"The project ""Strenghen Educators's competeNcies to Increase seniORs active ageing and participation - S.E.N.I.OR."" is based on the idea to exchange good practices and ideas to communicate European values between senior citizens. The project was elaborated considering the local and European contest analyses.S.E.N.I.OR.is in line with European context: according to a recent survey done by the European Commission, by 2025 the European population over 65 will represent over 20% of the total population, registering a dizzying increase especially between people over 80 years old. At European level the debate on the inclusion of older people has officially started to animate the political debate since 2012 when the European Commission decided to dedicate the year to the theme of ""active aging"", highlighting how it was necessary to overcome the vision of an old age represented as a passive phase of existence, characterized by needs for assistance and social marginality. The European Commission also underlined how elderly people have a fundamental role in the maintenance and transmission of cultural heritage: they own the memories of the past and of the socio-cultural environment (things, places, people and experiences) so they can be an important source of information for sharing and transmitting their knowledge to younger people.The specific objectives of the project are the following:-to foster the mutual knowledge between the 3 associations taking part in the partnership, in order to create a network that can be used also at the end of the Erasmus + project for the promotion of educational activities for adults and especially for people over 65 years old;- to promote the deepening of 3 different themes, starting from the individual experiences gained by the 3 different associations - realization of 3 training events each one addressed to 9 different educators with the aim of providing them with specific skills and knowledge relating to the 3 topics best described in the LTT box;- to transfer the skills learned during the transnational training events to at least 45 other educators (15 per association belonging to the consortium);- to raise awareness among the associative world and civil society on the need to work to encourage greater active participation of the elderly;- involve the elderly by allowing them through the presence of European educators from countries other than the one in which they are resident to learn more about some aspects related to European culture;- to enlarge the number of workshops and activities proposed by each individual association by integrating them with training proposals that are inspired by what has been learned from the international comparison and that can promote the spread of greater European knowledge among senior people.The project will have significant impacts both on the individual participants and on the individual partners and at local and European level. The individual educators involved in the training event will have the possibility to acquire new knowledge and skills for the planning, implementation and management of activities for elder people. For the individual partners S.E.N.I.OR. will be not just a way to acquire new knowledge and skills, but it will represent the opportunity to enlarge their network of European contacts to develop new activities able to increase the participation of senior people in the society. The starting of a preliminary cognitive investigation about the training needs of the end users (the senior citizens), together with the examination of the knowledge and skills that an adult educator should have to the manage the activities addressed to elder people, will increase awareness of these needs. The increase of awareness will promote in the middle and long term time the quality of activities addressed to senior citizens.Finally the project both at local and European level wants to increase the experiences that can break the isolation and marginalization of the elderly, through the promotion of new training methods based on the active participation of the same elderl people."

"Many European countries are faced with the need to welcome and host thousands of refugees and asylum seekers coming from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans. The novelty and the dimension of the migratory flows required structures ready to manage the humanitarian emergency dealing with both the first reception and the social integration of the new arrivals in the host communitiesThe migrants’ operators play a fundamental role in welcoming, managing and including the new migrants in the arrival communities: a good reception can facilitate the social inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers, favoring their job integration and strengthen the cohesion of local actors.This implies to updating the role of operators who is required to have complex skills related to cultural mediation, management of community life, refugees’ empowerment, psychological and practical support of people who live in serious discomfort conditions , educational, vocational and vocational guidance, job inclusion, etc.At the present time a figure with these characteristics is missing: the reception centers are often managed by operators who, even if qualified, must ""manage the emergency"" by improvising their skills, as supported by the recent ""Manifesto della Formazione accogliente"" carried out by representatives of CPIA, CAS, SPRAR and Italian universities, expressing a common European need.The valorization of operators' experiences, the exchange of good practices and the mobility of reception center operators in Greece and Italy, can be an important education activities within an informal context and an international perspective of lifelong learning of adults and it can provide positive effects on the territories.The Partnership of the NEWI project brings together Reception centers, Cooperatives, Adult Learning Centre and NGOs thanks to Cooperativa Toscana Servizi, responsible for reception and inclusion of migrants in Tuscany, Italy; the NGO Organisation Earth, expert in welcoming and including migrants in Greece; the No profit Association Rede Inducar, expert in migrants’ inclusion in Portugal; the CPIA Adults learning centre for migrants in Verona, Italy; Gryd LTD from United Kingdom as a multimedia Partner responsible of the development of video tutorials.During the two year of the NEWI-NEw Workers for Inclusion- Project, the operators will be able to exchange good practices and learn through Short-term joint staff training events mobility in the foreign structures working with migrants in order to :- learning about reception practices in partner countries by visiting centers and services for migrants- knowing foreign experiences on migrant reception systems- learning how to integrate migrants in different contexts- updating on the regulations and policies of the partner countries- exchanging different methods of inclusion of migrants- valorizing their practicesOperators working in the reception of migrants will be able to update themselves through Short-term joint staff staff training events in:- in Greece at the NGO Organization Earth, and visiting services and reception centers for migrants;- in Italy at the Cooperativa Servizi Toscani, and visiting services and reception centers for migrants.The results of the project will be the following :- a guideline of migrants operators’ job description, within an ""European service"" perspective - creating a Model of good practice regarding reception and social integration of migrants. - online Video tutorials of results will be useful tools to develop e-learning and to spread the results to a wide public.- recommendation on good practices on migrants' reception addressed to stakeholders in the sector.The support of the project by the Istituto di Teoria e Tecniche dell’Informazione Giuridica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche will also allow to inform and disseminate the results on the PAeSI Portal, Platform on norms and services regarding the immigration of the Tuscany Region."

