ENIn this article is analyzing the role of the local community and education in the integration process of forced migrants. The first part of article contains the analysis of the publications made on the integration of forced migrants and local community, as educational and integrational resource. The second part is devoted to the presentation of the results of empirical research and analyzing how the participation in the non-formal social education program and social participation activities involve communicative preferences and integration process of forced migrants. Keywords: forced migrants (refugees and foreigners granted asylum), integration, education, social participation, local community. [From the publication]