<< Background >>Since the start of Covid-19, formal education activities have been continued as much as possible. Turkey used EBA and online education platforms. European countries have been using their own precautions and all of these efforts require a great knowledge and experience in digital learning. However, adult education activities stopped mostly as a result of pandemic. However, the epidemic should not be an isolation, but a process of learning and opportunity. More areas should be created for the accessibility of adult education, and if it is not possible because of the pandemic, digital tools and online trainings should be promoted for adult education and life-long learning. The existing skills of adults should be improved, new skill areas should be opened, and thus, it should be contributed to them becoming the thinking, criticizing, analyzing, digital citizens of the 21st century. Findings generally revealed mostly men benefit from adult education. Within this scope it more urgent for an inclusive society to reach each individual. We give priority to create new opportunities for the education of disadvantaged women in our societies who are mostly excluded from educational and occupational areas.Our world, which has already entered the digitalization process for a long time, has entered into a great technology cycle, especially with the COVID-19 epidemic. During this period, many individuals who did not leave their homes have made it a habit to handle all their work and transactions online. The vast majority of education has become online education, and all of this has made digital skills and literacy an indispensable skill. In addition to the unlimited possibilities and beauty provided by the Internet, hazards such as masses of misinformation, numerous malicious websites and platforms, and dangers such as cybercrime, misleading and fraud reveal that digital literacy is not the only skill required in this period, and that being critical literate is also vital.Digital literacy means “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.” (American Library Association). In today’s digital world, nearly every career requires digital communication at some point, so equipping disadvantaged people with the skills to effectively and responsibly find, evaluate, communicate, and share online content is key to their futures. Critical literacy has been defined as “learning to read and write as part of the process of becoming conscious of one’s experience as historically constructed within specific power relations” (Anderson & Irvine, 1982). It allows educators and students with an opportunity to read, evaluate, and reflect on texts, and embark upon the creative process of actively constructing or reconstructing these texts.Digital literacy training opens the door to other essential skills needed to operate in a broadband environment, including financial literacy skills, as well as career training and ICT-enabled career training. Such training enables women to set up online businesses, or to use broadband services, such as social networking sites, to enhance their ongoing livelihood and economic activity. Social protection is important for women’s access to financial services, and digital readiness is likely to become more important as digital finance grows. Schooling is formidable site where the local and the global converge. Women from the disadvantaged population, cannot have adequate schooling and therefore their critical awareness of the world should be enriched. Being a critical reader will equip women with ‘selective’ and ‘reflective’ mind by which they can select and use the vital information from the mass information provided by digitalization. When the women are critically literate, they examine their ongoing development, to reveal the subjective position from which they make sense of the world and act in it.<< Objectives >>The heart of the Erasmus+ aims to reach various people with different background, especially to those with fewer opportunities. This project is created in order to nurture and enhance the quality of the disadvantaged women in the societies. The general aim of this project is to turn the disadvantaged women in the societies into digital and critical readers which will equip them with educational, professional and social skills. Concrete objectives of this project:-to provide disadvantaged women with digital literacy skills and critical literacy skills-to train trainers in order to train disadvantaged women in societies for digital and critical literacy -to propose a new methodology for adult education combining digital and critical literacy-to disseminate the new methodology for disadvantaged adult educationFor the disadvantaged women to be a digital and critical reader will prove:a) Access to financial services (economic empowerment)b) Access to health services and informationc) Access to educational resourcesd) Being selective and critical to the information provided by digitalismAfter the digital and critical literacy trainings, they will be able to find the information they need, reach financial services, health services or educational resources. They will also have the opportunity to actively follow social media platforms and promote their own initiatives through these channels in the long term. This will play an important role in enabling women to realize their rights, which are also recognized by official laws. These women will not only be able to reach the information they need thanks to be digital reader, but they will also be able separating true information from the wrong ones60 digital and critical literacy educators will be trained in this project. EU also gives great focus on adult education because individuals follow adult learning for a variety of reasons: to enhance their employment prospects, to develop personally or professionally and to obtain transferrable skills, such as critical thinking. Adult learning also contributes to improving social cohesion and promotes active citizenship. Accordingly, more qualified and competent educators should be raised for Europe and beyond to overcome economic challenges it is currently facing, as well respond to the demand for new skills and sustained productivity in an increasingly digitalized world economy.We will develop a brand new 21st century teaching method and practice by blending the intellectual outputs we will put forward in this project with digital and critical literacy education. This project will create three different intellectual outputs; a manual, a toolkit and an e-learning platform.