MIGRANTECH Erasmus Project

Project Title

MIGRANTECH

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Migrants’ issues; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

Migration and asylum seekers are a major challenge for Europe today. The integration of migrants and refugee flows have become the subject of lively debate throughout Europe. The project “MIGRANTECH : the digital incubator as a springboard for learning and employment of migrants and refugees” contributes to combating discrimination against migrants and/or refugees; promoting coexistence between society and migrant and/or refugee communities; and undertaking education and training as a key element in promoting social cohesion and integration processes; providing tailor-made e-learning tools and methods for professionals working with migrants and refugees, in order to facilitate their socio-professional inclusion; understanding and identifying the needs for the most relevant knowledge, attitudes and skills sought by enterprises and employers/companies. In addition, MIGRANTECH will enable educators and professionals to broaden and adapt their knowledge and develop skills such as collaboration, digital literacy in job search, information management, evaluation of these skills, experimentation and innovation, problem solving and decision making, all of which are stepping stones towards bringing their audiences closer to the labour market.

The 4 EU entities from France, Belgium, Portugal and Turkey, will achieve the project objectives by carrying out a study on policies and good practices in the field of social and professional integration of migrants and refugees, in order to analyse what has already been implemented and how to learn from past experiences; development of methodological and intervention tools and didactic material to promote the social and professional situation of migrants and refugees ; undertaking in each partner country itineraries with a total of 160 migrants and/or refugees to test intervention tools, a seminar for the exchange of good practices and the training of e-tutors to develop the skills of professionals working with migrants/refugees and to improve best practices in migrant entrepreneurship and professional integration processes. In this context, the project proposes the design and development of an inclusive, interactive and user-friendly platform (digital toolbox, e-learning, etc.) for professionals involved in adult education that will include online training modules for the socio-cultural, political and economic integration of migrants/refugees. More specifically, the training programme will help professionals to receive education about the EU (rights, obligations, values, opportunities, skills, digital…) in a way that will facilitate the smooth integration of the migrants and refugees with whom they work into European societies.

The partnership will produce the following 5 intellectual outputs:
o O1 Elaboration of the study on the most relevant transversal, key and digital competences required for access to employment and sought by enterprises
o O2 Identification of good educational and integration practices for adult migrants and refugees, both online and offline, based on NICTs and cross-cutting skills sought by companies and employers. and a tool for certifying acquired skills.
o O3 Kit in the form of a training path (40 e-modules) developed according to the skills identified or sought by companies, employers and orientation of the seminar for the exchange of good practices during A4
o O4 Design of the e-platform and putting the 40 e-modules online in an interactive approach (objectives, content, evaluation questionnaire.)
o O5 Creation of an e-learning guide capitalising on the e-learning path and how to use the platform and 2 relevant computer graphics (transversal and digital skills) for people involved in adult education.

MIGRANTECH meets the objectives of Erasmus+ :
–Providing innovative educational practice based on NICTs that will motivate adults to engage in active learning and education accessible to all.
-Designing and developing inclusive training initiatives and new practices in line with the Paris Declaration, to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups, addressing diversity in training, developing key competences and digital skills promoting the inclusion of refugees and migrants.

Project Website

https://www.migrantech.org/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 268848 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASSOCIATION MIGRATION SOLIDARITE & ECHANGE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Anatolia Genclik Dernegi
• Familles du Monde, asbl
• FACTOR SOCIAL – CONSULTORIA EM PSICO – SOCIOLOGIA E AMBIENTE LDA