We have extensive experience in collaborating with other NGOs across Europe, which allows us to better connect local communities with migrant and refugee communities to have a greater impact. These collaborations are made possible with the support of the European Commission.
Ongoing projects
CREATE
OCC Spain – Partner
The project aims to develop language teaching materials tailored to the specific needs of migrant teenagers, as well as A1 and A2 level language classes for unaccompanied minors.
DIGITAL LINGUA
OCC Spain – Partner
This project aims to enhance the teaching skills and digital expertise of online language educators while improving migrant people’s language proficiency and integration through innovative digital methods.
Stories4All
OCC Spain & OCC Greece – Partners.
Stories 4 All is a European project focused on communicating about migration with a gender lens.
True Stories
OCC Spain & OCC Greece – Partners
True Stories aims to broadcast the stories of migrant and refugee people through a podcast, with the goal of challenging dominant media narratives on migration.
CARAVAN
OCC Spain – Partner
The CARAVAN project is an itinerant awareness-raising project, aiming to create opportunities for dialogue, learning and exchange on the topic of migration through a series of in-person activities for children and adults. Started by the French Red Cross, this project will have its first cross-border edition in Spain, with OCC as its main collaborator.
UKRAINENOW
OCC Spain – Coordinator
OCC Greece – Partner
Ukraine Now aims to raise awareness across Europe about refugee movements after media coverage decreases, in order to develop new approaches to communication on migration.
Past Projects
Open Cultural Center has had the chance to collaborate with many European partners on a range of interesting projects addressing topics such as language learning for integration, management of migration flows & tech inclusion for migrant and refugee people. You can explore all of our past European projects below.
Integreat
OCC Spain – Partner
INTEgreat aims to improve the integration of migrant and refugee people in European cities. It brings together 7 partners across 5 EU countries. Through this project, several deliverables were produced, including pilot activities, country reports, and a toolkit. You can learn more about the project through the Integreat website.
Funded by the European Union through AMIF.
Youth4All
OCC Spain & OCC Greece – Partners
Youth4All is a European project on the labour integration of young migrants in rural areas, in Catalonia and Greece.
Funded by the European Union through Erasmus+.
TOCL
OCC Spain – Coordinator
Translation of Cultural Languages (TOCL) aims to create an online learning platform that incorporates culture into language education for migrants and refugees in Europe.
Coordinated by OCC Spain in collaboration with 6 partner organisations: Universidad de Almería (Spain), Mygrants (Italy), Second Tree (Greece), Yourtranslator (Greece), Synthesis (Cyprus), and ZRC SAZU (Slovenia).
Co-funded by the European Union through Erasmus+.
ITFLOWS
OCC Spain & OCC Greece – Partners
The purpose of ITFLOWS is to provide accurate predictions and adequate management solutions of migration flows in the European Union in the phases of reception, relocation, settlement and integration of migration, through the development of an evidence-based ICT enabled solution (the EUMigraTool) and precise models.
This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 882986.
RE.BE.CO
OCC Spain & OCC Greece – Partners
RE.BE.CO (REfugees to BEcome COnselours and trainers) seeks to promote the inclusion of young migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in European countries.
It brings together four organisations: !Fall (Sweden), Partecipazione e Sviluppo (Italy), and OCC (Spain & Greece).
Funded by the European Union through Erasmus+.
EMERGING COMMUNITIES
OCC Spain – Partner
Its main objective is to have the opportunity to discover different projects and initiatives from partner organisations in order to share ideas, good practices, and solutions, as well as inspiring each other.
The Emerging Communities collaboration brings together 8 organisations from across Europe: ImWandel and Inwole (Germany), Conceptual Politics (Serbia), Communitism (Greece), Ethos (Greece & Denmark), Italia che Cambia (Italy), and OCC (Spain).
Funded by the European Union through Erasmus+.
MIGRACODE EUROPE
OCC Spain (Coordinator) & OCC Greece (Partner)
A European network of code schools made possible by various nonprofit organisations. The network collaborates with corporate business and other organisations to support vulnerable groups all throughout Europe. It also promotes the exchange of best practices between all schools.
Funded by the European Union through Erasmus+.
TRAINING WITHOUT BORDERS
OCC Spain & OCC Greece
Training Without Borders is a project developed between OCC Spain and OCC Greece, dedicated to improving cooperation between the two teams while learning from each other.
Funded by the European Union through Erasmus+.
