In an ever changing world, in which migration flows are continually being increased. As EU Cohesion Policy states, social inclusion is one of the eleven priorities for Policy in Social Inclusion in 2014-2030. However, many immigrant learners face problems, such as the following: -They do not possess the right skills, as well as education levels for today's VET sector -They do not know how to "fit in" in VET occupational profiles -VET programmes are not modernized and tailor made to their needs. In line with the above, ACTION project aims to identifies relevant good practices in the field of immigrants' employability, by designing an OER training programme which will tackles existing skill gaps of VET trainers and staff. ACTION is broken down into 4 core phases: 1st phase: The consortium will assess the current training programmes, offered to immigrant learners, by evaluating their impact on immigrants. 2nd phase: Having finalized all features that need to be covered in the design of a training programme for teachers, trainers and administrative staff, ACTION VET training programme is generated. 3rd phase: ACTION will implement the aforementioned training programme to teachers, by organizing peer learning activities (i.e workshops, discussion seminars etc.). 4th phase: Trained tutors and staff will introduce immigrants into the training programme, in order to receive feedback on how to further enhance it. Based on the above, ACTION fosters not only social inclusion of immigrants, by improving their upskilling pathways, but also enhances the professional development of VET trainers and staff. As a result, ACTION offers a high quality VET, which not only be inclusive but also modernized and diverse.ACTION brings innovation and inclusive growth in VET sector, by also promotes collaboration of VET Institutions and training organizations, specialized in the field of immigrants' training and employability. Within this context, ACTION project incorporates Sustainable Goals of Sustainable Development, by fostering cooperation and partnerships among different stakeholders and by leaving no one behind.
OBJECTIVES(O): • O1: Promoting inclusion and labor market integration of immigrant learners, through the design and delivery of trainings to VET educational Staff and Teachers, as well as to other stakeholders related to immigrants’ labor market integration. • O2: Offering support to teachers, tutors, staff in VET education and related stakeholders in enhancing their existing programmes and skillset. • O3: Attracting more VET education providers and experts in immigrants’ labor market integration to the advantages (i.e. in terms of time savings) of using ACTION methodology for reducing immigrants inequality in the labor market.
NEEDS(N): • N1: Lack of modernized VET education programmes tailored to immigrant learners • N2: Skill gaps of VET tutors, trainers and VET education staff and related stakeholders in addressing current challenges of immigrant learners N3: Shortage of collaboration among VET Providers and stakeholders, specialized in the field of immigrants’ labor market integration • N4: Absence of awareness raising of European stakeholders in the importance of lifelong learning of immigrants