Raising inclusion into the labor market of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, on the base of entrepreneurial competencies development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Raising inclusion into the labor market of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, on the base of entrepreneurial competencies development

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: Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Upon ratification of the Geneva Convention, EU countries took an obligation to grant asylum to foreign nationals who were forced to leave their home countries because of war, prosecution or harsh human rights violations. Integration of migrants in EU is very problematic. The obstacle, which results in unemployment, unqualified jobs and exploitation, is discrimination, people attitude, different work culture and negation of the education and qualification acquired outside the EU. Main opportunities to stimulate integration processes in EU are training, migrants education and promoting of entrepreneurship.
Target group of the project – refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, who want to be integrated into the EU labour market and/or establish own business, but experiencing lack of appropriate knowledge and skills.
Project objectives:
1. Develop innovative training curricula, methods and contents on entrepreneurial and career planning skills to improve migrants professional training.
2. Improve the entrepreneurial and career planning skills of migrants as well as to support their integration in the EU labour market.
3. Gain knowledge from various areas experts for migrant’s social portrait conclusion.
This objectives were achieved by comparative analysis, experience exchanges, identification and sharing of existing good practices among five organizations working with migrant’s education in Romania, Lithuania, Finland, Spain and Cyprus. All these countries are currently exposed to important migrant’s integration of into society.
According to challenges, identified in research study, project partners created joint Program “Guidance for labour market integration of migrants”. This Program consist of 5 main modules: Life Long Learning; Requirements and Needs of Labour Market; Different Situations in Labour Market; Cultural surroundings; Working culture. In the process of creating Program participants take into consideration partners’ labour markets needs and cultural differences. At the end of the project this Program can be used amongst migrants in all countries thinking about integration in the EU and career in EU international companies. Information about this program is accessible in the project website, websites of the partners, social networks as well as published in scientific journals, EPALE platform.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 125451 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASOCIACIJA KURYBINES ATEITIES IDEJOS & Country: LT

Project Partners

• Asociatia Everest
• TURUN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU OY
• Emprende Empleo European Network
• SSM Global trainning services LTD