IMPROVED FUTURE

With the enlargement of the European Union and the general global situation, people immigrate to other countries for a variety of reasons. Being an immigrant in a new country brings certain demands in order to adapt, such as learning the new language, culture and society in order to become fully integrated and independent. One of the most powerful ways to independence is employment, but for immigrants this is much harder. It is established that immigrants in Europe have a much lower participation rate in the labour force in comparison to the natives of the land they reside in.

The specific aim of the project is to assist/train individuals involved in the guidance and counselling sector and educational sector to increase their knowledge and understanding of the barriers that encumber immigrants and promote social dialogue in order to facilitate better support for immigrants.

This will be achieved by: 

a) interchange and co-operation between education and training providers in a range of European countries in order to produce high-quality and transferable materials and methods of giving vocational guidance; 

b) supporting individuals to gain and use knowledge and skills in the guidance field and consequently promote Life Long Learning; 

c) facilitation of an innovative training approach that includes European collaboration in order to improve the situation of immigrants that clearly are discriminated against, directly or indirectly.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. Leonardo Da Vinci 2008-1-SE1-LEO05-00423 This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.