DREAM: Dynamic Reinforcement for European Adaptation of Migrants Erasmus Project

Project Title

DREAM: Dynamic Reinforcement for European Adaptation of 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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Migrants’ issues; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

“DREAM: Dynamic Reinforcement for European Adaptation of Migrants” aimed at exchanging experience and good practices for reinforcing the adaptation and social inclusion of migrants and the capacities of key stakeholders responsible for their integration. DREAM was neither an academic project nor a project of policy makers, but a network project that worked at provisional level, looking directly into practices in order to overcome the economic and social difficulties within the EU. Past, recent and projected migration into and within the EU member states has placed integration high on the priority agenda. Integration is often understood as the end product of a dynamic two-way process with three interrelated dimensions – legal, economic and socio-cultural.Within a consortium of 10 organisations from 9 EU countries and extended networks of stakeholders at national and European level, DREAM developed and disseminated a comprehensive database of successful and effective practices and initiatives addressing all key areas for successful integration based on the Common Basic Principles for Immigrant Integration Policy in the European Union (CBP). They place the importance of EU initiatives in the field of integration on the access to education, employment, acquisition of basic knowledge of the host society’s language, history and institutions, equal access to institutions, goods and services and non discrimination.The project objectives covered:- To enrich the expertise of the participating organisations for taking up further steps towards dealing with relevant issues on migrant integration and incorporating them in their domains of interest- To improve the readiness of key actors and facilitators of migrant integration in the host communities to meet the needs of diverse populations – To contribute to the improvement of the capacity and expertise of the authorities responsible for integration in countries playing the role of “transit” channels to other EU countries through exchange of good practices- To support migrants in their preparedness to adapt in the host society – To build a European-wide network of practitioners developing national and European initiatives focused on key aspects of migrant integration and to promote new cooperation models- To foster the exchange of experience at EU level and enhance the dissemination and exploitation potential of existing projects focused on migrant integration.The exchange of practices and successful approaches for integration within DREAM was directed towards the following priority integration areas and address both migrants and integration facilitators:- As a legal process: access to education, including language education, access to social assistance, including housing and healthcare, access to information, institutional system, regulatory basis and existing national policy, border control and visas, return policy, asylum, access to rights, etc.- As an economic process: access to the labour market, national employment systems, employment offices, access to VET, searching for vacancies, applying for a job, etc.- As a social and cultural process: social engagement, social integration and inclusion, active citizenship, non discrimination, intercultural dialogue, interactions between migrants and local citizens, etc.The project created an EU-wide network of over 100 associated partners (from the areas of migrant integration and education) which were involved in the process of research, feedback, quality assurance, dissemination and exploitation of good practices focused on migrant integration issues. They also built new cooperation models for influencing policy-makers at local, regional and national level for improving the life conditions, social integration and educational opportunities for migrants.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 88980 Eur

Project Coordinator

brainplus- Projektmanagement Schabereiter & Country: AT

Project Partners

• EURORESO
• Ballybeen Women’s Centre Ltd
• AKLUB CENTRUM VZDELAVANI A PORADENSTVI
• CONSORZIO PER LA FORMAZIONE,L’INNOVAZIONE E LA QUALITA’
• KU TU EOOD
• inab – Ausbildungs- und Beschäftigungsgesellschaft des bfw mbH
• K MILIOS AND SIA OE