According to the announcement of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, tomorrow, on Tuesday 16 November 2021, the process of renewal of all expired residence permits is expected to begin. This procedure will only be done online through the platform, which will be available on the website of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum. Attention: 1) All supporting documents must be in the form of […]
The new naturalization process started in April 2021, after the changes made by Law 4735/2020. All those who are going to apply for naturalization or have already applied but have not been examined by the Naturalization Committee until 31/03/2021, must first successfully pass the examination process to obtain the Certificate of Adequacy of Naturalization (greek abbreviation: PEGP). Then, the Directorate of Citizenship, to which applicants […]
On October 19, 2021, the Managing Director of Generation 2.0 RED, Mr. Nikos Odubitan, sent a letter to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Mrs. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on the occasion of the increase of honorary naturalizations, which comes in direct contrast with the delays in the primary procedures for acquiring Greek citizenship. As stated in the letter by the Managing Director of the organization: Honorary […]
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The exams for the Certificate of Adequacy for Naturalization (PEGP) are held twice a year, every May and November. The next exams will take place on Sunday, November 7, 2021. These will be attended by the candidates who have declared their participation in the electronic platform of the General Secretariat of Citizenship until September 5, 2021. For those who are interested in taking the PEGP […]
One year after the historic conviction of Golden Dawn, the Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) calls to mind the importance of the judicial decision that sent a clear message against the criminal organization and organized racist violence. In parallel, the Network warns that there is no room for complacency, as the modus operandi of organized violence continues to severely affect social cohesion. In October 2020, RVRN welcomed the landmark decision convicting Golden Dawn, which protected respect for the rule of law in Greece, while […]
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In October 2020, the new Regional Directorate of Citizenship of Attica was established, which is now responsible for cases of acquisition of Greek citizenship, due to birth and attending school in Greece or attending school in Greece according to articles 1A and 1B of the Greek Citizenship Code. Until recently, it was not fully operational, so applications were sent to the former competent Citizenship Directorates. […]
Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity and the Italian association Terra! are happy to invite you to the online event “Labour exploitation in agriculture is a European phenomenon” which is going to take place on September 23, 2021, from 16.00 to 17.30 EEST. The event will focus mostly on the working conditions that land workers face in the agriculture sector in Greece and the […]
Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity invites you to the Results’ Dissemination event for the project Equal Work and Education for All – Equality Works, which is going to take place online on Tuesday 31 August at 16.00. The project Equality Works, which is implemented under the Active citizens fund program by Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity, was launched in March 2020 […]
Following the function of the online platform on 19/07/2021 for the submission of applications to participate in the November 2021 exams for the acquisition of the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (greek abbreviation: PEGP), the General Secretariat of Citizenship updated the questions of the Item Bank and the answers. The questions selected for the previous exams in May have been replaced with new questions. […]
Those who have a degree from Greek Universities (Greek abbreviation AEI) or have attended certain years of the Greek school are exempt from the exams for the acquisition of the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (Greek abbreviation PEGP). The last changes to the conditions of the years of study were made by Article 52 of Law 4795/2021, which is in force from the date […]
The Ministry of Interior has put into operation since 19/07/2021 the application platform for the participation in the exams for the acquisition of Greek citizenship through the naturalization process and the platform will remain open until 05/09/2021. This application concerns only the November 2021 exams. Those who pass the exams (with a 70% correct answer rate) will receive the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization […]
In the frame of NETCARE project – Networking and Care for Refugee and Migrant Women, KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre and Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality and Diversity, created a video, which aims to inform and raise awareness on the issue of Sexual and Gender Based Violence against refugee and migrant women, including information on possible manifestations of SGBV and the support services […]
Generation 2.0 RED co-signed the letter by the Greek Forum of Refugee and the Greek Forum of Migrants entitled “Health is a right for all. Immediate access to the vaccination process for those who do not have papers”. The letter is addressed to the Deputy Minister of Health, the Secretary General of Primary Health Care and the Chairman of the National Vaccination Committee. It was […]
