Welcome to Rescue

Our main objective is to help Jordanian, Lebanese and Iraqi (Kurdistan Region) Universities in structuring an effective response to refugees crisis.

We do believe education is a human right to be guaranteed to all people and our effort is directed toward it.

By creating the Refugee Student Operational Support Unit – R-SOS we will provide local Universities a fundamental tool in order to structure specific services supporting the refugee students in resuming their academic or training path.

 

News

Representatives from Middle East universities held at the UB the 7th partnership meeting of RESCUE

A delegation of 21 presidents, vice-presidents, vice-rectors, deans and other members of universities from Jordan, Lebanon and Iraqi Kurdistan have met, on September 26 and 27, at the University of Barcelona for the 7th partnership meeting of the RESCUE project (Refugees Education Support in MENA countries). The university representatives have shared and assessed the activities carried […]

International conference: “A step further towards vulnerable communities in Middle East”, Rome 24-25 September 2019

On 24 and 25 September 2019 at the Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT (Via delle Sette Chiese, 139, 00147), the UNIMED, Union of the Universities of the Mediterranean, has organized an international conference entitled ” A step further towards vulnerable communities in Middle East: The commitment of universities to the refugee crisis in […]

A visit to Germany: a lebanese perspective by Nisrine and Mahmoud

Syrian refugees who are fleeing the war from Syria, often seek refuge in Germany. They dream of reaching Germany to rebuild their lives and have a better future. But is Germany truly the land of opportunity? To answer this question, two teams from the R-SOS Unit in Lebanon and Iraq have travelled to Berlin and […]

Lessons from Germany, participants from Duhok: the experience of Awaz

Rescue study visit in Berlin was an important experience in my life because it has lots of positive effects on my field and my work.  During this study visit we have learned, fined and discover many things that help to improve our skills and our university. At this article I will discuss the information that […]

International conference: “A step further towards vulnerable communities in Middle East” – Rome 24-25 September 2019

On 24 and 25 September 2019, at the Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT (Via delle Sette Chiese, 139, 00147) in Rome, the UNIMED, Union of the Universities of the Mediterranean organizes an international conference entitled ” A step further towards vulnerable communities in Middle East”. The commitment of universities to the crisis […]

Partners

UNIMED, Mediterranean Universities Union, Italy
UNIROMA1, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
TUB, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
IAU, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey
UB, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
USEK, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon
LU, Lebanese University, LU
UoD, University of Duhok, Iraq
DPU, Duhok Polytecnic University, Iraq
AArU, Association of Arab Universities, Jordan
YU, Yarmouk University, Jordan
ZUJ, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan
ZU, Zarqa University, Jordan
LIU, Lebanese International University, Lebanon