PARIS project is a Strategic Partnership made up by seven organizations located in 3 different EU countries: IT, RO, and ES. Three Universities, together with 3 no profit making organizations active in the Refugees sector will be engaged, for 36 months, in the realization of a series of innovative tools addressed to University students learning outcomes. Transversally, a profit organization located in Romania, and with high experience in training sessions organization and management, mainly targeted to vulnerable target group will support the whole activities. Specific outputs of the project are: a publications about Refugees management approaches currently in use in the 3 countries; the creation of a Learning Platform, made up by thematic sections all addressed to Refugees issues, and whihc contents will be defined during the project life, also thanks to the support from University students; the recognition of a joint Curriculum from the three Universities involved; finally, a guideline on assertive communication. As an important testing phase, a summer school, 20 days long, will be organized in the city of Enna (Sicily, Italy). The counrty has been selected according to the high level of emergency felt by its population as well as social workers currently working on the front line with new migrants arrivals. Three multiplier events will be organized during the project life, in order to disseminate the PARIS Intellectual Outputs. in order to allow that each country involved in the project could benefit from the important results achieved, these events will respectively hold in Italy, Spain and Romania. According to the the open learning access, all the documents and outputs produced by PARIS will be translated in all the partner countries, and also in English. Moreover, the open access will be guaranteed for all the Intellectual Outputs.
PARIS project is a Strategic Partnership made up of seven organizations, geographically located in 3 different European countries, specifically in Italy, Romania and Spain. The partnership is made up of 3 Universities and 3 non-profit organizations active in the refugee sector, engaged in a 36-month project for the creation of various innovative learning tools, aimed at updating university students' careers through the implementation of a Joint Curriculum entitled "Intercultural skills for future specialist dealing with refugees". Moreover transversally, a profit organization located in Romania has been involved in the project actions, assisting thanks to the experience gained in the organization and management of training sessions, in particular, addressed to vulnerable or at risk subjects, effectively supporting all the project actions. The choice of this partnership was made on the basis of the emergency perceived by the population and by the social workers who are currently working on in first line for the management of what has been called a "migrant emergency": the project has been conducted and managed in a complex historical period, which has undergone changes between 2016 and 2019. The main objective of the PARIS project is to contribute through its actions to provide innovative educational tools, to enhance the use of these methods, to provide high quality materials and innovative methodologies for students, trainers and experts, focused in particular on the issue of migrants, asylum seekers and first legal and psychological intervention. To achieve these goals, the PARIS project has provided a series of targeted project actions, carried out in synergy by the partnership; in particular, one of the key actions of the project was the creation of a Joint Curriculum for the specialization of a professional figure in the management of migrants and asylum seekers, with the recognition of ECTs in their universities; specifically the actions developed by the PARIS project have been: - Implementation of the scientific publication "Current models for the management of refugees and asylum seekers in Italy, Spain and Romania: training needs for working with this group" (IO1) - Implementation of thematic Focus groups - Implementation of the e-Learnig platform for open-access training www.parisproject.eu (IO2) - Realization of interviews and webinars by country (sector experts, professors, etc.) - Creation of 5 specific e-learning sections and 1 dedicated section accessible upon registration with 3 Webinars. - Publication of a guide for students and professionals in the sector of migrant and asylum seekers entitled "Tips and tricks for assertive communication with refugees" (IO4) - Implementation of a Joint Curriculum (IO3) with the validation of ECTs for university students through participation in the ISP organized in the context of the PARIS project - Implementation of the ISP (PARIS Summer School), including dissemination plan and communication of the activity. - Implementation of III Multiplier Events The innovativeness of the project lies in the use of online learning platforms, aimed at encouraging the participation of students, professors and experts in the sector, which include downloadable material, video lessons and discussion forums; the material present is available and downloadable in English and in the three languages of the partner countries (IT, RO, ES). All the material produced during the PARIS project was functional to the realization of the pilot ISP mobility, a 12-day Summer School, organized in the city of Enna (Italy), during which 26 students from the three countries of the project were able to learn theories and specialized techniques of the work with refugees: NGOs trainers and university professors held morning theoretical lessons and afternoon practical lessons, and supported the students for the realization of a final project work on some concrete cases. In the context of the project, 3 Multiplier Events were organized, aimed at disseminating the PARIS project and the Intellectual Outputs, to allow wide dissemination of the project in the partner countries.