IOM’s Netherlands cultural orientation (NLCO I) project
was implemented between January 2010 and June 2011. It aimed at
providing tailor-made pre-departure cultural orientation training
to refugees selected on dossier basis. This could be small groups,
families or individuals accepted for resettlement to the
Netherlands. Before the NLCO project was introduced, dossier cases
did not receive any pre-departure cultural orientation training and
therefore came to the Netherlands with no formal preparation, and
often with unrealistic expectations.
The NLCO I project was run in close partnership with the Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) and the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
The NLCO I project was run in close partnership with the Dutch Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) and the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
As dossier based cases can be resettled from countries throughout the world the NLCO I project identified 12 professional IOM CO trainers. The trainers where based in 10 countries of first asylum covering Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea (CKY), Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, the Russian Federation, Syria, Turkey and Thailand. The CO trainers received training about the Dutch CO curriculum during a kick-off train the trainer meeting in the Netherlands at the start of the project. All necessary information was made available via this website which was developed during the project.
In coordination with COA a CO curriculum was designed. Two types of CO trainings were developed, basic and extended package. The basic cultural orientation training aimed to provide the refugee with written information and images about the Netherlands through a so called: ‘Welcome to the Netherlands’ package. The extended package consisted of three days of cultural orientation training. This training was provided through IOM’s qualified CO trainers.
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NLCO Publication | 3945 KB | 14.03.2012
