“WorKit: Job Language Kit for Migrants” aimed at facilitating the access of adult migrants to the labour market of the host country through equipping them with a set of language and communication skills necessary for finding a job and providing them with information about local labour market opportunities in 5 EU countries (The Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria and the UK). WorKit addressed EU policies on migrant integration and adult language education through the application of innovative context-related and learner-centred tools providing language information linked to the migrants’ immediate needs for employment. The main project products provide language information on work and employment, addressing specific areas in the process of seeking, finding and keeping a job. Thus WorKit allows migrants to quickly achieve progress in adaptation and language learning, directly help them to find their place on the labour market and match requirements and needs of employers. The WorKit objectives were focused on:- Improving language competences of adult migrants for the purposes of labour market orientation and participation- Developing attractive products for non-formal language learning and thus improving the capacities of organisations working for the integration and language training of adult migrants- Facilitating the access and inclusion of adult migrants into the labour market by providing them with employment-specific information for local labour market regulations in 5 EU countries with urgent migrant integration needsThese objectives were achieved through the development of the Job Language Kit for Migrants and its on- and offline learning applications – a high-quality, attractive language tool with educational and informative character developed as a multimedia product creating and improving language and communication skills on employment matters through language learning approaches in diverse forms. The Job Language Kit includes three elements (Textbook, Phrase Fan and Route Map) providing employment-related language information divided into different topics and necessary information on work and employment issues in each partner country. The Kit was produced as a paper-based product in 1,000 copies in the 5 partner languages (NL, IT, ES, BG, EN) and spread among numerous migrant organisations and language and VET providers working with adult migrants. The Kit is supported by an Online Interactive Tool and a Mobile App which are based on the content of the Kit and offer instant, on-the-go support to migrants in their job seeking through animation, audio and video materials. The WorKit outcomes address, on one hand, adult migrants, but on the other, also (volunteer) educators providing language training to migrants. They were offered new attractive methodologies and products, encouraged to multiply their effects at local level and apply them in a language teaching environment in order to improve the quality, attractiveness and accessibility for migrants. The Job Language Kit and its on- and offline applications were piloted within 7 demonstrational workshops training 91 (volunteer) educators to use them with learners. The training workshops created a substantial multiplication effect and numerous follow-up events demonstrating the Kit were organised both by the workshop participants and by the project partners upon request from organisations. The Job Language Kit was provided to more than 100 migrant organisations and language providers which are currently using it within numerous language courses for migrants. In addition, 10 events for exploitation and sustainability of the project results were organised involving over 280 relevant stakeholders. The WorKit project was widely disseminated within over 120 dissemination events reaching more than 8,000 people; thousands more were reached through social media (Facebook, LinkedIn) and online dissemination. All materials developed under the WorKit project are available on the project website (www.workit-project.eu), which already has registered nearly 5,000 unique visitors and 450,000 hits.

The ERFAL project is a KA2 Strategic Partnership for Exchange of Practices aimed at creating a thematic network for sharing experience on different topics in the area of integration of disadvantage people. The project developed a collection of good practices dealing with the integration of migrants and refugees, disabled people, NEETs and elderly and providing successful models for raising their skills and supporting their economic and social integration. The project objectives covered:-To establish a thematic network for sharing experience on different topics in the area of integration of disadvantage people -To improve the quality of the educational opportunities offered to disadvantaged people and raise their skill levels in a wide variety of sectors-To support disadvantaged people in their economic and social integration-To enhance the exploitation potential of existing educational projects focused on integration of various disadvantaged groupsThese objectives were achieved through the development of a Toolbox of 75 tools, initiatives and good practices for integration of migrants and refugees, disabled people, NEETs and elderly people from the partner countries and beyond, which are made available on the project website (www.erfalproject.eu). The Toolbox development and information included was continuously communicated with relevant stakeholders dealing with the integration of disadvantaged people. The project website registered 6,000 visitors since its launch.ERFAL used the methodology of the BarCamp participatory workshops where information and experiences are shared through different means and formats. A total of 4 BarCamp workshops were organised under the project, each one dealing with a specific topic related to the integration of disadvantaged people, and namely:-First BarCamp: Integration of migrants and refugees-Second BarCamp: Integration of disabled people-Third BarCamp: Integration of NEETs-Fourth BarCamp: Integration of elderly peopleDuring the workshops each participant presented a good practice dealing with the topic in question in diverse forms – presentations, educational games, national and European initiatives and projects for integration and education of disadvantaged people, first-hand people experiences, mobile applications, videos, educational digital technologies, etc. During the implementation of the project, the ERFAL partners created a network of 54 organisations and hundreds of individuals from the area of integration of disadvantaged people and used them for input and feedback at different project stages. The ERFAL outcomes were spread to relevant stakeholders within two rounds of national workshops aimed at exchanging experience on methods and opportunities for the integration of disadvantaged people. A total of 505 target group representatives participated in 24 workshops organised in the 9 partner countries. The ERFAL project was widely disseminated within 184 dissemination events reaching nearly 8,000 people; thousands more were reached through online dissemination and different informational platforms. In December 2018, the ERFAL project was awarded a Certificate for quality implementation of a project at an official ceremony during the annual valorization conference of the Bulgarian National Agency.

