None and OCC Greece, two NGOs working towards the integration and inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers respectively in Croatia and Greece. Both experiences aim to shed light on their ongoing difficulties in reaching their target groups and on the importance of fostering community support and digital skills.
