EU-4-UM : European Union For the inclusion of Unaccompanied foreign Minors. CONTEXT In view of the migration flows some European countries are confronted with, several international and European reports have recently raised the issue of unaccompanied foreign minors. In a wish of harmonising the practices and strengthening equity to the non accompanied foreign minors, the reports note a high demand for training of actors on the ground (particularly social workers, educators, psychologists, legal experts) who are in contact with this population. PARTNERS The Ligue de l’enseignement du Pas-de-Calais (France), project coordinator Die Wiener Volkshochschulen - VHS (Austria) Andalucia Acoge (Spain) Nero e Non Solo (Italy) Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund - ABF (Sweden) ASSOCIATED PARTNERS Solidar, InfoMIE, Migrants Services Platform, European Civic Forum, Lifelong learning platform, organisations well-known for their expertise about migrants, about adult education or about their dissemination capacities. PROJECT EU-4-UM project aims at increasing unaccompanied foreign minors inclusion within the European Union. Two operational goals : 1. Improving the support to unaccompanied foreign minors by the dissemination of the existing and innovative practices of inclusion. Drafting a good practice guide (paper and digital version) based on an exchange of national innovative experiences. More precisely, in identifying, compiling and sharing the successful initiatives linked to the unaccompanied foreign minors inclusion within the European Union. 2. Capacity building at European level of professionals and volunteers working with unaccompanied foreign minors. Develop a common knowledge of unaccompanied foreign minors population for (future) employees and volunteers of organisations engaged within this field. Co-create with the partners a dematerialised training module (e-learning) for employees and volunteers of organisations on the ground. The module aims at disseminating minors’ rights fostered by the international conventions and the innovative practices in orientation, support and information about unaccompanied foreign minors’ rights. PROJECT METHODOLOGY -PHASE 1 : Information collection To provide content for the good practices guide and the training module (the two intellectual outputs of the project) Exchanging on innovative practices during seminars about understanding, support and inclusion of unaccompanied foreign minors and also on tools which can shape the training module -PHASE 2 : Intellectual outputs conception Once information is collected, partners will carry out the good practices guide and the training module by : meeting the provider for the technical conception of the intellectual outputs ; writing the good practices guide in english and then in the languages of the partnership ; shaping the pedagogical framework of the training module and its translation -PHASE 3 : Pilot testing A pilot testing plan is definied by the partnership. Partners then implement this plan in their territories. An assessment tool is also shaped collectively ; it will provide an assessment of the intellectual outputs and facilitate the debriefing of the pilot testing. -PHASE 4 : Dissemination and assessment A dissemination plan is designed. Partners then start the dissemination of the intellectual outputs in their territories with a national event of dissemination. Finally, partners will meet at the project closing event in Brussels in september 2019. During this event, the final project results will be presented along with the intellectual outputs at european level. PARTICIPANTS Project participants are the professionals or volunteers working with unaccompanied foreign minors. They will be involved in all the phases which will require their expertise about working with unaccompanied foreign minors. PROJECT RESULTS -the project enhances unaccompanied foreign minors inclusion within the European union -the innovative practices linked to the understanding, support and inclusion of the unaccompanied foreign minors are disseminated through the partners’ networks. -Knowledge and capacities of professionals and volunteers working with unaccompanied foreign minors are strengthened in the five countries of the project. PROJECT IMPACTS - The institutional and non-institutional care for unaccompanied foreign minors is improved in the 5 countries of the project. -The participation to the society transformation enables people living in a same country to better live together regarding the migratory flows they witness. - The raising awarness at european level of the importance of networking for the support of unaccompanied foreign minors.
European Union for the inclusion of Unaccompanied Minors (EU-4-UM) CONTEXT In view of the migration flows some European countries are confronted with, several international and European reports have recently raised the issue of unaccompanied foreign minors. In a wish of harmonising the practices and strengthening equity to the non accompanied foreign minors, the reports note a high demand for training of actors on the ground (particularly social workers, educators, psychologists, legal experts) who are in contact with this population. OBJECTIVES EU-4-UM project aims at increasing unaccompanied foreign minors inclusion within the European Union. Two operational goals : 1. Improving the support to unaccompanied foreign minors by the dissemination of the existing and innovative practices of inclusion. Drafting a good practice guide (paper and digital version) based on an exchange of national innovative experiences. More precisely, in identifying, compiling and sharing the successful initiatives linked to the unaccompanied foreign minors inclusion within the European Union. 2. Capacity building at European level of professionals and volunteers working with unaccompanied foreign minors. Develop a common knowledge of unaccompanied foreign minors population for (future) employees and volunteers of organisations engaged within this field. Co-create with the partners a dematerialised training module (e-learning) for employees and volunteers of organisations on the ground. The module aims at disseminating minors’ rights fostered by the international conventions and the innovative practices in orientation, support and information about unaccompanied foreign minors’ rights. PARTICIPANTS Project participants are the professionals or volunteers working with unaccompanied foreign minors. They was involved in all the phases which require their expertise about working with unaccompanied foreign minors. Around 500 participants was involved in the project in the differents meeting and requests : national conferences to identify good practices, questionnaires to identify the needs, learning activities, dissemination events, evaluation of the intellectual output, final event. ACTIVITIES - 1 : Information collection To provide content for the good practices guide and the training module (the two intellectual outputs of the project) Exchanging on innovative practices during seminars about understanding, support and inclusion of unaccompanied foreign minors and also on tools which can shape the training module - 2 : Intellectual outputs conception Once information is collected, partners carry out the good practices guide and the training module by : meeting the provider for the technical conception of the intellectual outputs ; writing the good practices guide in english and then in the languages of the partnership ; shaping the pedagogical framework of the training module and its translation. - 3 : Pilot testing Partners collected feedback from stakeholders from his respective country. During the transnational meeting in Bari (Italy) all the feedback was shared to improve some elements of the productions. - 4 : Dissemination and assessment A dissemination plan was designed. Partners then started the dissemination of the intellectual outputs in their territories with a national event of dissemination. Finally, partners met at the project closing event in Brussels on 27th september 2019. During this event, the final project results was presented along with the intellectual outputs at european level. RESULTS The objectives of the project was reached. The good practice guide and the platform online was created by all the partners, and each one brought additional component, in relation to their culture (Spain Italy, France, Austria, Sweden), and their field of action. The intellectual output but also the events meeting all project long had a positive impact on the stakeholders. They was inspired and enriched by differents practices, and they create links between stakeholders from differents countries and fields (Health, education, law...). The project participated to a better inclusion of unaccompanied minors by promoting a transnational and transdisciplinarity support.