"Digital Girls project concept is built upon the understanding that changing young women’s attitudes towards digital jobs and learning by showing clear pathways to excellence is vital for making the study and career in the digital sector relevant to young women.Digital Girls project addresses girls and young women, aged 16-25 - NEETs (unemployed, with lower level of education, or currently not attending any vocational, higher or continuing education), or involved in the last phase of the general secondary education, with the aim to contribute to cultivating and enhancing their digital confidence, to support and encourage them in making their first steps in entering the digital world, or to help them recognize that their passive IT-user skills can be transferred into valuable competencies for the labour market. The project applies ""confidence-building"" measures and effective methodology for youth work in the field, based on combination of role models and digital storytelling.The project objectives included:-Identifying, encouraging and showcasing women in digital jobs-mapping the process for developing of digital skills suitable for the labour market-fostering an atmosphere conducive to digital confidence-changing the attitude towards digital learning through effective methods for high-quality youth workProject activities have been implemented by a consortium of 8 partners from 5 EU countries (NL, BG, CZ, GR, IE) and an European network all having significant and complementary expertise in development and promotion of high quality outputs and their mainstreaming in the partner countries and beyond.The objectives were achieved through:- Performing research for identifying different job profiles in the digital sector; 53 digital professions have been identified and described- Selecting, interviewing and describing role models – active women and girls in the digital sector, resulted in 19 role models profiles- Developing “The Role Models’ Guide to the Digital Galaxy” containing 11 films with the inspiring stories of women working in the digital sector and 19 role models digital profiles- Developing career roadmaps of 5 digital jobs/professions respectively for The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ireland, Greece and Czech Republic.- Developing and launching the Digital girls platform (www.digital-girls.eu), providing a place and tools for introducing girls to the world of IT and digital professions.- Performing web campaign tailored for girls, reaching over 25.000 people.- Organising and conducting Girls web events ""Web tea and cupcake”, Girls only Open days in companies active in the digital market, Girls Inspiration days – national exploitation events, and Final International conferenceThe project fostered stronger links between youth associations and informal groups, educational institutions, VET providers, job orientation agencies, and cultural and emancipation centres in the partner countries and in countries beyond the partnership to achieve the expected results and ensure the desired impact and sustainability of the initiative. The main goal was to contribute to change of cultural traditions and stereotypes about women’s role in digital sector and to cultivate and enhance girls’ digital confidence and employability. This has been reached through the continuous involvement of the target groups and stakeholders. 150 practitioners and employers in the digital sector and digital training providers have been interviewed at the research stage, 19 role models have been identifies and described, 11 of them filmed, 324 young women and youth workers attended the web events, Digital Girls online platform registered over 14.300 visits. Girls, employers, youth organizations and schools, cultural and emancipation centers, policy makers have been introduced to Digital girls products in the various multiplier events in partner countries (total 328 participants) and were involved in mutual activities and fruitful discussions and planned exploitation activities of the project products. Additionally, the project was disseminated at 179 events with different stakeholders reaching thousands of people. Digital Girls products have been designed and available as free online resources so that, in practical terms, they are open for use at any level - local, regional, national, European and international, which is prerequisite for sustainability and future application."

