According to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by the year of 2018 there are more than 65 million forcibly displaced persons in the world, including 22.5 million refugees, with the vast majority in developing countries. 1951 Geneva Convention related to the Status of Refugees, have granted full labour market access for refugees, which has not been necessarily the case for those with complementary or temporary protection status or indeed refugees pending the determination of their asylum application. In addition, some countries have specific rules for persons whose application has been denied but their deportation suspended and who may be entitled to work under restricted conditions. After fleeing war or persecution, the opportunity to work and earn a living is one of the most effective ways people can rebuild their lives with dignity and in peace. From this perspective, the main purpose of this project is to promote a social inclusion of those forced to flee their homes by advocating for their right to live and build their livelihoods through their new life expectancies and interests. With this project, it is aimed to determine refugees’ social life expectancies by organizing focus group interviews and develop refugee information forms. The project also aims to find solutions to the language, vocational/non-vocational skills and social cohesion problems of the refugees who are the target group in selected project regions Turkey, Italy, Greece, Spain and Poland together with host citizens in project areas. To achieve this objective, society-oriented and individually emphasized activities that promote the integration of refugees will be carried out. By developing a preliminary test during periodical workshops, a brand-new social tool that tackle with migrant related issues will be devised. In line with this tool, an inventory, called Invented Life Inventory (ILI), that deals with social, educational and vocational parameters affecting the life expectations and future plans of refugees will mainly embrace the heart of this project. With this multi-dimensional and multi-cultural inventory, it is ultimately targeted to include refugees into vocational and/or non-vocational educations so that they can be guided to directly to the labor market if they are certified with sufficient vocational skills or they can be suggested for further educations in related fields. Certification of the trained refugees is of paramount importance in terms of achieving the main goal of the project for its motto “Invented Life”. Invented Life is not a personal test project by itself. It will have greater impact on the participants who enrich the community they live with the development of language education and orientation, non-vocational and vocational education programmes and certification processes for them as individuals who can work in accordance with the legislation of the host country. The project will continue supporting the inclusion of the certified refugees in the labor market as trained, qualified work force and thus enabling the social integration of them much faster and more profitable for the host countries. The Intellectual Outputs that the project is trying to achieve in the final alaysis are as follows: O1: Development of Invented Life Inventory O2: I dream. I desire: A Short Documentary O3: Development of Non-Vocational Education Module As to long term and permanent impact and benefit of this project for the refugees, recognition, validation and accreditation of their knowledge, skills and competencies will make them gain a permanent and more reliable place in society and feel much safer compared to the period prior to the ILI inventory. For these reasons, devising and implementation of brand new tools (Social Adaptation portfolio and Invented Life Inventory) offering solutions for related international migration issues especially in the fields of vocational education and certification of their professional skills constitute the main activities directly affecting the outcomes and impact of the project.
While contributing to the evaluation of irregular migrants who are subject to forced migration as people with professional and other vital priorities, in addition to ensuring their safety within the framework of international law; to develop a tool through which they can discover, express and train themselves in this process.
The project is based on three ideas. Creation of Invented life inventory. I dream. I desire. Shooting of the short documentary. Development of the Basic Knowledge and Skills in Working Life module. First of all, the common feature of the three intellectual outputs is that, although an inventory and a training module for their working life has not been developed for individuals who have been subjected to forced migration before, it is the first documentary that leaves the right to speak to immigrants without subjecting it to any scenario or direction. The basic need is for developed inventory and modules to be tested and academically developed with established people. The profile characteristics of irregular migrants subjected to forced migration were evaluated for the first time.