Context/background of the project:The European PAC project (Prisoners’ Active Citizenship) contributes to an important priority of the Erasmus Plus programme. It promotes social inclusion as it aims to increase participation and lifelong learning among one of the most disadvantaged groups of society: prisoners. The project also increased empowerment among this population. Concretely, the PAC project realized new knowledge and innovative pathways in prisoners’ participation and involvement in prison life to improve their social inclusion and empowerment. This project is produced against the background of legal and human rights prisoners have to participate in different prison activities (e.g., in education, sport activities, cultural activities), and being actively involved in the organisation of prison life (e.g., democratic participation, involvement in the organisation of prison activities). Throughout Europe, more than 1 400 000 people are imprisoned. The prison population is diverse in terms of nationality, ethnicity, languages mastered, age, etc. Although prisoners’ participation and involvement in prison life has been related with diverse positive outcomes such as improvement of skills, self-esteem, self-confidence, and better relationships between prisoners and prison staff, it has been found that there is a lack of knowledge about how to develop, implement and support different types of prisoners’ participation and involvement in prison life, in particular for diverse groups of prisoners (including prisoners awaiting trial, foreign speaking prisoners, illiterate prisoners, etc.). objectives, type/profile of participants; description of undertaken activities;To anticipate this gap, the PAC consortium did undertake several steps. First, the partnership developed a state of play in which they indicate good/ learning practices across Europe in which prisoners are seen as active citizens. This state of play is based on a review of the literature and the results of an online survey. Second, the PAC consortium developed, tested and implemented innovative learning practices to increase prisoners’ participation and involvement in prison life in 5 European countries (i.e., Belgium, Croatia, Italy, The Netherlands, and United Kingdom), based on this state of play. Using process and product evaluations, these innovative learning areas has been scientifically investigated in order to develop a toolkit for professionals to realize new European learning areas. In this toolbox, practical tips and tricks for local and regional institutions for realizing learning areas are given. Finally, another important part of the PAC project is the strategic influence on local, regional, national and European policy makers in order to facilitate future learning areas in order to increase the participation possibilities and chances of prisoners. Each country organised a local multiplier event in order to ensure sustainable use of the toolkit and future development of innovative learning areas in which prisoners’ participation and involvement are central. Besides, also a European study day has been organised to spread the results of the project.

Key topics: Integration, sport, physical activity, refugees, challenges, barriers, solutions, principles, success factors, recommendations, tips and tricks, partnership, impactThe last year has seen a huge and unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants into Europe. During 2015 more than a million asylum seekers and immigrants arrived in Europe. In the face of this crisis, governments have to date largely not succeeded in finding pan-European solutions, relying instead on national approaches. Refugees – and the unfortunate situations that made them refugees – are a reality. This is a reality we all need to deal with and act upon. Whether it is by undertaking actions that will help to minimise the number of refugees in the future, or by supporting civilians in areas of conflict, or assisting refugees in the countries they flee to – it is a human reality. A reality which demands a human solution. Depending on whether we represent political institutions or civil society, our roles and interventions will be different. But the task is the same - to give everyone the Human Right to MOVE.Many civil society organisations – not least sport organisations – have shown their human capacity by assisting refugees in finding just a little dignity, a little friendliness and a little happiness in their lives. To do this they acted quickly and have done it the way in which civil society is strongest. Simply by offering the refugees the same grassroots activities as they offer other citizens. This happens in thousands of places across Europe. It comes from the bottom up in local areas and is driven by volunteers. It is a fantastic symbol of the Human Right to MOVE being something we give to each other.The project Inclusion of Refugees through Sport had as its overall aim to strengthen the societal inclusion of refugees via the informal and non-formal learning opportunities sport and physical activities provide. With project we took a different approach by aiming to strengthen European cooperation in the field of adult learning to enhance inclusion of refugees at the level of civil society organisations. With IRTS project and its activities we have proof that interaction and informal learning can lead to an increase in Social, Intellectual, Financial, Physical, Emotional and Individual Capital for participants and learners. We have developed tools•good practice collection https://irts.isca.org/collection/ •a Grundtvig video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h10Fbmwcy4E •a toolkit https://irts.isca.org/implementation-guide/•an online learning resource https://learn.isca.org/courses/irts/ for grassroots sport and non-sport organisation to use when engaging refugees in sport and physical activities. Organisations invite and help refugees to be physical active, acquire positive life skills, attitudes and values. They improve their language and communication skills, get a better understanding of cultural norms and codes of conduct and form a mutual respect for common rules and underlying values. Moreover sports organisations and their leaders enhanced leadership and organisational skills for important contributions to the learning, self-esteem and, ultimately, employability of the individual refugees involved.Partners and other participating organisations established and joined the web networking platform, and committed to the sustainability of the project with their active engagement and recruitment of new organisations to expand the network. All new organisations receive consulting and advice to exploit the project outputs even further, via MOVE Beyond project and new Network platform. ISCA, as the lead organisation, is committed to maintaining and updating the platform with new materials at least quarterly, as well as inviting further interested organisations as the network expands. ISCA is very experienced in maintaining such networks and resources and is currently doing so for five thematic networks. ISCA is also able to exploit other international projects and meetings, as well as its annual congress, to enable the network organisations to be in touch also physically with regular intervals ISCA will continue to promote and monitor the use of these tools as part of our ongoing dissemination efforts. The migration and inclusion agenda remains an important issue that requires effective cooperation between European countries, so we believe that we set an example that others can take up, follow and develop further in the future.Full report is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/09neuohedafddmq/IRTS_Final%20Narrative_Report_October%202019.pdf?dl=0