“DREAM: Dynamic Reinforcement for European Adaptation of Migrants” aimed at exchanging experience and good practices for reinforcing the adaptation and social inclusion of migrants and the capacities of key stakeholders responsible for their integration. DREAM was neither an academic project nor a project of policy makers, but a network project that worked at provisional level, looking directly into practices in order to overcome the economic and social difficulties within the EU. Past, recent and projected migration into and within the EU member states has placed integration high on the priority agenda. Integration is often understood as the end product of a dynamic two-way process with three interrelated dimensions – legal, economic and socio-cultural.Within a consortium of 10 organisations from 9 EU countries and extended networks of stakeholders at national and European level, DREAM developed and disseminated a comprehensive database of successful and effective practices and initiatives addressing all key areas for successful integration based on the Common Basic Principles for Immigrant Integration Policy in the European Union (CBP). They place the importance of EU initiatives in the field of integration on the access to education, employment, acquisition of basic knowledge of the host society's language, history and institutions, equal access to institutions, goods and services and non discrimination.The project objectives covered:- To enrich the expertise of the participating organisations for taking up further steps towards dealing with relevant issues on migrant integration and incorporating them in their domains of interest- To improve the readiness of key actors and facilitators of migrant integration in the host communities to meet the needs of diverse populations - To contribute to the improvement of the capacity and expertise of the authorities responsible for integration in countries playing the role of “transit” channels to other EU countries through exchange of good practices- To support migrants in their preparedness to adapt in the host society - To build a European-wide network of practitioners developing national and European initiatives focused on key aspects of migrant integration and to promote new cooperation models- To foster the exchange of experience at EU level and enhance the dissemination and exploitation potential of existing projects focused on migrant integration.The exchange of practices and successful approaches for integration within DREAM was directed towards the following priority integration areas and address both migrants and integration facilitators:- As a legal process: access to education, including language education, access to social assistance, including housing and healthcare, access to information, institutional system, regulatory basis and existing national policy, border control and visas, return policy, asylum, access to rights, etc.- As an economic process: access to the labour market, national employment systems, employment offices, access to VET, searching for vacancies, applying for a job, etc.- As a social and cultural process: social engagement, social integration and inclusion, active citizenship, non discrimination, intercultural dialogue, interactions between migrants and local citizens, etc.The project created an EU-wide network of over 100 associated partners (from the areas of migrant integration and education) which were involved in the process of research, feedback, quality assurance, dissemination and exploitation of good practices focused on migrant integration issues. They also built new cooperation models for influencing policy-makers at local, regional and national level for improving the life conditions, social integration and educational opportunities for migrants.

"Accessibility is still recognized as an annoying and costly duty but not as an opportunity. The legal position is clear - all public services and goods must be barrier-free (European Unions charter of fundamental rights and UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD). Accessibility concerns approximately 15% of the population with an increasing tendency in aging societies. However, awareness about the four major disability types and their different requirements is largely lacking and understanding of barrier-free adaptations is not available despite standards. In addition to the socioeconomic importance, the importance and basic requirements of vulnerable groups facing barriers - as a growing group of clients - cannot be ignored (World Bank Group: World report on disability, Online 15.12.2014: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/ 01/14440066 / world-report-disability). In fact, if the market of the future is the ""Silver Market"", accessibility is the foundation for participation and success. The main focus of this project is to improve the work place situation of people with disabilities and to enable a better integration at their work places. Specific objectives to reach this were:1) Study of the current status of workplace inclusion in different regions of Europe2) Collection of best-practice examples from different regions3) Preparation of teaching and learning materials for the WI4.0 training4) Test course conducted in all five partner countries with achieving a certification5) Evaluation of testing phase and improvement of the WI4.0 trainingThe participants of the training used their opportunity and strengthened their own profile and expand their business activities with the offer for the improvement of workplace inclusion. Overall the project involves the following group of participants: More than 100 000 received information about the project through different channels like newsletters, reports in media, websites and social media activities. Another 600 people of different organizations were approached in online surveys and interviews. And 76 participants took part in the test training and 27 received the international standard certificate (ISO 17024) for persons. The profile of the test training participant slightly varies from partner by partner depending on their national situations. The main target group were business consultants and people in HR, but also guidance counselors in universities. The main project activities were related to the Intellectual Outputs O1 to O3 as planned: The study about the current situation consisting of Online survey, interviews, other data sources and a literature research helped to improve our training specification with the requirements of customers, primarily addressing the customers of our training participant group. The preparing of the certificate-process and EQF-requirements was done in parallel. The development phase of the training materials with peer reviews has to consider the results of O1. The test phase of the training and the certification of the first participants ended with a feedback loop and an improved version of the training materials. The pm methodology according to IPMA was used in carrying out the project and proved to be feasible and efficient. The results and the impacts of the project match the plans and even exceed the expectations of the proposal stage: 1) a holistic training, which enables the participants ie business consultants and HR manager to improve the situation for people with disabilities at their workplace, 2) the training is also valuable for people with disabilities who , as ""experts on their own cause"", seek new job opportunities. 3) lot of people got informed about the lacking implementation and this raise their awareness for this issue 4) 76 participants were trained in the test training 5) an extended business case for the participants of the testing phase is available 6) a certificate conforming to an international standard (ISO 17024) for persons is now available and supported by FH JOANNEUM in cooperation with SystemCert 7) the training corresponds to the national EQF-implementations As social inclusion is not limited to the partner nations, the results can improve the situation across the whole European Union for people with disabilities. The training will continue to be offered by the partners and the training materials will be available for self-study via the website. Also the certification can be completed by other individuals. The know-how of the participants and the sharpened awareness of the informed people will be a good basis for the further development of this topic. Dissemination activities of the project supported this objective."