Refugee and Migration Issues

Zagreb, Croatia
February 22-26, 2016

Exchange alumni from 21 countries in Europe gathered in Zagreb, Croatia for the first Alumni Thematic International Exchange seminar. Alumni participants discussed the regional, country-specific, and grassroots contexts of refugee and migrant assistance and created regional strategic plans for how to promote diversity and integration in their home countries. This seminar also provided a platform to launch the Alumni Action Corps, an initiative that allows alumni to lend their skills to regional volunteer initiatives.

By the Numbers

41 Alumni Participants

26
Women

15
Men

Alumni Participants’ Home Countries

21
Countries in Europe

Small Grant Projects

6
Small Grant Projects in 7 Countries

Alumni Participants’ Exchange Programs

11
Exchange Programs