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The objective of the project is to empower refugees and people with migrant backgrounds living in Estonia, make them more visible and enable their positive image in the society, and diminish fears, stereotypes and prejudice associated with them. In the framework of the project, the social enterprise Siin & Sääl (Here & There) which involves and offers livelihoods opportunities to people with refugee and migrant backgrounds is further developed by supporting it on its way to financial independence and sustainability, so that it would be able to involve and empower more and more people with migration backgrounds. In addition, a series of roundtables called “Integration Accelerator” are organized by refugees themselves in six different locations targeting municipality-level specialists and workers, to impact their attitudes and tolerance towards people with migration backgrounds. Furthermore, a video calling for more tolerance and understanding, with the working title “Similarities between us”, is produced and disseminated to improve the attitudes and tolerance in the broader society. The core project team is comprised of four people, two of whom are themselves refugees and they will benefit also from acquiring practical leadership and project management skills and experiences. As the result of the project, people with refugee and migrant backgrounds living in Estonia are more capable and empowered and more competitive in the labor market, and people working in the social sphere in local municipalities and the society at large possess more open and tolerant attitudes and views.