1. Case House of Belonging

https://www.instagram.com/casadapertenca/ 

The ‘House of Belonging’ is an innovative community project created to promote the social, symbolic and economic inclusion of migrants in Porto, a space for community engagement and social innovation. The ‘House of Belonging’ offers support, development opportunities and facilitates social integration and civic participation.

Knowledge that the House of Belonging embraces:
  • Interdisciplinary and Indisciplinary Knowledge
  • Affective, non-codified knowledge
  • Experimental and Experiential Knowledge
  • Knowledge from experiments and experiences
  • Canonical Knowledge
  • Standard and culturally situated, ancestral knowledges

Its mission is to expand this legacy through new forms of interaction and collective participation. 

The House of Belonging is structured around three pillars: 
  1. Community Hub 
  2. ArtSpace
  3. Site of Memory and Transformation 

The House of Belonging is a social call to action, exploring our relationship with belonging, connection, and each other. It is a space dedicated to understanding how communities shape and are shaped by cultural activity, highlighting the sustainability of everything. The main goal is to strengthen social ties by encouraging dialogue, experimentation, and collaboration. Diversity becomes a driving force for social cohesion and innovation.

Main activities proposed to the community:
  • Workshops and educational programs
  • Artistic residencies and collaborative studios
  • Exhibitions featuring guest artists and APPC’s collection
  • Community gardens and sustainable practices Activities for families and children
  • Well-being and holistic health practices
  • Collective restoration of space, fostering shared responsibility
  • Intercultural meals, celebrating traditions and flavours.
 
2. Rede de Escolas para a Educação Intercultural - REEI

The REEI Programme - Network of Schools for Intercultural Education is a joint initiative of the Portuguese Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA, I.P), the Portuguese Ministry of Education, through the Directorate-General for Education (DGE), and the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF).

It is a network of schools involved in transforming the education system, its organisation and its pedagogical approach with a view to interculturality. 

The main objectives are:
  • To promote the integration and educational success of all children and young people, from pre-school to secondary education.
  • To develop respect for differences and the establishment of safe, healthy, peaceful and democratic relationships, interaction and rapprochement between children and students and other members of the educational community.
The REEI is based on the following principles:
  1. Recognising and valuing diversity as a source of learning and personal and collective development.
  2. Commitment from the whole school to the whole school, with the participation of the entire educational community and local partners.
  3. Intercultural Education is an ongoing process, constantly adapting to the context and, when in the school context, it permeates the entire praxis of those who work and live there.
  4. Intercultural education is an integral part of education for citizenship, based on the values and principles of human rights and cosmopolitan ethics.
Number of member schools and professionals involved:
  • Pilot Project, 2016-2018: 23 member schools and around 100 professionals
  • II Cycle, 2019-2023: 45 member schools; no. of professionals: 2021/2021 - 274; 2021/2022 - 336; 2022/2023 - 192
  • III Cycle, 2023-2027: 66 member schools; number of professionals: 2023/2024 - 476 professionals; until May/2025, 320 professionals

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