JUNE 2018
NEWSLETTER The newsletter of the project Integration by Social and Digital Learning, ISDL
The ISDL aims Other articles The ISDL aims 1 Project context 2 The ISDL partners 3 Project results 4 First & second partnership meeting 5
Integration through Social and Digital Learning (ISDL) is a transnational project funded through the EU program Erasmus+. The project aims : * to explore and discover successful good practice examples about European cases of integration and employment policies for migrants and unemployed in partners’ countries; * to train adult educators from partner’s institutions about active citizenship, creativity in urban areas, social communication methodology for the integration, digital education and community building; * to offer vocational learning, on an e-learning platform, tested, developed and evaluated by staff and volunteers of the civil society.
CATEGORIES OF MIGRANTS Why? “ASYLUM-SEEKER“ Project context An asylum-seeker is a person requesting international protection due to the risk of persecution in his or her home country..
“REFUGEE” A person who has been recognised as being in need of international protection. Adult learning is crucial for migrants as OF SUBSIDIARY they“BENEFICIARY may require different skills than PROTECTION” those they used in their countries of A person who help does equip not qualify as a origin. It can also people refugee under the Geneva Refugee working with migrants with intercultural Convention, but would be in danger if awareness and competences, easing the returnedprocess to his orfor her home country. integration everyone involved. The continuous migration flow together Immigrant” with“Irregular the social exclusion migrants often irregular immigrant is a person face An is an important challenge for many from aSocieties third-country country) societies. need(non-EU to be able to who does not fulfill, or no longer continuously adapt to support the fulfils, the conditions of entry as set various people arriving from different out in thebackgrounds Schengen Borders cultures and - theyCode needorto other conditions for entry,societies. stay or transform into multicultural residence in a Member State. Therfore it carries a great importance to call on issues of social inclusion, diversity, tolerance, non-discrimination and human rights. ”Legally residing Immigrant” A legal immigrant is a person from a Unemployment is affecting not only third-country country) that is migrants but also(non-EU adults in all European legallywhere, residing in an EUglobal Member countries after the crisis, Stateare for changed purposes and of work (Blue Card the jobs transformed. Directive, tend the Intra-corporate Unemployed to feel sociallyTransfer Directive), (Students Directive, excluded and study the need for strong and Scientific programs Research Directive), or civic empowering of social and family reunification education is obvious for(Family people looking Directive). for aReunification job.
CATEGORIES OF MIGRANTS “ASYLUM-SEEKER“ An asylum-seeker is a person requesting international protection due to the risk of persecution in his or her home country..
“REFUGEE” A person who has been recognised as being in need of international protection.
“BENEFICIARY OF SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION” A person who does not qualify as a refugee under the Geneva Refugee Convention, but would be in danger if returned to his or her home country. “Irregular Immigrant” An irregular immigrant is a person from a third-country (non-EU country) who does not fulfill, or no longer fulfils, the conditions of entry as set out in the Schengen Borders Code or other conditions for entry, stay or residence in a Member State.
”Legally residing Immigrant” A legal immigrant is a person from a third-country (non-EU country) that is legally residing in an EU Member State for purposes of work (Blue Card Directive, the Intra-corporate Transfer Directive), study (Students Directive, Scientific Research Directive), or family reunification (Family Reunification Directive).
About us Project partners: EURO-IDEA FUNDACJA SPOŁECZNOKULTURALNA www.euroidea.wordpress.com EURO-NET
www.synergy-net.info
For who? Project beneficiars ISDL is aimed at anyone working within adult
KIRSEHIR IL MILLI EGITIM MÜDÜRLÜGÜ www.arge40.com
education. Through this project we are
ASOCIATIA INSTITUTUL PENTRU PARTENERIAT SOCIAL BUCOVINA www.bucovinainstitute.org
ideas and impulses for the educational
KNUEPFWERK E.V.
FUNDACJA BIURO INICJATYW SPOŁECZNYCH www.bis-krakow.pl
We are 6 project partners - organisations from Italy, Romania, Turkey, Poland and Germany reflecting on and sharing knowledge, experiences, and data collected.
www.isdlearning.eu
hoping to be able to offer new inspiration,
activities they are offering
Euro-Idea Fundacja SpolecznoKulturalna, Poland: It is a nonprofit, private organization born in 2010 in Krakow, Poland. The mission is based on collaboration and proEuropean spirit.
Euro-Net, Italy: A not –for- profit association from Italy that provides social services to children, young people and adults. Kirsehir Il Milli Egitim Mudurlugh, Turkey: It is the national education directorate at regional level and it is responsible towards the Ministry of Education in terms of duties and services.
Institutul Bucovina, Romania: NGO working in the field of adult education and rehabilitation of disadvantaged groups
Knüpfwerk e.V., Germany: Creates a basis for encounters between people form different social and cultural contexts and backgrounds through interdisciplinary workshops and artistic projects.
Fundacja Biuro Inicjatyw Spolecznych, Poland: Is a non-governmental organization, which has been functioning in the Lesser Poland Region.
Project results 1.* PRELIMINARY REPORT about the state of art of the integration and employment policies in partners' countries; 2.* GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLES COLLECTION about European cases of integration by social and digital learning – available in English and all Partners’ national languages; 3.* EXPLORATION OF INCLUSIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES to the social and digital inclusion by social and digital learning 4.* TRANSFER OF THE KNOWLEDGE about effective methodologies and approaches during a JOINT STAFF TRAINING EVENT for selected staff about migrant inclusion topics and best practices examples 5.* WEBSITE integrated with BLOG and SOCIAL NETWORKS containing MATERIALS TRANSLATED into all partners’ National languages 6.* METHODOLOGIES and APPROACHES TRAININGS: database of materials disseminated throughout EU under open licenses 7.* NETWORK: created at international level and aimed to share and compare ideas, practices and methodologies.
Krakow, 6th-7th December 2017Â First transnational project meeting, This meeting was a kick-off meeting where we presented the projects and partners activities, financial and reporting rules, internal agreements and also where we presented a preliminary research, a plan for the good practice workload, next activities workplan and deadlines.
Kirsehir, 14th-15th May 2018 Second transnational project meeting During this meeting there was a presentation of Good Practice results followed by a selection of the Best Practice results. The results will be used in the transfer of knowledge about effective methodologies and approaches during a joint staff training event for selected staff from each partner.
We also visited a school of migrants in Kirsehir where we learned about the migrant policies in Turkey and also about cases of integration. This visit was useful for discovering good practice examples about European cases of integration by social and digital learning and also gave us the possibility to share and compare ideas, practices and methodologies