Peter Barnett, Head of Libraries, Advice, Health & Information Service at Coventry City Council, speaking at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Cllr Abdul Khan, Deputy Leader of Coventry City Council, speaking at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Julia Kariuki and Jihan Belal, refugees who have resettled in Coventry, share their stories of finding employment and feeling welcome in the West Midlandsat the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Andy Street, West Midlands Combined Authority Mayor, speaking at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Attendees enjoy food from Coventry social enterprise, Arabian Bites, at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Positive Youth Foundation perform a dance and music piece at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Local Artist, Laura Nyahuye (Maokwo), speaking to attendees at theĀ at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Andy Street, West Midlands Combined Authority Mayor, writes on the Hope 4 t he Community Gratitude Wall at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event, where attendees were asked ‘what is a ‘Migration Friendly’ city to you?’
5 June 2018
WMCA Mayor Andy Street and Coventry City Council Deputy Leader Cllr Abdul Khan with members of the MiFriendly Cities project team at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Attendees enjoy the programme of speakers and performers at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Young people from the ‘Let us Learn’ campaign talk about the importance of citizenship rights for young migrants at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
The regional MiFriendly Cities launch event also hosted the launch of ‘A Taste of Syria’, a cookbook created in a joint venture between Coventry City Council and Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre, featuring recipes from over 20 resettled refugee women.
5 June 2018
Andy Street, West Midlands Combined Authority Mayor, speaking at the MiFriendly Cities regional launch event.
5 June 2018
Attendees of MiFriendly Cities’ Interim Event, in partnership with RISING Global Peace Forum, enjoying breakfast provided by Proof Bakery and Arabian Bites
13 November 2019
Expert panel discussion at the MiFriendly Cities’ Interim Event, disseminating knowledge and sharing best practice. From left to right:
Manuel Hoff – Project Officer at the International Organisation for Migration
Gaetano Di Palo – Chief Research Officer, Fondazione IFEL Campania
Nazek ramadan – Chair of panel and Director of Migrant Voice
Lefteris Papagiannakis – Chair of Migration and Integration of the Eurocities Netowrk and Vice President for Refugees Issues of European Coalition of Cities Against Racism
Martin Reeves – CEO of Coventry City Council
Katharina Mattheis – Coordinator of Integration and Participation for Kiel’s Department of Migration
13 November 2019
Participant panel discussion at MiFriendly Cities’ Interim Event, sharing experience and providing feedback.
13 November 2019
Sinead Ouillon, Co-Founder of FabLab Coventry and Programme Leader of Coventry University’s Resilient City Initiative, presenting the launch of the MiFriendly Cities Interim Evaluation Report
13 November 2019
MiFriendly Cities participants receiving a thank you for engaging with the project.
13 November 2019
This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative.