TARGET GROUP, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSEDThe activity of the project is addresed to a specific target:• Adult migrants with medium-high professional competencies that barely can partecipate to the Labour Market, or that enter there only with very low positions comparing with their knowledge . They are high-skilled people but considered low skilled by the local Labour Market.This is particulary true if we consider the situation of high-skilled-migrant women .Frequently, their tecnichal competencies cannot represent the basis for a Labour Market insertion with a professional profile that could grow with the time (as could happened for a man that, starting from a mechanical low profile, can reach a tecnichal profile in a few time).For that kind of women there are often only two options: insertion with low-skilled profile that remains the same for a long time or unemployment situation with the stable role of housewives.MAIN AIMS AND OBJECTIVES PURSUED:Starting from the needs descrived above the project will pursue the following objectives: With reference to Objectives and priorities of Strategic Partnerships:• fostering the provision and the assessment of key-competences, including basic skills and transversal skills particularly entrepreneurship, language knowledge and digital skills (with particular attention to linguistic and self-empowerment competencies);• reinforcing links between assessment, training and the world of work;• improving the capacities of the organisations active in the fields of assessments, education and training, notably in the areas of specific disadvantaged groups (high-skilled person that are considered low-skilled from the world of work;• fostering social inclusion and employability by developing quality assessment, training and support services for job insertion;With reference to field-specific priorities for adult education: • contributing to a reduction in the number of low-skilled adults (in this case people considered low-skilled), increasing the opportunity of validate non-formal and informal learning, giving new guidance and job insertion services.With reference to The 5 targets for the EU in 2020 (in particular Poverty / social exclusion that foreseens a strong reduction of people in this kind of condition) is possible to define these specifical objects for the project:• To develop 3 short modules for the assessment/empowerment/promotion of Soft Skills for high skilled migrants;• To facilitate a better job insertion of migrants that now works in low profiles if compared with their competencies (or that are often unemployed);• To increase the propensity to self-empowerment, supporting their capacity to spend their own competencies in the Labour Market finding opportunity to start up microenterprises. PROPOSAL OF ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES The project plan foreseens• 6 meetings (one in each partner’s country )• 4 Intellectual outputs: • Another Intellectual Outputs aimed to assembly all the other, aimed to diffusion and Sustainability actions• 6 dissemination momentsINTELLECTUAL OUTPUT 1Definition of a Framework of Soft Skill required by Companies for High Skilled Migrants (with particular attention to people with competencies from 4th to 6th level of EQF): What kind of “soft skills” are particularly required (or their lack represents an hobstacle) for job insertion of migrants in medium-high professions?INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT 2Implementation of a model for assessment of competencies (technical and/or “Soft Skills”) starting from a model created by Casa di Carità that tries to take care of all the “situations” of a migrant person (connected to work but also to his/her social situation, migration history, personal and cultural interests….)INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT 3Implementation of a model of empowerment of all the Soft Skills that seems to be inadequate in a benchmarking with Intellectual Output 1 . In that model there will be also some tasks connected to self employment in medium-high professional fields.INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT 4Implementation of a model of promotion and self promotion othat this kind of migrants can address to companies. In particular the model foreseens the use of main social networks and videocurricula (2 min each) as promotional instruments (but also as an instrument that underlines and shows expecially some of those Soft Skills)

Refugees and newcomers have more difficulty than other disadvantaged groups to be employed. Insufficient command of the host country's language, difficulty in promoting their skills, and uncertainty about their status are, along with cultural prejudices, the main obstacles they face. However, they need and want to work, and they already master a large number of transversal skills, not always expressed but particularly sought after by employers, who for their part sometimes have difficulties to recruit. Finally, having a job is the best way to integrate and feel integrated.Brefe has tried to resolve these contradictions by working in four countries, France, Italy, Spain and Denmark with : - refugees and newcomers ; - language trainers, integration professionals, employment counselors, social workers and volunteers - employers.to identify practices and formalize a set of resources, methods and tools, which, when implemented together, can boost access to employment for refugees and newcomers. They need to become aware of their transversal skills in order to make the most of them on their path to employment. They also need to improve their learning methods so that they can continue to develop their language skills at home and at work without formal support that is not always available.Professionals and volunteers can improve their action by taking better account of the diversity of situations, needs and expectations. They need to become familiar with the skills to help refugees identify, express and value them. They must also optimize the time of their intervention by giving keys to reinforce autonomy in learning. Finally, language learning can take place anywhere and keep employment in mind.Companies have access to a large number of potential workers who, through their diversity and commitment, can bring real added value. They must be able to properly assess the skills of refugees, organize their reception to optimize the conditions for a sustainable integration. They must also be prepared to hire people who do not have a complete command of their language but who have a strong potential for progress that can be achieved through support measures at the workplace.Brefe delivers three guides with guidelines, methods, tools and testimonies to optimize the support of refugees towards and in employment, to adapt the socio-linguistic support and to better take into account transversal skills. The whole is available under a free license, organized in a dynamic way on a multilingual website.

<< Objectives >>The project’s overarching goal is to reduce gender gaps in employment in Italy and Malta.The project’s concrete objectives include:- Developing and implementing a cross-sectoral, cross-border, intergenerational and intercultural training and mentoring program for aspiring female leaders-Encouraging intergenerational digital knowledge exchange-Enhancing mentors’ abilities to successfully develop other leaders -Making employers and broader society more aware of gender gaps in employment<< Implementation >>The project will implement the following activities:- needs assessment of mentor and mentee needs- development of training modules and mentoring toolkit - pilot testing of training modules - fine-tuning of training modules and mentoring toolkit - staff training - recruitment of mentors and mentees - roll-out of mentoring program - development and publication of mentoring guidelines - creation of public Facebook ASTRA group- recording and publication of online video and podcast series<< Results >>- Consolidated leadership skills among mentees-Consolidated leadership development skills among mentors -Greater awareness among employees and wider society of the importance and benefits of investing in women -Transnational partnerships between individuals and organisations involved in the project-Cross-border partnerships and knowledge-exchange-Increased career opportunities for women-Creation of a replicable model for women's leadership development