VET Voices: Self-Guidance and Motivation for Career-Seeking Refugees Erasmus Project

Project Title

VET Voices: Self-Guidance and Motivation for Career-Seeking Refugees

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

Refugee migration to Europe present both opportunities and challenges for vocational education and training systems. On the opportunity side, an influx of highly-motivated individuals provides a boost to the labour force, and particularly to sectors that have difficulty filling demand. On the challenge side, refugees often enter host-country labour markets without orientation or even a basic concept of the types of VET and career tracks available. The proposed project seeks to address this challenge through research and innovation. Its primary output will be a multilingual application accessible by mobile phone. Users will take a Vocational Interest Self-Evaluation test, which will ask them to rank certain tasks (e.g. “repair engines,” “design websites,” “assist with vaccinations”) on a scale of interest. Based on the results, the tool will suggest VET and career options that both suit users’ interests and are relevant to local labour market needs. Users will then be able to use the app to access motivational Video Profiles of third-country nationals who have completed VET in their fields of interest, as well as to find and network with VET counsellors and providers in their areas. In parallel, the application will host Guidelines on Early VET Orientation and a Research Report, designed to assist stakeholders in addressing the needs of the app users and other under-served VET seekers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 222398 Eur

Project Coordinator

SINUS MARKT- UND SOZIALFORSCHUNG GMBH & Country: DE

Project Partners

• INFALIA PRIVATE COMPANY
• 21.YY Egitimciler Dernegi
• METODO ESTUDIOS CONSULTORES SL
• VOLKSHOCHSCHULE IM LANDKREIS CHAM EV