UB support program to refugees receives the Diversity Prize

The award, which is given by the ACATHI association, values the inclusion of LGBTI+ refugees within the program.

The Support program of the University of Barcelona for refugees and people from conflict areas has been awarded one of the Diversity Prizes, given by ACATHI Association (Migration, Shelter and LGTBI+ Diversity), for the inclusion of LGBTI+ refugees within the program.

The ceremony took place on September 28, within the frame of the Festa de la Diversitat de l’Esquerra de l’Eixample, and Xavier López, director of UB Solidarity Foundation, the coordinating entity of the program, took the award.

The Diversity Prizes distinguish people, projects and initiatives committed to diversity and promotion of spaces, methodologies and actions with an inclusive perspective.

This prize joins now the Magisterio Prize 2017, given to the UB Support program for refugees, shared with the Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR) and the Complutense and Camilo José Cela universities, “for the work they do to help refugees and asylum seekers access university studies and make their inclusion in the welcoming country possible”.

The UB Support program for refugees and people from conflict areas aims to promote the access of this group to higher education. With this goal, the program includes several action lines:

Academic, educational and social support for young student refugees through university enrolment grants, Catalan and Spanish language courses, tutoring programs, accommodation, legal advice, psychological assistance and support to their labor integration
A transition course to the University –with the support from the Barcelona City Council-, aimed at people under a special economic and human rights vulnerable situation (mainly coming from Syria), which includes accommodation.
Activities on information, training and awareness on the refugee crisis; such as Mare Nostrum project, funded by the Catalan Cooperation Fund for Development).
The participation in European and international projects such as RESCUE (Refugees Education Support in MENA countries) and inHERE (Higher Education Supporting Refugees in Europe). The latter has included the UB program in their Good Practice Catalogue on refugee welcoming at university.

This news is related to the following SDG of 2030 Agenda:

SDG 4. Quality education

Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities

Target 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities

Target 10.3: Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.

SDG 4. Quality education

Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities

Target 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities

Target 10.3: Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.

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SDG 4. Quality education Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities Target 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities Target 10.3: Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.

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UB Solidarity & the SDG

European projects

SDG 4. Quality education

Target 4.3: By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities

Target 10.7: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through the implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies.

SDG 10. Reduced inequalities

Target 10.3: Ensure equal opportunity and reduce inequalities of outcome, including by eliminating discriminatory laws, policies and practices and promoting appropriate legislation, policies and action in this regard.