Second Generation of European Migrants Erasmus Project

Project Title

Second Generation of European Migrants

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: Inclusion – equity; Integration of refugees; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Immigration has dramatically increased in recent decades in the EU. According to Eurostat, 2,4 million people from non-member countries immigrated to the EU in 2017, while the number of migrants within the EU is estimated at 1,3 million. Within the migrant communities, the migrants of 1.5 and second generation migrants occupy specific position.

The project is addressed to the following KEY TARGET GROUPS:
+ 1.5 and second generation migrants;
+ professional trainers, social workers, teachers and volunteers working with migrants;
+ institutions and associations working with migrant integration, job counsellors, policy makers and authorities responsible for social integration.
The term 1.5 generation refers to “people who immigrate to the new country before or during their early teens”. The members of this generation represent a very specific group, as they bring with them characteristics from their homeland, but continue their assimilation in the new country.
On the other hand, a member of the second generation is “a person who was born […] in a country that at least one of their parents previously entered as a migrant”. Unlike their parents, the second-generation migrants are usually already fully integrated into the majority society. As these individuals have an inimitable set of competencies arising from their migrant background, they may work as bridge builders with majority society, a task which cannot be done satisfactorily by the first-generation immigrants due to their linguistic and cultural barriers.

The main GOAL OF THE PROJECT is to equip the 1.5 and second-generation migrants with skills, competences, and knowledge necessary to act as intercultural workers within their communities by building on their unique cultural assets. As such, they will be able to serve as a link between the migrant community and local people, thereby contributing to better integration of the newcomers, and the first-generation migrants. The opportunity to educate this target group for intercultural work aptly responds to increasing demand for qualified intercultural workers who would help migrant communities in their local context.
There are two types of RESULTS EXPECTED FROM THE PROJECT – tangible and intangible. The most relevant tangible products are the Intellectual Outputs:
1. REPOSITORY OF RESOURCES ON 1.5 AND 2nd GENERATION OF MIGRANTS – commented overview of information sources on the topic of the 1.5 and second generations.
2. COMPARATIVE MAP OF APPROACHES TO THE INTERCULTURAL WORK – description of approaches to the intercultural work in the partner countries.
3. GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS – guide for adult educators on how to lead a course for the aspirants as an intercultural worker.
4. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR INTERCULTURAL WORKERS WITH MIGRANT BACKGROUND – training program providing target groups with skills necessary for serving effectively as an intercultural worker.
5. 2GEM MOOC “HOW TO VALORIZE AND USE 1.5 AND SECOND GENERATION UNIQUE CULTURE” – providing adult educators who work with migrants with training tools that empower them in dealing with the specific socio-cultural instances and with the cultural assets of migrants in general.
The outputs will be available in 6 languages: English, Finnish, Bulgarian, Czech, Italian and Polish.

Intangible results:
+ Increased awareness on the 1,5 and second generation issues in partner countries
+ Increased awareness of the target group on how to successfully act as intercultural workers within the community
+ Improved competences and knowledge of the target group needed for everyday work with culturally and linguistically diverse groups of people
+ Improved intercultural competences of participants of the joint staff training
+ Expanded European network by partner organizations.

With its innovative and international approach the project is expected to have positive IMPACT on all its target groups, enabling 1.5 and second generation migrant individuals become the perfect accelerators for changes within the migrant communities and, as a result, within the whole society, in relation to migrant integration. The project will also provide trainers, social workers and volunteers working with migrants with an innovative set of resources that will enrich their working strategies and will expand their knowledge of 1.5 and second generation migrants’ unique cultural assets.

THE PARTNERSHIP covers a wide geographical scope (FI, PL, BG, CZ, UK, IT) and is well-balanced in representing different types of organizations. It benefits from the diversity of the partners’ specializations, cultures and educational systems they come from. Partners’ networks will also provide support for the project implementation – there are also numerous associate partners involved in each 2GEM partner country.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 249683 Eur

Project Coordinator

AAR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION(ASDA) RY & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Spolek PELICAN, z.s.
• PRISM IMPRESA SOCIALE S.R.L.
• The Mosaic Art And Sound Ltd.
• Fundacja Rozwoju Aktywnosci Miedzynarodowej i Edukacyjnej – FRAME
• EUROPEAN CENTER FOR QUALITY OOD