Migration and asylum seekers are a major challenge for Europe today. The integration of migrants and refugee flows have become the subject of lively debate throughout Europe. The project "MIGRANTECH : the digital incubator as a springboard for learning and employment of migrants and refugees" contributes to combating discrimination against migrants and/or refugees; promoting coexistence between society and migrant and/or refugee communities; and undertaking education and training as a key element in promoting social cohesion and integration processes; providing tailor-made e-learning tools and methods for professionals working with migrants and refugees, in order to facilitate their socio-professional inclusion; understanding and identifying the needs for the most relevant knowledge, attitudes and skills sought by enterprises and employers/companies. In addition, MIGRANTECH will enable educators and professionals to broaden and adapt their knowledge and develop skills such as collaboration, digital literacy in job search, information management, evaluation of these skills, experimentation and innovation, problem solving and decision making, all of which are stepping stones towards bringing their audiences closer to the labour market. The 4 EU entities from France, Belgium, Portugal and Turkey, will achieve the project objectives by carrying out a study on policies and good practices in the field of social and professional integration of migrants and refugees, in order to analyse what has already been implemented and how to learn from past experiences; development of methodological and intervention tools and didactic material to promote the social and professional situation of migrants and refugees ; undertaking in each partner country itineraries with a total of 160 migrants and/or refugees to test intervention tools, a seminar for the exchange of good practices and the training of e-tutors to develop the skills of professionals working with migrants/refugees and to improve best practices in migrant entrepreneurship and professional integration processes. In this context, the project proposes the design and development of an inclusive, interactive and user-friendly platform (digital toolbox, e-learning, etc.) for professionals involved in adult education that will include online training modules for the socio-cultural, political and economic integration of migrants/refugees. More specifically, the training programme will help professionals to receive education about the EU (rights, obligations, values, opportunities, skills, digital...) in a way that will facilitate the smooth integration of the migrants and refugees with whom they work into European societies. The partnership will produce the following 5 intellectual outputs: o O1 Elaboration of the study on the most relevant transversal, key and digital competences required for access to employment and sought by enterprises o O2 Identification of good educational and integration practices for adult migrants and refugees, both online and offline, based on NICTs and cross-cutting skills sought by companies and employers. and a tool for certifying acquired skills. o O3 Kit in the form of a training path (40 e-modules) developed according to the skills identified or sought by companies, employers and orientation of the seminar for the exchange of good practices during A4 o O4 Design of the e-platform and putting the 40 e-modules online in an interactive approach (objectives, content, evaluation questionnaire.) o O5 Creation of an e-learning guide capitalising on the e-learning path and how to use the platform and 2 relevant computer graphics (transversal and digital skills) for people involved in adult education. MIGRANTECH meets the objectives of Erasmus+ : --Providing innovative educational practice based on NICTs that will motivate adults to engage in active learning and education accessible to all. -Designing and developing inclusive training initiatives and new practices in line with the Paris Declaration, to meet the needs of disadvantaged groups, addressing diversity in training, developing key competences and digital skills promoting the inclusion of refugees and migrants.
Faced with this observation, the project "MIGRANTECH: The digital incubator, a springboard to learning and employment for migrants and refugees" aimed to improve the integration process of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in European societies through education and employment, and to reduce discrimination against them. The aim was to provide innovative learning tools and methods to integration, training and employment professionals working with these groups, in particular by creating an online training pathway composed of 40 e-modules, aiming to promote their level of employability and learning by developing the key, transversal and digital skills most relevant to the job market in France, Belgium, Portugal and Turkey.
The EU currently has 20 million third-country nationals: it is therefore not surprising that one of its main objectives is to facilitate their harmonious integration into European societies. Despite its constant efforts, this public still faces several obstacles and the risk of marginalization and social exclusion is growing (employment, digital divide...), requiring the modernization of the working methods and tools of inclusion professionals. The demands of an increasingly selective job market, the proliferation of online job sites and the computerization of most public services, which are moving towards total dematerialization of procedures, require a better mastery of new technologies, which have become an integral part of the path of job seekers, with a view to increasing their employability. In addition, the transformation of the world of work in recent years has led employers to review their requirements in terms of profiles. Tasks require more and more versatility and transversal competences, while specific competences are less emphasized: the result of these changes is a permanent need for adaptation.