From 13th to 24th of november, took place HumAct third Winter School in Iscte, Lisbon, gathering teachers and students from the project partners, under the theme “Humanitarian Action and Climatic Changes”. It aimed at discussing topics and strategies to act on climate change, forced migration and the needs for professionalization of the humanitarian sector in the project’s partner countries. During the Winter School, the participants had the opportunity to participate in plenary session, workshops, delivered by the teachers involved in the project and also participate in field visits to the Portuguese Civil Protection, the Tile Museum and the Illustration fair in Setúbal.

The students from different universities worked together on different projects, had the opportunity to develop new ideas and intervention strategies and then presented them to the wider audience. As guest speakers, the Winter School counted on representantives from different NGOs, the State Secretary of Civil Protection in Portugal, Patrícia Gaspar; the Director of Development Department of Social Security Institute, Inês Amaro; the President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), Annamaria Campanini; the President of the International Council Social Welfare (ICSW), Sang Mok Suk and the President of the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), Joachim Mumba

The Winter School contributed greatly to the objectives of the project, reinforcing the capacities for the development of national curriculum in Humanitarian Action, through the exchange of ideas and good practices between the partners universities. For the students it was a very good opportunity to acquire new skills and deepen their knowledge in humanitarian action contexts and the challenges they pose.

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