Citizenship Training

Citizen training isCitizen training is

• Understanding Culture and Managing Culture Shock.
• Fight against prejudice and discrimination.
• Decipher the contexts (economic, social, legal) and act with confidence.

​ Required Themes in the Framework of the Integration Program  

• residency statuses in Belgium

• Health

• housing

• education

• social security

• taxes

• insurance

• Belgian and international institutions

• daily life

Little extras  

In addition to essential topics related to citizenship, our training sessions are tailored to the needs and interests of the groups. This allows us to cover a variety of themes such as :

• awareness of cultural codes and managing culture shock.
• the functioning of elections and citizen participation .
• waste sorting practices
• holidays in Belgium and in the countries of origin.
• cultural activities, such as a visit to the historic center of Liège, the Royal Opera of Wallonia, or a game about Liège and Belgian culture.
• the discovery of family planning (in collaboration with Infor Femmes).
• different family configurations in Belgium .

Pedagogical Approach  

Our trainers, all qualified by DISCRI, adopt an intercultural approach focused on four key steps:

1. shift perspective
2. understand the other person's system
3. meditate and/or negotiate
4. identify the "sensitive areas"