The main objective of PLAYEM project is to promote the employability of junior migrants, minorities, asylum seekers and refugees (JMMR) through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In order to achieve this general objective, the following specific objectives are proposed: - O.E.1. To improve the personal branding of JMMR for access to jobs, through audiovisual and interactive material. - O.E.2. To favour innovative tools and methodologies for professionals working to promote the employability of JMMR. - O.E.3. To develop the competences, skills and knowledge of JMMR for access to the labour market. - O.E.4. To improve the social skills of JMMR through the use of audiovisual and interactive material. - O.E.5. To foster JMMR's autonomy during the Active Job Search process. - O.E.6. To reinforce the feeling of European citizenship citizenship, especially among JMMR. - O.E.7. To strengthen contact networks among the young population through virtual spaces aimed at promoting employability. - O.E.8. To strengthen networking and communication between youth workers, local institutions, companies and third sector organisations.
As starting point, SSF identified and evidenced the barriers and gaps that still exist for the social and labour inclusion of junior migrants, minorities, asylum seekers and refugees (JMMR). Having a migrant background and cultural differences are factors that hampers effective inclusion and employability: employment rates for 16–24-year-olds are significantly lower for those born outside the EU than for those born in the EU (Eurostat, 2020). Furthermore, according to the analysis carried out by the partners (all entities that work on a daily basis with programmes for the integration of young migrants) it is difficult to maintain the motivation of young people in integration pathways, as many of them do not see the contents that are usually used as being adapted to their needs and ways of being in society. In this sense, PLAYEM was designed to strengthen the employability of young people and promote their social inclusion through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). At the same time, the project also sought to increase the quality, innovation and recognition of youth work, in order to recognise new methods and practices to better accompany these youngers in their integration processes.