The Ministry of Migration and Asylum had launched a public consultation from 18 June to 2 July 2021 on the new legislative initiative “Reformation of deportation and return procedures for third-country nationals, issues of residence permits and procedures for granting international protection and other provisions of competence of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum and the Ministry of Civil Protection”. Already from the title chosen […]
Manolada Watch is an initiative of the organization Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity for the monitoring of working and living conditions of the migrant agricultural workers in Manolada in Ilia, Greece. Since 2017, as an organization, we have been dealing with the situation in the region, which has resulted in us having a lot of data and relevant experience. We decided to share […]
Sexual and gender-based violence against migrant and refugee population. The impact of the Covid pandemic on risk of being exposed to SGBV in Spain, Italy and Greece The Net Care project funded by the European Commission aimed to strengthen a network of public and private services for the protection of migrant and refugee survivors of forms of sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) in Greece, Italy and […]
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Do you have a passion for promoting human rights or an interest in a specific cause for which you feel you need to take steps towards change, but you don’t know from where to start? As part of the project “Equality Works”, which is implemented under the Active citizens fund program, the 3rd and last short training on Advocacy is coming on the 28th and 29th of June. The […]
The basic principles of the national vaccination operational planning, the so-called “Operation Freedom“, are firstly Health Security and secondly Ethics and Integrity. But how are these two principles ensured, when the state leaves out of the vaccination process so many thousands of our fellowmen? In order for a person to be vaccinated, all that is needed is to declare his/her Social Security number (AMKA). And […]
Women’s Social Entrepreneurship is back once more to Generation 2.0 RED, with the 3rd and last training circle, part of the “Equality Works” project, implemented under the Active citizens fund program. Why social entrepreneurship? Because social entrepreneurship aims to cover social and environmental needs through entrepreneurship, in other words it has a social mission, such as provision of health services, educational programs to people with […]
On Sunday, May 16th 2021, the exams for the acquisition of the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (greek abbreviation: P.E.G.P.), which is a prerequisite for the acquisition of Greek citizenship by allogeneic foreigners, were carried out for the first time. According to the Ministry of the Interior, the examination procedure was carried out in 20 examination centers set up in seven cities in Greece, […]
The report entitled “The Item Bank and the new naturalization system: a critical assessment” is published as part of the project “Citizenship in practice”, implemented under the Active citizens fund program, by Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity in partnership with the Hellenic League for Human Rights. Specifically, it is part of the action “monitoring and highlighting issues in the procedure for granting citizenship” […]
The new project of Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity entitled “Citizenship in practice”, implemented under the Active citizens fund program, in partnership with the Hellenic League for Human Rights started in April 2021 and will be completed in March 2023. The aim of the project is to improve the existing administrative practice related to the acquisition of citizenship. Specifically, it will identify the […]
We would like to inform you that changes have been detected in the answers included in the Database Questions for the acquisition of the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (P.E.G.P.) and the updated answers have been published on the website of the General Secretariat of Citizenship. Currently, changes are detected only in the Greek language topic (comprehension and production of written word). There is […]
The publication of the Ministry of Interior on the Government Gazette, published on 15/04/2021, sets out all the details of the examination procedure for the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (P.E.G.P.) which replaces the oral interview procedure that has been in force until now. For those who have decided to take the exams this year, they should be aware of the following in relation […]
On Thursday April 22nd, with a delay of 6 months after the adoption of Law 4735/2020 which changed the naturalization system, the very important Decision of the Ministry of Interior setting out the prerequisites for economic and social integration that applicants for Greek citizenship must meet through the naturalization process was published in the Government’s Gazette. This Decision establishes for the first time specific and […]
The answers in the topics that the interested candidates will be examined in order to obtain the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (P.E.G.P.) have been uploaded on the website of the General Secretariat of Citizenship, as we have already informed in a previous article. Due to the questions raised about where exactly the files containing the answers are and many people who are interested […]
Following our announcement on 15/04/2021 about the online platform for the submission of an application for a residence permit for exceptional reasons in accordance with n. 4251/2014 (A’80) being operational, we publish the steps you must take to submit the application. The process takes 30 minutes (half an hour), after that the system will ask you to refresh the page. Applications may be submitted by: […]
