Tools for professionals to assess and develop migrants’ competences Erasmus Project

Project Title

Tools for professionals to assess and develop migrants’ competences

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 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal); Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

Migrants are on the top of the EC agenda since 2015, as various strategies were put in place to look for complementary solutions to manage the issue of rising migration influx. The project is grounded on the European Agenda on Migration, the Action Plan for the Integration of TCNs and the New Skills’ Agenda for EU with specific measures responds to integration needs of migrants’ groups.

The objective of this project was to provide smart solutions for integration of migrants effectively either in the labour market promoting further participation in working and society life and to foster capacity-building of professionals working with migrants on successful integration actions for the target group.
This was done via following outcomes:
IO 1- Competences shadowing Programme
IO 2 – COMPe4Mi e-Learning Platform
IO 3 – Capacity Building Course for professionals working with migrants

The project was designed based on the partners’ experience and understanding of professionals working with migrants needs and immigrant learners. The project brought together 5 partners from 5 different countries wishing to promote citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination, strengthening social cohesion and helping people become responsible, open-minded and active members of our diverse and inclusive society by enriching adult educators’ intercultural competences.

This project included four transnational project meetings that contributed to the preparation, implementation and evaluation phase of the project as well as one joint staff training event for the staff of the participating organisations so as to be able to inform the target group during the multiplier events and the pilot testing. All the information gathered through this project and the promotion of the project itself was uploaded on the COMPe4Mi e-Learning Platform. Multiplier events were organised Poland, Italy, Finland, Cyprus and Greece.

The total number of people, who that benefited (directly or indirectly) were targeted through the project activities ( Competences Shadowing Programme, Multiplier Events, Capacity Building workshops) during its duration, is moderately estimated at approximately 2600.
The project’s results includes following:
o Increased the quality of services offered to migrants in the future;
o Fostered the integration process and migrants’ economic participation in society;
o Improved levels of skills awareness for employability on behalf of migrants;
o Enhanced civic orientation and active citizenship of migrants
o Increased opportunities for migrants for professional development;
o Created links between the host society and migrants’ communities;
o Developed competences in dealing with inter-cultural conflicts;
o promoted an awareness of the importance of cultural diversity in Europe;
o promoted understanding of cultural backgrounds and providing reflection in order to increase tolerance and to reduce prejudices and xenophobia.

The COMPe4MI project had an overall significant impact on participants (migrants, professionals working with migrants) competences and multicultural mindsets, based on their dealing with immigrants / refugees:
o Fostered the integration process and migrants’ economic participation in society;
o Enhanced social inclusion via cross-cultural acceptance, improved understanding of multicultural environments and diversity concepts;
o Improved levels of skills awareness for employability on behalf of migrants;
o Enhanced civic orientation and active citizenship of migrants;
o Created links between the host society and migrants communities.

Impact on local community:
o Strengthened the role of host communities in the personal and professional development of migrants;
o Developed the sense of respect and tolerance, and combating towards different nations and cultures;
o Developed competences in dealing with intercultural conflicts;
o Improved capacity for diversity management.

Impact at national level:
o Widened professional knowledge by adopting new approaches in their practices, thus being able to initiate more concrete plans on supporting more migrants and lobby for the introduction of new policies.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 170619 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACJA DLA SOMALII & Country: PL

Project Partners

• AAR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION(ASDA) RY
• FORMAZIONE CO&SO NETWORK – CONSORZIO DI COOPERATIVE SOCIALI SOCIETA COOPERATIVA SOCIALE
• ENOROS CONSULTING LIMITED
• ORGANOSI GI