Interact Project

01/06/2026

30/04/2026

✨ INTERACT Project Presented in Romania during key social work events

In March 2026, the INTERACT project was presented in Romania during 3 important professional events dedicated to social work, bringing together social workers, practitioners, academics, students and representatives of institutions and organizations from across the country.

🔹 On 26 March, the INTERACT team participated in the online event “Living Library in Social Work”, organized by ASproAS – the National Association of Social Workers in Romania, with around 60 social work professionals attending. Ms. Carmen Ciornei, Head of the Social Protection Department within D.A.S.M. Cluj-Napoca, presented the project and its relevance for professional social work practice.

🔹 On 27 March, INTERACT project was presented in Suceava, during the Social Work Days event organized by Ștefan cel Mare University, under the theme “Building Together Hope and Harmony: A Harambee Call to Unite a Divided Society”. The presentation focused on invisible violence in the context of poverty, with particular attention to women experiencing homelessness. The event gathered around 100 participants.

On 31 March, in the same professional context and under the same overarching theme, the National College of Social Workers in Romania - Cluj Branch, in partnership with the Maramureș and Sălaj branches, organized an intercounty hybrid event attended by approximately 200 professionals. Ms. Carmen Ciornei presented INTERACT principles in working with women experiencing homelessness, highlighting the importance of coordinated intervention, professional collaboration, intersectional understanding, trauma informed care, harm reduction and gender-responsive approaches.

Through these events, the INTERACT project contributed to strengthening professional dialogue around homelessness, gender-based vulnerabilities, domestic violence, poverty, mental health, and substance use.
The discussions reaffirmed the importance of integrated services, interinstitutional cooperation, professional solidarity, and gender-responsive approaches in developing effective responses for women experiencing homelessness or precarious housing.

🙏 Our sincere thanks to all participants, organizers and partners for their valuable contributions and engagement!

07/02/2026

✨ Discover the key information about INTERACT project - Intersectional Approach to Combating Homelessness for Women in our leaflet.

Should you have any inquiries about the project, please contact us at [email protected] or the project coordinator: UWAH (Greece) at [email protected]

🇪🇺 The project is co-funded by the European Union, the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) Programme.

20/01/2026

✨ INTERACT Training Programme - Successfully Concluded!

The INTERACT Training Programme has officially come to a close with two inspiring Transnational Training Sessions held by the Italian team in December 2025, bringing together participants from all six partner countries of the project (Greece, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Romania).

These final sessions provided a valuable space for exchange, where participants shared experiences and feedback from the local trainings carried out in each partner country. Working together at a transnational level, they contributed to building a shared understanding and common ground, strengthening collaboration across borders.

A key highlight of the programme was the in-depth exploration of inclusive and accessible language, expertly facilitated by Equilatere Association.

🙏We warmly thank Chiara Giorgio and Beatrice Bragato for guiding participants through this essential topic with insight, professionalism, and clarity.

👏 We sincerely thank all participants and project partners for their active involvement, openness, and dedication.

16/12/2025

✨ INTERACT Project Partners’ In-Person Meeting, Lisbon, 10–11 December 2025

The INTERACT project partners participated in an in-person meeting in Lisbon, held within the framework of the EU-funded "Intersectional Approach to Combating Homelessness for Women" project.

The meeting aimed to strengthen partners’ capacities to effectively implement the INTERACT Pilot Intervention Model for supporting homeless women with multiple vulnerabilities, ensuring alignment with gender-sensitive, trauma-informed, and rights-based standards.

During the first day, the partners focused on strengthening a shared understanding of the INTERACT Pilot Intervention Model, gender-sensitive approaches to homelessness, including harm reduction and Housing First with a gender lens, as well as trauma-informed care, while identifying areas where interpretations and practices diverge.

The second day was dedicated to emphasizing the importance of enhancing inter-agency collaboration, meaningful participation, monitoring and gender-sensitive data, and to co-designing a shared strategy to improve the model’s usability and future alignment.

The meeting ended with a study visit at the Municipal Emergency Accomodation Centre in Lisbon, which is managed by Associação Ares do Pinhal and Vitae and financed by the City of Lisbon.

🤝 This working visit provided a valuable space to strengthen our partnership, exchange expertise, and co-develop solutions that support inclusive, coordinated, and effective responses to women’s homelessness across diverse contexts.

We look forward to translating these shared insights into stronger practice and tangible impact across frontline services!

🙏Our sincere thanks to our Portuguese partners for the organization of this great working visit!

10/12/2025

28/11/2025

Interact Project (“Intersectional Approach to Combating Homelessness for Women”) ha pubblicato il suo primo risultato: 📄 il National Report.
Un documento che offre un’analisi approfondita su come sei paesi europei – Germania, Grecia, Islanda, Italia, Portogallo e Romania – affrontano la condizione di femminile 🌍

Il Report raccoglie e analizza dati nazionali e locali, quadri giuridici e normativi, servizi e principali stakeholders. 💬 L’obiettivo è mettere in luce sia le specificità dei singoli paesi, sia le sfide comuni che segnano la vita delle donne senza dimora in Europa

Nonostante le differenze tra i contesti nazionali, emergono temi trasversali che richiedono attenzione, ascolto e interventi mirati.
👉 Scopri di più: https://www.grupposocietadolce.it/interact-national-report-sulla-condizione-di-homelessness-femminile/

27/11/2025

Dr. Julie Schamp heldur erindi um áfallamiðaða nálgun og konur hinn 1. desember í fyrirlestrasal Þjóðminjasafns Íslands kl. 12:00-14:00. Fyrirlesturinn er í boði Evrópuverkefnisins INTERACT- sem RIKK og Rótin eru þátttakendur í og í samstarfi Heilbrigðisvísindasvið/Félagsráðgj...

26/11/2025

✨ INTERACT participated in the federal conference of BAG Wohnungslosenhilfe e.V. (BAG W) with a presentation


From 19 to 21 November 2025, the federal conference of BAG W took place in Berlin under the motto ‘Together for human dignity. Solidarity - Housing - Legal entitlement’.

Stella Rüger and Friederike Frieler (HTKW Leipzig) were invited to present in Working Group 18 how an intersectional perspective can be used to address the complex problems at the intersection of homelessness and gender, thereby also providing insights into the EU project INTERACT.

In a second presentation, the staff of Hamburg-based ragazza e.V. provided a direct insight into the practice of low-threshold and accepting drug work for women in s*x work.

🙏 Many thanks for the exciting insights and the inspiring discussion with the audience!

👏Congratulations to the HTWK Leipzig team within the INTERACT project for their excellent contributions and commitment!


BAG Wohnungslosenhilfe e.V.: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bag-wohnungslosenhilfe/

HTWK Leipzig: https://www.linkedin.com/school/htwk-leipzig/

Friederike Frieler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/friederike-frieler-2b7328349/

INTERACT: https://www.linkedin.com/in/interact-project-b20a3a335/
ragazza-hamburg.de/de/
http://www.bagw.de