Critical information for immigrants regarding parenting to promote social inclusion Erasmus Project

Project Title

Critical information for immigrants regarding parenting to promote social inclusion

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: Migrants’ issues; Integration of refugees; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

Mastering the host country’s language and equality are key steps of the integration process for all migrants. Yet migrants parents especially mothers who often take on family may have difficulties with this process. At the same time, immigrant fathers tend to get involved more in a career. This creates inequality both on individual and societal levels and further difficulties with integration and active citizenship. Research confirms that among immigrants most often, it is the women who stay home with the children while the man goes to study or work in the new country. This issue is not addressed properly in EU, since the current programs for language training and social orientation in partner countries are limited and not tailored to this issue. So there is a need for adapted social orientation programs which would include issues of parenting and health, and gender equality to promote empowerment.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of the project is empowerment and social inclusion of refugee and migrant parents and promoting equality by creating a training program in health and parenting for refugees and immigrants. The objectives of the project are:
a. develop methodology to include health and parenting aspects to continuous life-long learning of immigrants with stakeholders involvement
b. elaborate training material in language and social orientation for immigrants
c. testing and mingling activities with locals
d. online version of training material
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES
IO1 development of methodology
IO2 elaboration of training materials will be done together by researchers from partner organisations and reference groups experts (2-5 from each partner country).
IO3 testing of the materials will include workshops with 20-25 immigrants in each partner country, with evaluation of the materials by both immigrants and trainers, each training will be finished by 2-3 sessions of mingling activities with locals (3-5 locals from each partner country, preferably families or couples), which increases inclusion, gives practical examples and shows how gender equality can work practically in local family (where both father and mother share equal responsibilities).
IO4 online interacting learning platform will be elaborated after the finalization based on feedback from testing. The online platform will be set up including all the materials available for free use. It will include elements of language learning and social orientation, so it could be easily transferred potentially to SFI or other classes.
Dissemination: website and learning platform set up, leaflets, 5 newsletters, 5 articles production, connecting to stakeholders, face-to-face meetings, discussions, 5 local workshops with 20 people and 1 final conference with 50 participants.
PM activities: 5 TPM, PM and QA production, agreements, timeline, coordination
METHODOLOGY for the project implementation will imply coordination of the overall project by lead partner, leading each IO separately by specific partners. Overall monitoring of the project by project coordinator.
PARTICIPANTS
Partners: 2-3 people per partner involved (experts in area of inclusion, integration of immigrants, adult education, experiences in Erasmus projects)
Activities: 20-25 immigrants in each partner country + 2-5 locals for mingling from each partner country + 2-5 experts for reference groups from each partner country
Events: 50 people + 100 people for multiplier events (integration experts, immigrants, stakeholders)
Stakeholders will be reached through dissemination activities and events
Totally we expect to reach over 10000 people
RESULTS
1. Methodology of continuous learning in parenting and health for immigrants with the involvement of stakeholders
2. Training materials in parenting and health for immigrants
3. 100-120 immigrant parents and 10 language teachers, educators trained in health, parenting
4. life-long learning platform for immigrants families on parenting, health and integration, reached to 1000 migrants
5. 10-20 organisations&services per country involved to the process of life-long learning and inclusion of immigrants
6. adapted training programs for immigrants in language and social orientation
IMPACT
– increased inclusion of immigrant parents
– promoting gender equality
– better integration
– tools for life-long learning and integration of immigrants adapted to their needs (study health and parenting)
– more possibilities for immigrant parents to learn about health, parenting and language
– positive effect for children of immigrants, who will grow in family which is more integrated and gender equal
Long term impact is contribution to equality among immigrants, support refugee/migrant parents in their social inclusion. This will overally make huge step towards achieving gender equality and empowerment among immigrant parents. In long perspective, it will increase employment, integration and thus bring economical and social benefits to the hosting society and EU at larger s

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 340152 Eur

Project Coordinator

STIFTELSEN KURSVERKSAMHETEN VID U-AUNIVERSITET & Country: SE

Project Partners

• VAN DE WINKEL CONSULTANCY BV
• HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES ASTIKI ETAIRIA
• DIMITRA EDUCATION & CONSULTING SA
• FRANCAIS POUR L’INSERTION SOCIALE ET PROFESSIONNELLE EN EUROPE