Cultural Orientation (CO) is usually an in-person learning experience. However, there are occasions where in-person delivery is not possible due to distance, health, or other constricting circumstances. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated an unprecedented move to remote delivery for the safety of participants and service providers. Remote Cultural Orientation is administered either by telephone, virtually, or through a combination of these two methods. While CORE has existing resources on How to Deliver Remote CO, the following promising practice provides additional in-depth guidance and tips.

Ideally, Cultural Orientation (CO) is meant to be delivered in-person and in a group setting. However, this may not always be possible. Various factors, such as a location of a refugee prior to their departure or safety and security considerations for both the CO provider and refugee may necessitate remote CO. In order to ensure refugees still receive critical CO messages in these instances, CORE recommends the following remote delivery approaches and tips.

This document considers what happens when group Cultural Orientation sessions are not possible and provides tips to create one-on-one sessions that are interactive, engaging, and encourage community integration and overall self-sufficiency.

This document focuses on how inviting guests from the community can make Cultural Orientation more relevant to your learners, and also increase their engagement. Guests from the community can also help reinforce key messages and may be used to address specific population needs.

This document examines the practice of conducting gender-segregated Cultural Orientation sessions. These types of sessions allow providers to address common barriers that prevent women from attending or participating in Cultural Orientation, while also enhancing learning through content customization and the creation of a positive learning environment.

This document provides tips for integrating digital technology as a part of Cultural Orientation delivery such that it enhances learning, improves understanding of the resettlement experience, and promotes self-sufficiency.

This document examines tips for using volunteers as a part of Cultural Orientation delivery such that it benefits refugees, the staff working with refugees, and the larger community. Volunteers can have different roles in the implementation of Cultural Orientation, including serving as interpreters, working as trainers, assisting with childcare, providing transportation, or contributing to curriculum design.