<< Implementation >>The activities in this project are designed purely purposefully. An effective and high qualified work flow plan has been prepared in order to realize our goals and special targets.1.First of all partner institutions will come together at the opening of the meeting will make in Turkey in the 3rd month. The goals and objectives, task distribution, responsibilities will be clearly stated and signed with the Memorandum of Understanding document.2. With the Digital Literacy instructor training to be held in Italy in the 7th month, 29 digital literacy educators from four partner countries will be trained.3. As in Turkey, 600 women will be given Digital and Critical Literacy Training, 12 trainers will not be sufficient. The 12 people who participated in the training in Italy will give the same training to 28 people in the 9th month. More in the province of Van. Accordingly, 40 trainers will be available for target group in Turkey. This local training will be organized by umbrella educational organization of Van Province, Van Provincial Directorate of National Education. 4. 2 transnational meeting will be organized in order to determine the contents of IO1 – Critical Literacy for Disadvantaged People Manual; IO2 – Digital Literacy Training Kit in Sweden in 10th month; and IO3 – Digital and Critical Literacy Platform (DSLP) in Finland in the 15th month.5. The Digital and Critical Trainings will be started in the beginning of 20th month in four partner countries. Until that time, all the intellectual outputs will be ready to be used in the trainings. The trainers who took the training will give Digital Part of the training while our academicians in universities will be responsible of Critical part of the training. 6.The multiplier events in four partner countries will be held in the 21th month of the project. 7.The final meeting will be held in Turkey to evaluate all the process and sustainability in the future plans.<< Results >>This project has been designed to fulfill the needs of disadvantaged women in the societies. We aim to generate long term results which will both be tangible and intangible, up-scalable, transferable and transdisciplinary during and after its implementation. The most important and effective aspect of this project will be its intellectual outputs. IO1 - Critical Literacy for Disadvantaged People Manuel will be a guide book for trainers on teaching critical literacy to disadvantaged women. By the contribution of each partner in this project (each will contribute it by its own specialty) the quality of this manual will be kept above the standards. The trainers will use this guidebook as the main source for their critical literacy trainings. This manual will also include many useful tips and information about the communication with disadvantaged groups (disabilities, refugees, barriers to education system, cultural or social differences etc.) and it will be a transdisciplinary source accordingly. This manual will both be published and in the e-book form in order to increase its sustainability and open access.IO2- Digital Literacy Training Toolkit will be used by trainers teaching digital literacy to the target groups. This toolkit will provide permanent skills and abilities to the learners. In order to increase its sustainability, both formal and non- formal materials will be included in the kit. The target women will learn digital literacy by this productive and effective materials. This kit will be designed as an open access resource so anyone will be able to utilize it. IO3- DSLP (Digital Critical Literacy Platform) will be the first online platform designed for digital and critical literacy teaching. The tangible materials such as books or journals are neither enough nor effective when compared with digital learning platforms. Especially in the COVID-19 crisis, the importance of digital competences has been understood by masses and European Union gives great importance on digital transformation. In line with Europe’s Digital Education Plan, this platform will serve for pedagogical goals of the Programme. The target groups of this project will use this platform without paying anything. The trainers of digital and critical literacy will use it as a main source as it will include all the necessary techniques and information The communication channels of the platform will provide international interaction and cooperation. We aim to fill the educational deprivation gap caused by COVID-19 epidemic with this innovative platform.All three intellectual outputs of this project will improve both groups’ (trainers and learners) 21st century skills which are critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, information and media literacy, technology literacy and flexibility. Considering our general aim, one of the most significant steps will be the preparation of trainers who will train target women. The second important step will be the effective outputs which should be sustainable, permanent, open accessed and aim-oriented. With these two steps, we believe that we will contribute to educational, social and psychological well-being of disadvantaged women’ as well as increasing their chances for empowerment. A very comprehensive dissemination plan will be made in order to share project’s results on local, national and international level. Each participating partner will be obliged to make at least 5 dissemination activities as well as one multiplier event.