In the context of the wider action of informing employees and employers of the organization but also following the information on labor issues during the COVID-19 period, we publish 4 texts of substantive issues, of general interest. Work provision by minors Accident at work Moral and sexual harassement in the workplace Termination of employment contract *The texts in Greek were written by Ms. Maria Koufopoulou, […]
Manolada Watch is an initiative of the organization Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity for the monitoring of working and living conditions of the migrant agricultural workers in Manolada in Ilia, Greece. Since 2017, as an organization, we have been dealing with the situation in the region, which has resulted in us having a lot of data and relevant experience. We decided to share […]
Yesterday 15/04/2021, the Ministry of MigrationMigration and Asylum launched the online platform to apply for a residence permit for exceptional reasons in accordance with Law 4251/2014 (A’80). At the end of the page there is the category Granting a residence permit for Exceptional Reasons. When you click on it the following image appears: The three categories of people who can apply are displayed in blue […]
The General Secretariat of Citizenship published on 13/04/2021 the answers to the database questions in which the interested parties will be examined for the acquisition of the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (Π.Ε.Γ.Π). Entering the database page select any topic you wish and the answers are at the beginning of each topic. The answers are in pdf file format which you can download for […]
Tomorrow, Wednesday 14/04/2021, a draft law of the Ministry of the Interior entitled “System of Interior Control of the Public Sector, Integrity Adviser in public administration and other provisions for public administration and local government” is discussed and voted on in the plenary sessions of the Parliament. Within this draft law, which clearly provides administrative issues -and has no relevance or connection to the procedures […]
This is Mr. Fartash and he is 54 years old. He comes from Iran and lives in Greece for one year now. With a very polite and friendly personality, Mr. Fartash is the person who will share with you, without any hesitation, his many outstanding life experiences. When we needed his help, in order to write this article on his work story, he was willing […]
Since 20/03/2021, the Ministry of the Interior has put into operation the application platform for participation in the exams to obtain the Greek citizenship through the naturalization process. Those who will pass those tests (with a 70% correct answer rate) will receive the Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (ΠΕΓΠ). According to the new law (Law 4735/2020). The Certificate of Knowledge Adequacy for Naturalization (ΠΕΓΠ) replaces […]
KMOP – Social Action and Innovation Centre along with Generation 2.0 RED has just launched a new free online training course aimed at professionals who want to better prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence in the context of migration. The training course aims at improving the skills of professionals in order to identify cases of sexual and gender-based violence, as well as to […]
A new extension until the 31st of December 2021 is provided by Ministerial Decision to those residence permits and blue certificates that have expired or are about to expire: From 01.01.2020 to 31.07.2020, the validity of which was extended until 31.03.2021 From 01.08.2020 to 31.03.2021, the validity of which has been extended for 8 months from their original expiry date From 01.04.2021 to 30.12.2021 If […]
The General Secretariat for Citizenship on 18/03/2021 published a circular with new clarifications on how Directorates of Citizenship will accept expired residence permits and blue certificates that have been extended due to measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the following apply: To file a new citizenship/naturalization application Those who have not been able to renew their resident permits or their blue certificates, which have been […]
Monday 5th April 2021 On March 23rd 2021, 70 civil society organisations sent an open letter to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Skylakakis, expressing our concern about the lack of transparency and limited opportunities to participate in the drafting of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The letter was also copied to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, and the European Commission Recovery […]
At each stage of their stay in Greece, immigrants face many different challenges, more or less known. These stem from permanent institutional gaps and current administrative shortcomings. In the last year – due to the successive administrative consequences of the pandemic – the pre-existing challenges have increased, while new ones have been created that aggravate the – already difficult to ensure – lawful residence in […]
Last week, the online informative event entitled “Residence permits and the operation of the immigration services (DAM)” organized by Generation 2.0 RED was completed. The event, which took place in three different sessions (the first one in French on 03/03, the second one in Greek on 08/03 and the third one in English on 10/03), was attended by immigrants and representatives of immigrant communities, who […]
One of the main consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic is changes in the workplace. In the ever-changing landscape, there is a need to inform employees and employers about the rights and obligations that arise. As part of our information activities, we publish a series of texts on the main occupational issues related to the pandemic. Special purpose leave Absence of employee from work due to […]
Case management and victim support As part of the project NET-CARE: Networking and care for refugee and migrant women, we organise with KMOP an online event entitled “Sexual and gender based violence” against immigrants during lockdown on March 11, 15.00-17.00.Those who are interested in attending the event please fill out the registration form that can be found here. Furthermore, for your participation in the event, […]
