The project aimed to develop a methodology of training courses that would take into account the needs of the migrants : being financially autonomous, increasing language practice while working, feeling useful into host societies, breaking isolation, using their vocational skills, etc. It also aimed to create new tools addressed to trainers, educators, professors and organisations who work with migrants and refugees. Moreover, the consortium expected to find a better way to detect migrants vocational skills and to gather green enterprises, social organizations and migrants. The key objectives of the consortium were to: 1) Integrate migrants and refugees more efficiently into the labour market ; 2) Identify and make use of migrants vocational skills, in particular those that are needed in green entreprises ; 3) Connect green enterprises and migrants ; 4) Involve green enterprises and migrants into the project activities ; 5) Raise awareness on migrants’ integration issues among enterprises and authorities.
The MILMET project was born from two main observations: On the one hand, that, in many European countries, migrants and refugees are facing many obstacles (cultural difference, language barrier, discrimination, non recognition of third countries diplomas, mobility, etc.) that hamper their integration into the labour market. On the other hand, that the current climate and environmental issues means that companies need to change their production methods and turn towards a local, social and solidarity-based economy. This change will create new job opportunities. As a result of these observations, the consortium wanted to gather our expertise and competencies and set up MILMET with the ambition to address the needs for migrants and refugees to find employment in those green enterprises who are looking to find qualified manpower. More specifically, we set out to meet the needs for new training methods and tools for those organizations who support migrant's education and integration in European host countries.