Migrants are on the top of the EC agenda since 2015, as various strategies were put in place to look for complementary solutions to manage the issue of rising migration influx. The project is grounded on the European Agenda on Migration, the Action Plan for the Integration of TCNs and the New Skills' Agenda for EU with specific measures responds to integration needs of migrants’ groups. The objective of this project was to provide smart solutions for integration of migrants effectively either in the labour market promoting further participation in working and society life and to foster capacity-building of professionals working with migrants on successful integration actions for the target group. This was done via following outcomes: IO 1- Competences shadowing ProgrammeIO 2 - COMPe4Mi e-Learning PlatformIO 3 - Capacity Building Course for professionals working with migrants The project was designed based on the partners’ experience and understanding of professionals working with migrants needs and immigrant learners. The project brought together 5 partners from 5 different countries wishing to promote citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination, strengthening social cohesion and helping people become responsible, open-minded and active members of our diverse and inclusive society by enriching adult educators’ intercultural competences. This project included four transnational project meetings that contributed to the preparation, implementation and evaluation phase of the project as well as one joint staff training event for the staff of the participating organisations so as to be able to inform the target group during the multiplier events and the pilot testing. All the information gathered through this project and the promotion of the project itself was uploaded on the COMPe4Mi e-Learning Platform. Multiplier events were organised Poland, Italy, Finland, Cyprus and Greece. The total number of people, who that benefited (directly or indirectly) were targeted through the project activities ( Competences Shadowing Programme, Multiplier Events, Capacity Building workshops) during its duration, is moderately estimated at approximately 2600. The project's results includes following: o Increased the quality of services offered to migrants in the future; o Fostered the integration process and migrants’ economic participation in society; o Improved levels of skills awareness for employability on behalf of migrants; o Enhanced civic orientation and active citizenship of migrants o Increased opportunities for migrants for professional development; o Created links between the host society and migrants' communities; o Developed competences in dealing with inter-cultural conflicts; o promoted an awareness of the importance of cultural diversity in Europe; o promoted understanding of cultural backgrounds and providing reflection in order to increase tolerance and to reduce prejudices and xenophobia. The COMPe4MI project had an overall significant impact on participants (migrants, professionals working with migrants) competences and multicultural mindsets, based on their dealing with immigrants / refugees: o Fostered the integration process and migrants’ economic participation in society; o Enhanced social inclusion via cross-cultural acceptance, improved understanding of multicultural environments and diversity concepts; o Improved levels of skills awareness for employability on behalf of migrants; o Enhanced civic orientation and active citizenship of migrants; o Created links between the host society and migrants communities. Impact on local community: o Strengthened the role of host communities in the personal and professional development of migrants; o Developed the sense of respect and tolerance, and combating towards different nations and cultures; o Developed competences in dealing with intercultural conflicts; o Improved capacity for diversity management. Impact at national level: o Widened professional knowledge by adopting new approaches in their practices, thus being able to initiate more concrete plans on supporting more migrants and lobby for the introduction of new policies.

<< Objectives >>“ECO-FUTURE” intends to promote an innovative educational approach based on tinkering and Non-Formal education that aims to develop students, schools and communities with the values and the motivation to act for sustainability – in their personal lives, within their community and at a global scale, now and in the future.<< Implementation >>- Development of Manual and Training Format for teachers- International Training of Teachers- Co-design of Cartoons for children and NDE/Tinkering activities- Local programmes to test the activities with young pupils (6-13)- Multipliers events<< Results >>- ECO-FUTURE Manual- ECO-FUTURE Cartoons- ECO-FUTURE Toolkit- primary school teacher provided with competences and tools to foster circular economy education in young pupils (6-13)- young pupils (6-13) provided with entry-level knowledge on circular economy

The project aims to advance integration by promoting exchanges of ideas and knowledge, building the capacity of the youth organisations, supporting multi-stakeholder networking, and producing joint recommendations. Through main activities we want to build partnerships and exchange good practices and information about work with migrant youth – non-formal groups as well as migrant organisations working actively in and for their communities, and other organisations planning or working in area of supporting migrant youth, in areas of social inclusion and integration. Project aims to strengthen migrant groups and organisations in their activities aiming to integrating young migrants, as well as enhancing entrepreneurship skills and developing useful skills and to work for communities and sustainable integration process in society where they live.Our aim and methodology is to engage the youth and young migrants in discussion about possibilities for using their potential and experience in work with multicultural groups and youth. Participation of youth is the basis of this project, as well creating opportunities to discover and develop their skills and aspirations to be involved in advocacy and promotion activities at a further stage of the project implementation. The project is designed in a way to exchange, gain knowledge and skills and then to use them in practice. Outcomes of the project have different dimensions – they are related to capacity building in migrant organisations to exchange good practices in working with the youth, then, engaging and involving young people, especially migrant youth, we aim to work to develop ways of working with the youth in order to know them, to conduct deeper needs assessment, involving and engaging them to be active in our project and then – in their life.The main activities are: creating Incubators of young migrants in Poland, Finland and Norway for the youth, especially migrant youth; building Strategic Partnership involving other organisations and youth to join the Partnership and Incubators, using interactive internet platform to promote our activities and share and exchange results of our work. We want to organize three training events, in each of countries participating in this project, that will be related to work with the youth, Incubators and potential to use them, interpersonal skills, work group, communication, public relations and promotion, advocacy, partnership, organizing small initiatives and management. Result of this work will be a platform (internet, interactive) to share and exchange ideas for people working with the youth, good practices, methods of work. It will be the most important way to engage young people and invite more partners to join our activities.Through meetings, trainings and workshops, analytical work and peer review evaluation meetings we want to involve all partners and other stakeholders to compare situation in partnering countries, exchange good practices in integration and youth work and programs, exchange our own practices and experience. In the end of the project the result of this work will be to explore the role and potential of youth organisations in integration processes and to organize an international seminar to further support awareness raising and mutual learning on migrant youth integration among a wide range of stakeholders. Our findings and recommendation will be prepared through all the projects, engaging different stakeholders and partners. It will be presented to evaluate them with national actors and stakeholders by organizing three peer review seminars and then it will be analyzed and consolidated into a final report presented during the closure seminar.General aim of the project is to produce an innovative approach to addressing the youth by providing more attractive training and support program for the youth, especially migrant youth – in line with their needs and expectations, using participatory approach and to develop and use ICT-based methodologies. It aims to improve practices to cater for the needs of disadvantaged youth and to deal with social, linguistic and cultural diversity. The project aims to support youth and migrant organisations to develop a more modern, dynamic, committed and professional environment inside the organisation to be active for the change and for inclusion, integrating new methods of working with the youth into daily activities and to be pen for partnership and networking with other stakeholders. Project will have a positive impact on the persons directly or indirectly involved in the activities, such as: increased sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; increased level of digital competence; greater understanding and responsiveness to social, linguistic and cultural diversity; more active participation in society; more positive attitude towards the European project and the EU values; improved competences, linked to their professional profiles and personal motivation.

