Month: June 2018

Itineraries and resources for migrants and refugees’ empowerment and integration

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The project aims to support migrants and refugees in their social and labour integrations efforts and to promote a better coexistence within their new host communities. Activities focus on the acquisition and development of relevant social and civic competences by migrants and refugees, on the development of methodological and intervention tools by professionals who work with migrants, and the exchange of good practices among partner organisations. The main deliverables of the project are an orientation and counselling handbook for migrants and refugees’ self-evaluation of competences, a training package for reinforcing migrants and refugees’ competences; and guidelines for planning and carrying out actions aimed at promoting their employability.

Strengthen Community Based Care to minimize health inequalities and improve the integration of vulnerable migrants and refugees into local communities

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Over the past few years, refugees and vulnerable migrants have been reaching the borders of the European Union, creating a new reality for the social and health systems of EU countries. In many cases they do not receive appropriate health and social care that best meets their needs. The objective of Mig-HealthCare is to improve access to health care services for vulnerable migrants and refugees, support their inclusion and participation in European communities and reduce health inequalities. Mig-HealthCare will produce effective community-based care models which will be focused on health promotion and prevention. These will be pilot tested in different contexts and countries across Europe. The project will also develop guidelines and tools to reorient health care services to a community level.

Empowerment of young EU citizens through a gamified virtual collaboration platform for political and civic participation

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The EmpoweringYou project tackles the social and political alienation and withdrawal faced by many young Europeans. This has been reflected in the low rates of participation in political, civic and social life which can lead to marginalisation and social exclusion. This form of marginalisation is primarily expressed as electoral abstinence and a limited interest in civic and social actions, but in extreme cases, through radicalisation and violence, undermining contemporary ideas of democracy and peace. The project targets young adults aged 13-30 who are at risk of social exclusion including NEETs (those not in education, employment or training), those not engaged in electoral processes, and those that as a result of social exclusion may have become involved in criminal activities. The project offers education programs on common European democratic values and an opportunity for collaboration, communication and networking among young EU adults, who may face the same challenges.

Youth Empowerment and Innovation

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YEIP was created in response to a current social need to have more effective youth policies that can enhance young people’s social inclusion and minimize the risk of radicalization with greater ‘buy-in’ from youth themselves. To this end, YEIP will construct and test an innovative policy intervention that will generate a set of actions that will help address this need at the local, national and European levels. This measure is founded upon the ‘Good Lives Model’ which assumes that we are all goal-influenced and all seek certain ‘goods’ in our lives, not ‘material’ but qualitative, all likely to increase and improve our psychological wellbeing. YEIP adopts a youth-led research which repositions young people as important decision-makers of their own lives, rather than simply being passive subjects whose lives are guided by decisions made by adult ‘others’.

Catalogue of Free Digital Learning Initiatives for Migrant and Refugee Inclusion

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The Directorate General Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) of the European Commission commissioned the “Study on MOOCs and free digital learning for inclusion of migrants and refugees.” In this study a catalogue of free digital learning initiatives targeted to develop the skills needed by migrants and refugees in EU countries was produced. A follow up study was recently launched with the aim of updating the catalogue and make it more comprehensive. This new phase of the study was commissioned to a team of researchers led by Dr. Charalambos Vrasidas. The online catalog will be updated periodically as new initiatives become available. Results from the study will support the Directorate General of Education and Culture of the European Commission with evidence for the development of relevant policies in the field of open and inclusive education.

Capacity Building of Civil Society to Strengthen Volunteerism Management and Promote Volunteerism among Youth

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The TrainVol project aims to develop an alternative mechanism promoting skills development and labour market inclusion for young people (especially those belonging to vulnerable groups) through volunteerism, following a sustainable and replicable cascading model. This key target will be accomplished by building the capacities primarily of key civil society actors (youth workers) to organize voluntary programs, effectively engage, orientate, train and manage young people who wish to participate in organized volunteering activities, and facilitate their smooth integration; and secondarily, of young people (mostly NEETs) to take up an active role in volunteerism. The project is focused on utilizing volunteerism as a key tool for promoting social inclusion, mainly for vulnerable youth (NEETS, ESL, low-skilled, socially marginalized and/or disengaged), and a way of combining civic engagement, active citizenship and social inclusion with non-formal and informal learning and capacity building.

Digital, Responsible Citizenship in a Connected World

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The DRC project aims to support teachers to develop a positive attitude towards digital citizenship, and to cultivate responsible, ethical, global citizens for a digital highly connected world. Its main focus is to improve students and teachers’ digital citizenship and competency by fostering the development of digital literacy skills through education. For that purpose, the project employs the Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp 2.1) and targets digital literacy through the five key areas of digital competence (Information and data literacy, Communication and collaboration, Digital content creation, Safety, and Problem solving).

Inspiring European Citizenship through Educational technology

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The project EUCiTec will develop educational practices and resources to allow young people to explore, develop and practice citizenship in safe environments representing real-world contexts and issues of direct relevance to them, their lives and their growth as European citizens. Tools to be used include new and emerging digital technologies, games and virtual reality, that are popular with and attractive to young people. Partners will develop resources and training for educators in schools, colleges and universities to help meet project objectives.

Sport for Intercultural Dialogue

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Sport is a tool to promote integration and fight discrimination and racism. The primary aim of the Sport ID project is to create awareness-raising activities for amateur athletes, coaches, trainers, and educators who work in the fields of sports connected with solidarity and social inclusion, sharing good practices and creating Open Educational Resources on how sports can support social inclusion. Sport ID aims to make connections between migrants and asylum seekers and local community through sports. All team sports allow refugees and asylum seekers to establish a contact with their local environment and to meet local associations and groups of which they usually don’t feel a part. The integration that arises during amateur sports events is a stimulus towards active citizenship in matters concerned with immigration, security, and the benefits of sports.