Français The pandemic’s effect and the changes it brought to residence permits and to the operation of the services has created the need for information on the new situation. So, Generation 2.0 RED, in addition to providing legal advice individually, decided to launch an online informative event aimed at migrants on the following issues: 1) Appointments for the residence permit for exceptional reasons in Attica […]
In February, a two-day online seminar with title “Development of Soft Skills” & “Intercultural Approaches & Gender Issues” was held by the Career Counselling Service, with the contribution of Diotima organisation, an activity that is part of the “Equality Works” project, which is being implemented under the Active citizens fund. Specifically, we discussed about the importance of communication skills, efficient time management and the […]
End exploitation and raise labour standards in European agriculture Open Letter: To the attention of Member States’ Agriculture Ministers To the attention of Commissioner Wojciechowski – Agriculture To the attention of Commissioner Schmit – Jobs and Social Rights To the attention of Executive Vice President Timmermans – Green Deal To the attention of Members of the European Parliament negotiating team At least ten million people […]
February 11, 2016. The first ever Job Adverts Thursday article is being published by Generation 2.0 RED. A fresh and ambitious attempt of the organisation, just before the Career Counselling service was launched. An activity which was aiming back then, as well as today, to bring closer employers and people of migrant/refugee background seeking employment, by providing them with a common “networking” platform. “Job search […]
In the framework of the implementation of the European project Net-Care – Networking and care of refugee and migrant women, the organizations KMOP and Generation 2.0 RED co-organize a training on the management of cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) against refugees and migrants, which is addressed to professionals from institutions and organizations. The training will be conducted by cultural mediators and interpreters trained […]
ORGANISATION: GENERATION 2.0 RED JOB VACANCY: Employability Officer CITY: Athens START DATE: ASAP CONTRACT LENGTH: 6-month fixed term contract with possibility of extension ABOUT GENERATION 2.0 RED Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality & Diversity is a nonprofit organisation consisted of people with different origins who work together to promote equal participation in a diverse society, through the empowerment of communities. We combine action and research, aiming […]
The Immigration Services issued an announcement on the process of granting new appointments for the submission of the residence permits for exceptional reasons. Specifically, those who are interested to submit an application for this specific category of residence permit, you must send the requests for an appointment to the email of the service of your place of residence. In this email you must attach the […]
According to a document of the General Secretariat of Immigration Policy of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum, the Immigration Services are called to immediately give the possibility of issuing new appointments for the submission of the residence permit for exceptional reasons. Within the next few days the Immigration Services will post on their websites the electronic contact addresses (email) to which appointment requests will […]
As part of the project “Equality Works”, which is implemented under the Active citizens fund program, the 2nd short cycle of group trainings on Advocacy is coming on the 25th and 26th of January at Generation 2.0 RED, since it has always been a core activity of the organisation. The Training is a detailed introduction to methodology, techniques and tools used by groups and communities advocating. […]
On 05/01/2021, Generation 2.0 RED submitted a Complaint to the Greek Ombudsman requesting him to intervene regarding the long-term suspension of administrative procedures about applying for the residence permit for exceptional reasons in Attica. The residence permit for exceptional reasons is one of the most important permits provided in the Immigration and Social Integration Code. It is the main regularisation route for migrants who have […]
Following the extension of validity which was given on 23.12.2020 to residence permits, residence permit application certificates (blue certificates) and international protection applicant cards (tri-fold cards), the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum now allows the electronic issuance of a document, which will certify the extension of residence permits and blue certificates. You can use the extension certificate to facilitate your transactions with public services, banks […]
On October 12, Law 4735/2020 was published, amending the Greek Citizenship Code. So far, though, there have been no institutional actions, nor have the necessary Ministry Decisions been issued, concerning the implementation of the changes relating to the second-generation citizenship and naturalization. Two months after the law has entered into force, we are nowhere in terms of its implementation! As a result, we are once […]
With article 156 of Law 4764/2020 which was published in the Government Gazette on 23.12.2020, a new extension is given to residence permits, residence permit application certificates (blue certificates) and international protection applicant cards (tri-fold cards). This new extension follows the decisions of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum taken as part of the preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Specifically: The […]
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