Current projects

Grantor: The Tides Foundation (Google)
Project timeframe: 02.03.2022 – 31.12.2024
Grant amount:  1 000 000 USD
Project Partners: Fundacja Centrum Badań Migracyjnych (Migrant Info Point), Fundacja dla Somalii, Fundacja Nasz Wybór, Fundacja Polskie Forum Migracyjne, Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka, Klub Inteligencji Katolickiej, Polska Gościnność (Chlebem i Solą), Stowarzyszenie Homo Faber, Stowarzyszenie Nomada, Związek Ukraińców w Polsce (Oddział w Przemyślu)

Short description of the project:

The project is implemented by the consortium of organizations supporting immigrants and refugees in different cities of Poland (Lublin, Poznań, Przemyśl, Warszawa, Wrocław). Its main goal is to deliver humanitarian aid to the people fleeing Ukraine, such as providing shelter, material aid, psychological and integration assistance, as well as legal and employment advice. A part of the project is the organizational development of the consortium, mainly purchase of the equipment, various trainings and fundraising activities. 

Coordinators: Aleksandra Gutowska / Maciej Rawski

Grantor: UNHCR
Project timeframe: 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2024
Grant amount: 3 030 700 PLN
Project Partners: Fundacja Instytut na rzecz Państwa Prawa, Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka, Stowarzyszenie Nomada

Short description of the project:

The project is the response to two migration crises. 

The humanitarian crises at the Polish-Belarussian border has caused the increased number of people detained (put in the detention facilities by the Polish Border Guard). The non-governmental organizations and media have informed that the Border Guards refused to accept applications from most of the asylum seekers at the border. The other group of asylum seekers in the detention facilities are people who managed to get to the West European countries and are turned back to Poland and placed in the detention centers. The access to free of charge legal information and assistance in the detention facilities is limited, so the aim of the project is to fill in this gap.

The Russian aggression on Ukraine has caused hundreds of thousands of people to find shelter in Poland. People who fled from Ukraine are exposed to various risks, so they desperately need protection and assistance in satisfying their most burning needs. In the frame of the project they will receive the legal assistance especially in Lublin and surroundings which is kind of important supplementation to local and governmental bodies and actors, because the number of people in need of legal assistance is huge.

Coordinators: Aleksandra Gutowska / Maciej Rawski

Grantor: European Commission, Horizon Europe
Project timeframe: 01.04.2023-31.03.2026
Grant amount: 32 337,50 EUR
Project Partners: UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT (leader), THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Centre for European Policy Studies, GEMEINNUTZIGE GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG VON WISSENSCHAFT UND BILDUNGMIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG, HELSINGIN YLIOPISTO, UNIVERSITA CA’ FOSCARI VENEZIA, UNIWERSYTET WARSZAWSKI, CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES SYNDICATS ADF, EUROPEAN NETWORK AGAINST RACISM, ACTIONAID INTERNATIONAL ITALIA ONLUS, STICHTING FAIRWORK, HELSINGIN DIAKONISSALAITOKSEN SAATIO SR, Verein zur Förderung des kirchlichen Engagements.

Short description of the project:

The project investigates the living and working conditions of regularized migrant households in Europe from an intersectional perspective. It aims to reveal the spectrum of irregularity in contemporary Europe and cast light on the everyday experiences of migrants with irregular, unstable and/or precarious legal status.

To achieve its overarching ambition, we will engage at all stages of the project cycle with relevant European, national, local and sectoral actors in six countries (Finland, Germany, Italy, The Netherland, Poland and the UK) through Country Stakeholder Groups (CSG) and a European Stakeholder Group (EISG). Moreover, we will organize a series of consultative and participatory initiatives to produce new knowledge, inform public and political debate, validate key research findings, and design policy recommendations.

For more information go to the website: www.i-claim.eu.

Coordinator: Aleksandra Gutowska