Projects

Articles about our projects

SEA-l – entering Europe and modern technologies (2016–2017)

The aim of the project is to develop the SEA-l core activities and to provide for a future for the entire association and its active members. SEA-l is one of the most prominent information centres dealing with Vietnam and Vietnamese culture in the Czech Republic. New times and tools demand a faster and a more effective access for their users, therefore we have decided to innovate also our website and present its content not only in Czech but also in English and Vietnamese versions. The new website has a clearer thematic structure, a signpost for specific target groups and a modern design and features.

New challenge – from intercultural assistance to intercultural mediation (2015)

Following the training of our own active members who have been trained in intercultural assistance in the previous year, we have decided to support the entire team so that they are able to handle complex issues related to integration, negotiation in the community, etc. SEA-l has long been engaged in establishing intercultural mediation and its development presents a new challenge for the association. Also the immigration policy of the Czech Republic begins to employ intercultural mediation as an instrument aimed at minimizing the tensions arising from the encounter of the majority and minority culture and strengthening social cohesion.

Expansion of the network of Czech-Vietnamese assistants (2013–2014)

The necessary Czech-Vietnamese assistants were trained also as a part of another project aimed at supporting Vietnamese nationals’ entry and integration into the Czech labour market, this time, after years, again in Prague. Together with our project partner VOLONTÉ CZECH we responded to a growing demand from a number of public and commercial entities (MoLSA, MoI, Police of the Czech Republic, Integration Centres for Foreigners in the Czech Republic, Caritas Czech Republic, the House of National Minorities, TRW Automotive, law and distraintment offices, hospitals, schools, etc.) to provide services of a qualified bilingual Czech-Vietnamese assistant, as well as to the demands of the Vietnamese who have worked with us on a number of projects as volunteers but lacked a professional basis needed for the position of a Czech-Vietnamese assistant.

Expansion of the network of Czech-Vietnamese assistants in the Karlovy Vary Region (2013–2014)

The priority of the project was to provide intercultural training suitable for young Vietnamese educated in the Czech system and at the same time growing up in a different socio-cultural environment formed by their “community”, namely the Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic. The training for Czech-Vietnamese intercultural assistants and trainers was not the only asset of the project. The project has also offered to the successful graduates training jobs in the organization of the project implementer or mediated new job opportunities with other employers – public business entities focusing on Vietnam or migration from Vietnam.

Support and integration of Vietnamese immigrants into the labour market through vocational training (2012–2014)

A lot of young Vietnamese came to the Czech Republic but they did not manage to find their dream job here and many of them ended up in dire straits and had to be supported by their families in Vietnam, although their original idea was to use the income from the Czech Republic to provide for their families in Vietnam. Through intensive individual support, this project focused on labour integration of young Vietnamese residing legally in the Czech Republic who were under the age of 25, had low professional potential and low level of Czech, but wanted to live and work in the Czech Republic.

Training and multiplication of the network of vocational training coaches in the SRV (2011–2013)

In response to the development of migration of Vietnamese nationals to the Czech Republic, we began to focus more not only on integration activities in the Czech Republic but also on development projects in Vietnam. In 2011, Klub Hanoi received support for a three-year development cooperation project in the field of vocational training reforms.

Happy Neighbourhood – the Czech-Vietnamese integration project for Prague Libuš and beyond (2011–2012)

The project focused on solving concrete problems of neighbour and intercultural coexistence between Czech and Vietnamese residents. It included systematic work with the inhabitants of Prague municipal district – Libuš (Czech and Vietnamese) and support in managing neighbour disputes and misunderstandings through mediation, interpreting, and intercultural assistance. The project also included work with the media. We are always ready to provide journalists with not only information about the above-mentioned topic but also with contacts, and to arrange interpreting services.