HelpMi consists of extending and developing the competences of HR professionals in inter-cultural education and diversity management and employees with a migrant background that who need the tools and skills for supporting their integration in the work placement and society. Due to the demographic, social, and economic changes in EU, workforce is becoming more diverse. In the face of such a workforce diversity, it becomes important for national companies to put in place policies to build an inclusive workplace where each employee would feel dignified regardless to his/her ethnicity, religious views, social status and to integrate them into mainstream personnel. This practice is a win-win situation, as an efficient Diversity Management within an enterprise can produce significant benefits in terms of recruitment and staff retention, creativity, problem-solving, and customer engagement. The overall objective is to facilitate the integration of migrants in the local labor market and increase their understanding of European culture as well to improve the multicultural competences of HR professionals who are dealing with them, for better support. This will be done via following outcomes:-Code of Conduct for HR Professionals who are dealing with migrant employees (IO1)-Capacity Building Material for HR Professionals for enhancing their skills and competences in a Multicultural Working Environment (IO2) and - Digitalized Training Material for employees with a migrant background (IO3) in order to support them by developing their competences in a multicultural setting. HelpMi has been designed based on the partners’ experience and understanding of professionals working with migrants’ needs and migrants learners. The project will bring together 5 partners from 5 different countries wishing to promote citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination, strengthening social cohesion and helping people become responsible, open-minded and active members of our diverse and inclusive society by enriching HR professionals’ intercultural competences. HelpMi will also include four transnational project meetings that will contribute to the preparation, implementation and evaluation phase of the project as well as one joint staff training event for the staff of the participating organisations so as to be able to inform the target group during the multiplier events and the pilot testings. All the information gathered through this project and the promotion of the project itself will then be uploaded on the HelpMi website. The total number of people, who will benefit (directly or indirectly) from or will be targeted through the project activities during its duration, is moderately estimated at approximately 2500. The project's expected results are the following: •Increase the quality of services offered by companies to migrant employees in the future;•Fostering the integration process of migrants in the host society;•Increase diversity management practices within organizations;•Increased motivation and satisfaction in daily work;•Development of competences in dealing with inter-cultural conflicts;•Promoting understanding of cultural backgrounds and reflection in order to increase tolerance and to reduce prejudices and xenophobia.Impact on employees with a migrant background:• Enable understanding of EU culture diversity and values;• Become more integrated into the society;• Acquired tools for addressing challenges in a multicultural working environment;• Promote personal development; • Enable a full understanding about EU diverse cultures and values; • Increase their quality of life.Impact on HR professionals:• Make easier for them planning, integration, and actions to achieve effective diversity management goals; • Improved knowledge levels of diversity management skills;• Improve their position in the companies;• Render their occupation essential part of a multicultural environment;• Increased opportunities for professional development;• Enable understanding alternative ways for mild integration of migrants into the host community;Impact at national and EU level:- Increased skills and knowledge of migrants in partner countries to successfully engage in the host country;- Raise awareness of companies for encountering challenges in multicultural working environments through awareness of needed skills and qualifications gained through their participation in the developed Capacity building programme;- Enhance the need for development of diversity management tool for HR professionals;-Facilitated recognition of the course and the methodology by formal structures and institutions, depending on the national priorities and commitments;- More efficient HR Departments work force in terms of managing multicultural working environments well equipped with the necessary skills and key competences, which leads in the long run to increasing productivity and growth in EU.