Dear Fellows,
We are pleased to invite you to join our first national conference to be held in Palermo, Sicily, which aims at bringing international students, migrants, Gambian communities in Italy and other Community Based Organizations for the first time to share a platform.
This conference will start with the welcoming of our guests/invitees; followed by presentations, group activities, group discussions etc. You can follow our facebook page for any updates regarding this particular event: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071452043893 Topics will be centred around stories of international students and migrants, migration and the potential options for those students, phd candidates, researchers who wish to stay in Italy or return to their home country. Don’t forget to tell us if you wish to join us! Take a moment to fill this form now: https://docs.google.com/…/1ih5xMi0XvyI6IiE0fkAfLHI…/edit
Face-to face meeting with MOFA 26/01/2024
We had a face-to-face meeting with the Permanent Secretary and Director of Migration and Diaspora of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians abroad to unveil a strategic plan that our organization wishes to explore starting this year. We shared our organizational plans, discussed common objectives, and strategized on potential collaborations to address challenges encountered by Gambians in both The Gambia and Italy, as well as across Europe. We also made a follow-up on our draft Memorandum of Agreement(MoA) that we sent to the Ministry on the 14th February, 2023.
A quick check in on students at the University of Padova 16/01/2024
In our move to bring all Gambians in academia under one umbrella in Italy, our top priority is to continue mapping and reaching out to Gambians who are in Italy to pursue their studies.
We affirm our willingness to meet not only students/academics but also Gambians who are in other walks of life trying to pursue their careers or make ends meet.
During the meeting, we shared our plans, discussed our common objectives in line with our constitution and plan on how to work together as students/academics to address our common challenges both in The Gambian and in Italy as well as in Europe
Press Release
Gambian students and researchers in Italy: a milestone reached
The Gambian-Italian Association of Students and Researchers (GIASR) is a non-profit organization registered in Italy on 22nd November 2022. It is the first time an association composed of Gambian-Italian students, researchers and other professionals from various walks of life is created in Italy. This milestone has been reached through years of collective and systemic consultations, mapping and research on the challenges faced by Gambians in Italy and more generally in The Gambia and Europe. The main goal of GIASR is to improve existing migration management challenges through active participation in both Italy and The Gambia. GIASR believes its establishment highlights the possibility to co-create together a bright and sustainable future. Accordingly, any such future can only be achieved through discussion tables, systemic co-designing, evaluation, and implementation of project-programmes aimed at common interests of all relevant stakeholders within the migration ecology… Read More
2-Day Training on The Theme: Potential Opportunities in Circular Economy
In collaboration with REDANI and CO-Partners a 2-day training on the theme circular economy was successfully coordinated by GIASR under the EU-EurAdice project, funded by the European Union. The events were held on 19 and 20 July, 2025, at The University of Padua, Italy. Participants participated both online and in-person, and more than 50 participants graced the events and they were mainly gambian nationals. The seminars were geared towards achieving the following:
- Help mainly Gambians in Italy to develop basic skills in circular economy and its relevance to their socio-professional integration;
- Ensure the fundamental concepts of the circular economy and its main dynamics are unpacked to participants;
- Expose major advantages of the circular economy in the context of climate change and the fight against poverty;
- Enhance the practice of the circular economy in the lives of the participants and communities and foster integration.