By implementing the project WE-CAN we aimed to encourage the inclusion of migrants through social entrepreneurship and community development through tailored social innovation training and mentoring, developed thanks to a collaboration between stakeholders and experts from different sectors and countries. In particular, the specific objectives (SOs) were: To share experiences, information and best practices on socioeconomic inclusion for migrants. To achieve these specific objectives, the following activities were carried out under We Can: - establishing local multi-stakeholder platforms - the development and implementation of an activation program - the development and implementation of a training program for social entrepreneurs - the development and implementation of a training program for community navigators By implementing these activities We Can aimed to maximise the use of available socio-economic opportunities for migrants and create new ones.
WE CAN aimed at using social innovation for economic and social integration of migrant population. The main target of the project were unemployed migrants who would be activated and stimulated to use their skills and ideas to either start a social enterprise or to act as gatekeepers, by playing the role of community navigators. In either case, the reason was to unlock opportunities for meaningful inclusion to happen, by tapping into the transformative power of adult learning and into the collaborative support networks both at a local and at an international level. To unlock opportunities for meaningful inclusion and achieve social innovation the methodology applied in the project was as follows: Providing collaborative support networks through an international multi-stakeholder platform to share experiences, information and best practices in terms of socio-economic inclusion for migrants, paying special attention to migrant women and local multistakeholders platforms for coaching, mentoring, activities focused on market gap analysis.