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.

UPGRADE project consists in extending and developing the competences of low skilled migrant populations and educators/ professionals working in organisations, providing support to them, in order to assist them in the long-run in promoting a new dynamic training material for up-skilling low qualified adult refugees/migrants(linguisting support, soft and sector skills etc) resulting to access to job opportunities in the host country and to re-skill educators who work with refugees/migrants through a multicultural capacity building methodology. Migrants are a crucial topic for EU Agenda 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 EU Partnership for integration (2017) with specific measures responds to integration needs of migrants’ groups.This will be done via following outcomes:- Capacity Building Training Course- ReSupportMI e-tool Capacity Building (online guidance space for migrants and communication tool among professionals working with this specific target group)- Multicultural and Skills assessment Tools for professionals working with migrantsThe project has been designed based on the partners’ experience and understanding of professionals working with migrants needs and refugees/migrants learners. The project will bring together 6 partners from 4 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 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 testing. All the information gathered through this project and the promotion of the project itself will then be uploaded on the ReSupportMi e-tool. The total number of people, who will benefit (directy or indirectly) from or will be targeted through the project activities (Capacity Building Training Course, Methodology and ReSupportMI e-tool, Multiplier Events) during its duration, is moderately estimated at approximately 2500. The project's expected results are the following: o Increase the quality of services offered to refugees/migrants in the future;o Fostering the integration process and refugees/ migrants’ economic participation in society; o Improved levels of skills awareness for employability of refugees/ migrants;o Enhancing civic orientation and active citizenship of refugees/migrantso Increasing opportunities for refugees/migrants for professional development;o Creating links between the host society and m refugees/migrants' communities;o Development of competences in dealing with inter-cultural conflicts;o promoting an awareness of the importance of cultural diversity in Europe;o promoting understanding of cultural backgrounds and providing reflection in order to increase tolerance and to reduce prejudices and xenophobia.The UPGRADE project is expected to have an overall significant impact on participants (refugees/ migrants, professionals working with migrants) competences and multicultural mindsets, based on their dealing with migrants / refugees:o Fostering the integration process and migrants’ economic participation in society; o Enhancing 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 refugees/ migrants;o Enhancing civic orientation and active citizenship of refugees/migrants;o Creating links between the host society and refugees/ migrants communities. Impact on local community:o Strengthening the role of host communities in the personal and professional development of refugees/ migrants;o Developing the sense of respect and tolerance, and combating towards different nations and cultures; o Development of competences in dealing with intercultural conflicts; Impact at national and EU level:o Intensified sensitisation of policy makers and relevant stakeholders (centralised and decentralised) to further extend and develop migrants and educators' competences through the support non-formal and informal learning;The project’s innovation and added value lies in the very fact that it does not merely seek to train trainers and refugees/migrants. The project goes beyond the training scheme as it incorporates the promotion of EU cultural diversity, access in OLS (Linguistic Support Tool) and the utility of EU Skills Profile Tool.

<< Objectives >>The project objectives are:- enhance and upskill the competences of municipal employees in order to enable them to design climate neutral cities strategies, such as Climate City Contracts- raise awareness of municipal employees regarding EU policies focusing on tackling climate change in cities- equip the target groups with innovative digital learning tools that enable distance learning;- raise awareness about issues related to urban sustainability<< Implementation >>The activities that will be implemented are:- Development of a Roadmap for Designing Local Strategies for Climate Neutral Cities to upskill municipal employees;- Development of a «Transition to Climate Neutral Cities» training course;- Development of «Success Stories of initiatives for the Transition to climate neutrality in cities» videos;- Development of a «Transition to Climate Neutral Cities» Online Hub.<< Results >>- Foster motivation, skills, and mindset of municipal employees and elected officers regarding the benefits of sustainable urban development and the transition to climate neutrality;- Raise municipal employees and elected officers’ awareness about the importance of EU policies supporting climate neutral cities and specifically the role of Climate City contracts. - Create an innovative digital learning system on urban climate neutrality in order to improve the quality of training and education;