Proyectos

 

European Values of Social Life and Vocational Integration

EU-Programme: Erasmus+, KA2, Strategic Partnerships for Vocational Education and Training
Coordination: Le Monde des Possibles (Belgium)
Duration: September 2017 – August 2019

Europe is facing difficulties in integrating the refugees and providing them with employability skills and jobs. Migrants face daily problems of social integration, differences of values and culture, difficulty in financing their lives, and as a result at risk of marginalisation. Against the background of demographic changes through migration, some countries in Europe exhibit tendency for social-economical-political instability and even violence.

NEED
A priority for VET education is to innovate and develop a suitable educational offer for migrants to promote EU values and to ensure that they improve their language skills, enhance their employability skills and in consequence, find jobs easier.

OBJECTIVES
The project EVOLVE emphasizes the need for promoting European values to enhance social inclusion and economic integration.
– comparative analysis of cross-cultural European values in the partner countries  – with emphasis on migrants’ integration in the European job market and their social inclusion.
– Conceptualization, design and creation of the ‚Values Navigator‘ Digital Training Platform for Learning via APPs in 6 languages  (in EN, DE, FR, MT, NO and ES),
– Exposure Visits and various interface for Social Inclusion (social, art, theatre, sport, culture, religion, etc.)
– Job-Shadowing for Migrants in real organisations
– A tailor-made Career guidance plan including self diagnostic tool, assessment, training program, educational visits, job-shadowing and certification (including EQF and ECVET-recognition)
– Methodolgy guidelines for implemation of the career guidance program
– National and European dissemination on EVOLVE products.

PARTNERSHIP
The EVOLVE project consortium includes MDP (BE) plus 4 VET partners PARAGON (MT), KIST (AT), INFODEF (ES) and MIA (NO)  all of whom have worked on previous European projects. Each partner has specific expertise in career guidance for migrants, counselling and VET systems and brings strategic networks involving well-known partners from all EU countries.

ACTIVITIES
EVOLVE project is scheduled for 24 months with the following activities:
– Comparative analysis of of cross-cultural European values in all partner countries
– Development of the EVOLVE training program for career guidance (theory and practice) and sustainable tailor-made training
– Development of the ‚Values Navigator‘ Digital Training Platform for Learning via APPs in 6 languages
– Development of the EVOLVE career guidance training evaluation (including EQF and ECVET-recognition)
– EVOLVE methodolgy guidelines for “Career Guidance for Migrants” in each country for training implementation, evaluation, examination and dissemination
– Project management and implementation comprising quality control measures (monitoring) to ensure timely implementation as per allocated budget.

The expected results of the EVOLVE project are:

– EVOLVE Survey for Comparative needs analysis of Migrants’s integration in the European job market
– Conceptualisation, design and creation of a EVOLVE digital training platform and Information Career guidance program via APPs based on the survey outputs
– Organising educational visits for Migrants to real work spaces for exploring carrier opportunities in each country
– Organising of Internship – opportunity for practical work in a chosen company in each country
– Development of EVOLVE career guidance plan (based on EQF & ECVET recognition) evolving from the study analysis and based on the needs of the Migrants to help them carve out their tailor-made path of education for their wished job.
– EVOLVE methodolgy guidelines for career guidance
– Manual for Project Quality Management and Evaluation Strategy
– Several marketing/dissemination and exploitation/valorisation initiatives and outcomes.

 

Project Nº 2017-1-BE01-KA202-024743

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.