During our strategic planning for the 5 years to 2022, we in Welcoming Communities defined the following: 

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Vision

We envision a world in which refugees have a voice, where their rights are respected and their contributions to our society are acknowledged and celebrated.

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Purpose

To work directly with refugee communities and agencies in order to connect refugees with existing service providers, and to promote the development of policies which will further improve and secure the resettlement process.

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Aims

In order to achieve this purpose, Welcoming Communities will pursue the following aims:

1. To act as a link between refugees and service providers.

2. To promote the empowerment of refugee communities and individuals in Australia and support the capacity building of the resettlement process in Australia.

3. To assist government agencies with development of policies related to the resettlement process.

4. To increase public awareness and media sensitivity towards refugees and asylum seekers.

 

Goals for 2017-2022

During the period 2017-2022, we will work to:

1. Promote secured funding for the SSI’s Refugee Employment Support Program. To read more about that click here, and to get involved click here.

2. Promote that asylum seekers should have access to cultural appropriate services through Medicare.

3. Promote an implementation of a national framework for skills recognition.

4. Promote an implementation of scholarships for refugees aimed at tertiary education.

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To read more about the goals, click here for out strategic plan.