Summary
The increased migrations into the EU raise the theme of the potential of lifelong learning for promoting their integration and social inclusion. The general goal of this project is to contribute to the strengthening of lifelong learning systems in Europe for low-skilled migrant women over 45 years, bearing in mind the possibility of intergeneracional learning with other high skilled and already employed migrant women. We intend to develop a mentoring programme where partners exchange educational strategies for disadvantaged migrant women and analyze methods in order to implement new lifelong learning approaches, based on the concrete training needs of disadvantaged migrant adults.
The participation as mentors of high skilled migrant women, already employed in qualified jobs, guarantees not only a linguistic or cultural proximity to each learner, but also an opportunity to share their professional knowledge and expertise, while partners create new environments for education and professional development. These skilled mentors provide training and professional guidance from a close perspective, and have a fundamental role in the individual development of these disadvantaged learners over 45. Through the experiences collected in transnational meetings of three days, dialogue between regions is enhanced and learners can improve their skills and mutual understanding, keeping these disadvantaged women active and potentially more employable. Partners also create a web page that includes an online mentoring service and a job search section in each of the countries involved. The project establishes a network for cooperation amongst all entities that participate, for further cooperation on lifelong learning, and with this vulnerable group.
The participation as mentors of high skilled migrant women, already employed in qualified jobs, guarantees not only a linguistic or cultural proximity to each learner, but also an opportunity to share their professional knowledge and expertise, while partners create new environments for education and professional development. These skilled mentors provide training and professional guidance from a close perspective, and have a fundamental role in the individual development of these disadvantaged learners over 45. Through the experiences collected in transnational meetings of three days, dialogue between regions is enhanced and learners can improve their skills and mutual understanding, keeping these disadvantaged women active and potentially more employable. Partners also create a web page that includes an online mentoring service and a job search section in each of the countries involved. The project establishes a network for cooperation amongst all entities that participate, for further cooperation on lifelong learning, and with this vulnerable group.
Project Objectives and Strategy
The project consortium involves educative institutions that complement each other in terms of capacities and expertise but also of visions and attitudes towards lifelong learning. They all work to get the general goal of this project. This is to contribute to the strengthening of European social cohesion by fostering the inclusion of low-skilled migrant women over 45 years in European countries, through the programme of lifelong learning.
The project has these clear specific objectives:
1. Purchase of new competences based on training for low skilled female migrants for best integration into society and the labour market, increasing their mobility and presence in lifelong learning in Europe.
2. Reinforce the adult learning centres and NGO´s with additional support activities focused on migrant women over 45, doing the required modifications when necessary, to adapt to their perceived needs.
3. Raise awareness on the potential of lifelong learning for social integration and cultural diversity.
4. Facilitate the encounter and better understanding among organizations dealing with migrants, women and adult education in Europe.
5. To develop a supportive approach that goes beyond stereotypes and recognizes the professional success of female migrants in skilled sectors, providing them with the opportunity of exchange experiences and help other peers, through a mentorship service.
6. Understand the concept of an adult education as a global process of learning that consists of more than just obtaining qualifications and professional skills;
7. To create a website that promotes the knowledge of new technologies and create a contact network among participants.
8. To promote the knowledge produced among all interested stakeholders and to favour the multiplication of the approach.
Partners involved promote the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) during the meetings that are organised in each country, trying to achieve the greatest efficiency of presentations, being used as an accompanying tool, for interactivity and large communication of the project’s content and its results.
The project has these clear specific objectives:
1. Purchase of new competences based on training for low skilled female migrants for best integration into society and the labour market, increasing their mobility and presence in lifelong learning in Europe.
2. Reinforce the adult learning centres and NGO´s with additional support activities focused on migrant women over 45, doing the required modifications when necessary, to adapt to their perceived needs.
3. Raise awareness on the potential of lifelong learning for social integration and cultural diversity.
4. Facilitate the encounter and better understanding among organizations dealing with migrants, women and adult education in Europe.
5. To develop a supportive approach that goes beyond stereotypes and recognizes the professional success of female migrants in skilled sectors, providing them with the opportunity of exchange experiences and help other peers, through a mentorship service.
6. Understand the concept of an adult education as a global process of learning that consists of more than just obtaining qualifications and professional skills;
7. To create a website that promotes the knowledge of new technologies and create a contact network among participants.
8. To promote the knowledge produced among all interested stakeholders and to favour the multiplication of the approach.
Partners involved promote the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) during the meetings that are organised in each country, trying to achieve the greatest efficiency of presentations, being used as an accompanying tool, for interactivity and large communication of the project’s content and its results.