The fundamental objective of the ComE project was to offer a contribution to the creation of practices of social inclusion of migrants and the construction of supportive communities inspired by an "Educating Community" approach. This through actions and activities that could connect organisations, operators, migrants, communities, with the aim of defining an educational model. Specific objectives of the action concerned: • sharing practices of social inclusion of migrants; • sharing and developing practices for building supportive communities; • sharing and development of practices for increasing the skills of operators with respect to educational community approaches.
The project responded to the need to create practices of dialogue and integration between migrant people and host communities, a need that is absolutely present in the three partner countries of the project, albeit in different ways. In Italy, the relationship between migrants and host communities is often hindered by the difficult living conditions that migrants have to face, in relation to basic aspects such as housing, work, access to language training and other training opportunities, as well as than to cultural conflict, to xenophobic attitudes that are not fought effectively. Even in traditionally more "welcoming" countries, such as Germany and Denmark, xenophobic attitudes are increasing, and foreign and local communities often live side by side without openly conflicting, but at the same time without interacting in a significant way. The need to activate practices and policies that implement the relationship between migrants and host communities is therefore a fundamental need in Europe.