With this project, through face-to-face and online training, we wanted to increase the knowledge, skills and equipment of M/R aged 18 and over who work and want to work in the agricultural sector so that they can raise their living standards in the host country, contribute to the economy of their host country and adapt to the host society more easily. In addition, we also aimed to familiarize M/R with current practices in the agricultural sector, to have better employment opportunities with the vocational training they receive, to have information about the plant and animal production in their host country, to help them overcome the problems they will face in production, in short to increase their capacities and opportunities in agriculture. By making e-books (guidebook and handbook), all training materials (PDF, PPT, video, etc.), and newsletters freely accessible, project social media posts as well as well as a meeting platform for workers and farmers to create job opportunities, the project aimed at increasing the capacity of M/R and disseminating the project all over Europe, not restricted to the project partner countries. The multilingual sources created during the project supported the project aims.
Worldwide wars and conflicts are crucial factors in forced migration of individuals. After the civil war in Syria in 2011, individuals who wanted to live in safe, healthy and better conditions started to migrate especially to western countries. They started to work in agriculture, industry, construction and services to improve their living conditions. In this process, it has been determined that migrants/refugees (M/R) do not have sufficient knowledge and skills especially in the agricultural sector, suffer from low vocational education levels, including good command of good practices for the protection of soil, water and air, and they struggle with harmonizing with the local society. With this project, knowledge, skills and capacities in the M/R agricultural sector were increased through face-to-face and online training. It contributed to closing the qualified labor shortage in the sector and solving the M/R unemployment problem by enabling employers and job seekers to meet on an e-platform. Project outcomes were achieved through training and awareness raising activities to refugees in the agricultural sector and dissemination activities, especially through visits to institutions, newsletters and social media accounts.