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Permanent Observatory on Immigration (OPI-UJI)

Joint conference of the Joint conference of the THE UNIVERSITY NETWORK OF THE EUROPEAN THE UNIVERSITY NETWORK OF THE EUROPEAN

CAPITALS OF CULTURECAPITALS OF CULTURECOMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIESCOMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES

(University of Pécs: 14-15 October 2010) (University of Pécs: 14-15 October 2010)

PERMANENT OBSERVATORY ON IMMIGRATION: A NEW PSYCHOSOCIAL

APPROACH OF THE CULTURES AND THE MIGRATIONS

Mar Valero-Valero, Carmen Lázaro-Guillamón, Mónica Mar Valero-Valero, Carmen Lázaro-Guillamón, Mónica García-Renedo, Sara Martínez-López, José Manuel Gil-Beltrán García-Renedo, Sara Martínez-López, José Manuel Gil-Beltrán

y Natacha Jiménez Waltery Natacha Jiménez Walter

Permanent Observatory on Immigration (OPI-UJI)Permanent Observatory on Immigration (OPI-UJI)Development Cooperation and Solidarity Office (OCDS)Development Cooperation and Solidarity Office (OCDS)

Universitat Jaume I – Castellón (Spain)Universitat Jaume I – Castellón (Spain)

Mar Valero Valero: [email protected]

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PERMANENT OBSERVATORY PERMANENT OBSERVATORY ON IMMIGRATION (OPI-UJI)ON IMMIGRATION (OPI-UJI)

• OPI-UJI was set up in 2004 in order to fill the vacuum relating to immigration in the province of Castellón in:– Research– Education– Awareness-raising

OPI-UJI OPI-UJI Exploring cooperation and solidarity, as well as Exploring cooperation and solidarity, as well as the potential for the cultural, economic, human the potential for the cultural, economic, human and social progress of immigration and of our and social progress of immigration and of our

societies.societies.

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CHANGESCHANGES

THE OBSERVATORY IS CURRENTLY IN THE

MIDDLE OF A PROCESS OF CHANGE.

NEW WORKING PLANS

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TASKSTASKS

We will pay more attention to the various aspects surrounding both migratory processes and

the life of the people from different countries in the

communities where they arrived and where multicultural

societies are being established.

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POINT OF VIEWPOINT OF VIEW

The Observatory will work with positive psychosocial issues such as resilience, positive adaptation to the

environment, the adoption of new customs and the way they combine

those from the migrants’ own culture…

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FIELD OF ACTIONFIELD OF ACTION

The field of action included:• interculturality• psychosocial aspects• migration

– place of origin – motivation for migration– Integration– language acquisition

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GENERAL OBJECTIVEGENERAL OBJECTIVE

To offer members of the university community and various sectors of the population education and resources

concerning the different psychosocial psychosocial aspects aspects surrounding the migration migration

processprocess, as well as carrying out research and studiesresearch and studies facilitating the

integrationintegration and adaptationadaptation of different cultures within a single society.

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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVESSPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• Researching the various psychosocial issues

• Training professionals caring for the immigrant population

• Providing bibliographical, audiovisual or information technology resources about psychosocial aspects of immigration.

• Provide advice to the agents involved in the migration process

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ACTIONSACTIONS

• Research and studies into the psychosocial aspects of immigrant population groups.

• Raising awareness of new cultures.• Holding conferences, lectures and

seminars related to various issues concerning the mental health, education or integration of immigrants.

• Creating a resource area covering psychology and education, culture and migration.

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ACTIVITIESACTIVITIES

• Awareness-raising

• Research

• Education

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CONCLUSIONWith the objectives and actions planned, we

consider that we can cover an area of migration which has not been worked on

until now, as the migration process is mostly analysed from a negative point of

view.

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The mother country is The mother country is not the land. not the land.

Nevertheless, the men Nevertheless, the men that the land nourishes that the land nourishes are the mother country.are the mother country.

Rabindranath Tagore

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Joint conference of the Joint conference of the THE UNIVERSITY NETWORK OF THE EUROPEAN THE UNIVERSITY NETWORK OF THE EUROPEAN

CAPITALS OF CULTURECAPITALS OF CULTURECOMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIESCOMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES

(University of Pécs: 14-15 October 2010) (University of Pécs: 14-15 October 2010)

PERMANENT OBSERVATORY ON IMMIGRATION: A NEW PSYCHOSOCIAL

APPROACH OF THE CULTURES AND THE MIGRATIONS

Mar Valero-Valero, Carmen Lázaro-Guillamón, Mónica Mar Valero-Valero, Carmen Lázaro-Guillamón, Mónica García-Renedo, Sara Martínez-López, José Manuel Gil-Beltrán García-Renedo, Sara Martínez-López, José Manuel Gil-Beltrán

y Natacha Jiménez Waltery Natacha Jiménez Walter

Permanent Observatory on Immigration (OPI-UJI)Permanent Observatory on Immigration (OPI-UJI)Development Cooperation and Solidarity Office (OCDS)Development Cooperation and Solidarity Office (OCDS)

Universitat Jaume I – Castellón (Spain)Universitat Jaume I – Castellón (Spain)

Mar Valero Valero: [email protected]

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