Gamification as a Tool of Entrepreneurship & Inclusion for Young Refugees & Migrants Erasmus Project

Project Title

Gamification as a Tool of Entrepreneurship & Inclusion for Young Refugees & 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 youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; Integration of refugees; Migrants’ issues

Project Summary

The project “GET INCLUDED” is planned for 2 years. The starting point of the project is to educate young refugees and immigrants in the field of social entrepreneurship through gamification method. The project defines social entrepreneurship as a tool in the social inclusion process of young refugees and migrants; It aims to produce information and materials that can be used by youth workers and trainers working in the field of migration or the ones who want to improve themselves in this field.

The regional and international context has had a major impact on the project. Currently more than 3 million immigrants are living in Turkey. The increasing number of immigrants, which are closely related to the Middle East and Europe, has led the project to be implemented internationally with partners from both the Middle East and European countries. Within this framework, as a higher education institution due to the geography we live in, we took the responsibility with our partners and put the social inclusion of young refugees and migrants at the center of the project.

The aims and objectives of our project for the social inclusion of young refugees and immigrants are as follows:
– Increasing the capacity of young people in social entrepreneurship through gamification
– Increasing the capacity of youth workers with young refugees and migrants
– Analyzing the needs of social workers working with young migrants and migrants
– Developing material using gamification method for the needs in the field

The activities carried out for the purposes and targets of the project and the number and profile of the activity participants are as follows:

WP1. Project Management and Application
A1.Signing partnership documents
M1. Kick-Off Meeting (İzmir – Turkey)
M2. First Transnational Meeting (Greece)
M3. Second International Meeting (Spain)
M4. Third (Final) Transnational Meeting (Gaziantep, Turkey)
A2. Progress Reports
A3. Final Report

WP2. Quality and Monitoring
Description of work package and roadmap
a2.Implementation
a3.Reporting

WP3. Dissemination
A1. Stakeholder analysis
A2. Determination and creation of dissemination tools
A3. Creation of project bulletins
A4. Application – Reporting

Dissemination Meetings / Multiplier Events
E5.Local Multiplier Event (Gaziantep-Turkey): Number of participants: 50 Local / 12 International (This event was the final event of the project)
E3.Local Multiplier Event (Spain): Number of participants: 30 Local / 4 International
E4.Local Multiplier Event (Greece): Number of participants: 40 Local
E2.Local Multiplier Event (İzmir-Turkey): Number of participants: 32 Local
These meetings were held in each of the partner countries except Jordan to introduce and implement the project outputs O1, O2 and O3. The participant profile, as defined in the project application, consisted mainly of youth workers and local youth working / working with migrants.

Learning – Teaching Activities
C1.Short term joint staff training: Number of participants: 23
C2.Blended youth mobility: Number of participants: 20
C3.Blended youth mobility: Number of participants: 24
These activities aimed to raise awareness and knowledge of the social entrepreneurship of C2 and C3 young people, young refugees and immigrants. Therefore, 5 days of activities were organized under the name of “Blended Youth Mobility” in Greece and Jordan. In the C1 activity, the use of the project outputs was provided with the participation of the people involved in the project and trainers’ feedback was received to improve the materials.

Project Outputs
Needs Analysis – Field Research Report
Formation of questions
Dissemination of questions on country basis
O1.A3.Desktop research
O1.A4.Reporting
Translation, preparation and dissemination

O2.Tool – Kit (Play-Inn Tool-Kit)
Creation of Modules
O2.A2. Preparing the training content
Writing and design of O2
O2.A4. Translation, printing and dissemination

O3.Digital Platform (www.getincluded.net)
O3.A1. Creating templates
O3.A2. Creating e-learning contents
O3.A3. Translation of the website, content uploading and dissemination.

Impact: The expected impacts on the target groups from the activities realized were mostly achieved through learning and teaching activities and local disintegration activities.
The project outputs were transferred to 235 people directly involved and an increase in awareness and skills on migration and joint activities with migrant young people was observed.
In addition concrete measures related to impacts were reported after quality and evaluation processes.

Long Term Impact of the Project: The created online platform and social media continuity will be ensured.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 164220 Eur

Project Coordinator

DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITESI & Country: TR

Project Partners

• YASAR UNIVERSITESI
• UNITED SOCIETIES OF BALKANS
• JORDAN YOUTH INNOVATION FORUM SOCIETY
• JOVENES HACIA LA SOLIDARIDAD Y EL DESARROLLO
• GAZIANTEP EGITIM VE GENCLIK DERNEGI