Development of mediation skillset for youth workers for migrants
DEVMIGRA
The project DEVMIGRA seeks to enhance the abilities of both youth workers and first-generation young migrants who have been granted refugee and asylum status. Youth workers, who are cultural mediators and volunteers working in care facilities and migration centers, will receive support to better assist and integrate young migrants into the social fabric of their host countries. Meanwhile, first-generation young migrants between the ages of 18 and 25 will be given the tools to improve their own skills. The project focuses on young people because they are a vulnerable group when migrating to other countries, as highlighted in the report “Migration and Youth: challenges and opportunities” by the Global Migration Group.
Start: 28/02/2024 End: 28/02/2026
Project Reference: 2022-3-DE04-KA105-015935
EU Grant: 144.844 EUR
Programme: ERASMUS+
Key Action: Key Action 2: Cooperation among organisations and institutions
Action Type: Capacity building in the field of youth
Project Partners:
- ASOCIACION JUVENIL INTERCAMBIA [SPAIN]
- MV INTERNATIONAL [ITALY]
- THE LEBANESE ASSOCIATION FOR AN INCLUSIVE CITIZENS [LEBANON]
- JORDAN YOUTH INNOVATION FORUM SOCIETY [JORDAN]
Project TOPICs:
Migration, inclusion, diversity and youth
TARGET GROUPs
The primary target group of the project is youth workers working with migrants and the indirect target group is young migrants suffering from social exclusion and fewer opportunities.
PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES
- To develop specific training contents for youth workers with migrants, to improve their capabilities in NFE methodologies aimed at promoting to value skills and qualifications of the young migrants.
- To provide young migrants, who has been recognised as refugees and asylum seekers, the methods to promote their skills and qualifications.
PROJECT RESULTS
PR1: Training Format – will be a model educational approach divided in several sub-models and based on a methodology of Non-Formal Education (NFE), coaching and mentoring to deal with the recognition of migrants’ skills and qualifications
PR2: DEVMIGRA Interactive Toolkit – is a tangible result that will be developed through a co-design process involving the Youth Workers who will be involved in the international piloting of the Training Format and the testing at the local level.
APPROACH / METHODOLOGY
NFE methods
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
Activity 1.1 Kick-off Meeting in Málaga, Spain
Activity 1.2 Mid-term Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon
Activity 1.3 Final Evaluation Meeting in Tunis, Jordan
Activity 2.1 Training Course in Sassari, Italy
Activity 3.1 Local Training Course in each partner’s country
Activity 3.2 Local Workshop in each partner’s country
Activity 4.1 Multiplier Events in each partner’s country
