MATE aims to develop an innovative, holistic methodology for the acquisition of intercultural skills by students and other young individuals of local and foreign/migrant background as well as for the strengthening of the networking between them by combining classroom learning with the implementation of experiential activities.
The project objectives are:
To promote cultural awareness through interventions to local and foreign/migrant students and other young individuals.
To assist foreign/migrant students to increase their social capital through the development of social networks and personal relationships with local students and other young individuals.
To assist local and foreign/migrant students and other young individuals to identify and combat face-to-face (offline), online and disguised forms of hate speech.
To assist local and foreign/migrant students to launch effective, low-budget awareness raising campaigns in order to combat discrimination and hate speech and promote respect for diversity.