PHOTOBOOK

PROJECT N°: 526292-LLP-1-2012-1-IT-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

KIM - KEy COMPETENCIEs fOR MIGRaNTs,

Promote Social incluSion and

Gender equality iS a multilateral

co-oPeration Project funded by

the euroPean commiSSion under

the lifelonG learninG ProGramme

(aGreement n°526292 -llP-1-2012-1-it-

GrundtviG-GmP).

under the leaderShiP of formazione

co&So network (italy), variouS

Public and Private orGaniSationS

from SPain, auStria, Germany,

SPain, Sweden and united kinGdom

imPlemented thiS Project durinG the

fundinG Period 1 january 2012 to 31

december 2014

the project arose from the current economic situation which has led

most european countries to reduce the amount of public expenditure

on social services and assistance. it is necessary therefore that the

services which support migrants, increase their efficiency and

effectiveness in promoting opportunities for their social and work

integration, so that migrants can become more able and active to

support themselves in a shorter time-scale.

thanks to the kim’s main aim which was to promote social Inclusion,

active Citizenship and migrants’ participation in learning, the

partnership during these two years produced a variety of tools to

support the migrants entry into the labour market.

in itially, the partnership developed a research report which

highlights good practices, related to the project topics, from within

the partner countries which migrants’ learning processes and to

foster their entry into the labour market. in addition, the partnership

wrote the kim handbook for assessing and validating informal

competences of miGrantS, aimed at educationalists and supporter

workers.

these two important activities were the base to develop a kim

training handbook for the delivery of a training programme targeted

at educationalists and other professionals working with migrants to

foster their social inclusion. the training provides practitioners across

europe with approved methodologies, procedures, instruments and

materials which have the potential to support and improve their

work with the target group of migrants. the training programme

was then successfully tested in all the partnership countries.

following the piloted training the participants completed draft KIM

kim individual Social inclusion Plans (iSiPs) which assess the key,

informal and non-formal competences of migrants to foster their

active citizenship and their entry into the labour market.

all the work that has been carried out, is summarised in a Green

paper; in which the partners have included country reports and

made constructive and detailed recommendations as to how the

experiences, learning and methodologies of kim can be adopted

and adapted locally, regionally, nationally and at european level.

PaRTNERsHIP aND MEETINGs

one of the aims of the KIM consortium, which included both

public and private institutions with significant skills and

experience - and belonging to EU countries where immigration

issues are relevant - was to create an efficient network to

strengthen a european understanding and develop european

wide methodologies and solutions.

On 7TH and 8 th febraury 2013 the kick-off meeting of the kim

project took place in florence (italy) with participation from all

the project partners. at the partnership meeting relevant issues

with regards to the kim management strategy were discussed

and important decisions for the project progress were made.

On 26TH and 27 th september 2013 the second kim meeting

took place in berlin (Germany) with the participation from all

the project partners and the partnership validated the first

products of the project.

On 10th and 11th March 2014 the third meeting took place

in Glasgow (uk) with the participation from all the project

partners and thanks to bridges Programmes there was the

possibility to attend a “class” together with the students/clients

and see innovative methodologies of working with the target

group in action

On 24th and 25th November 2014 the final meeting took place

in florence (italy) together with the final conference of the

project.

PROJECT PROMOTER

formazione Co&so firenzefirenze, italywww.formazionenet.eu

PaRTNERs

Regione Toscanafirenze, italywww.regione.toscana.it

auxiliumGraz, austriawww.auxilium.co.at

secretaria autonomica de familia y solidaridadvalencia, Spainwww.bsocial.gva.es/portal/portal

Bridges ProgrammesGlasgow, united kingdomwww.bridgesprogrammes.org.uk

City of Uppsala Care and Educationuppsala, Swedenwww.uppsala.se

frauenComputerZentrumBerlin e.V.berlin, Germanywww.fczb.de

the development of a KIM Training Course Handbook to support educationalists

and other professionals working with migrants to foster social inclusion together

with a corresponding training course was undertaken. the aims of the course were

to improve competencies in the personnel working with migrants and to deliver

methodologies, procedures, instruments and materials which have the potential to

support and better up their work with the target group of migrants.

to ensure that the curriculum of the course was of an appropriate quality, and that

the activities were generally able to achieve the above mentioned aims, they were

tested with pilot groups in italy, uk, Germany, Spain and Sweden.

in the end, the piloting of the kim project not only met one of the outputs of the

proposed partnership, but it also supported the dissemination activities of the project.

in total, 48 participants attended the kim pilot course .it is important underline that

23% of participants were migrants themselves working with other migrants (cuban,

nigerian, argentinean, cameroonian, ivorian, malawian, iranian, turkish, icelandic)

the kim pilot training course was successfully implemented.

the main content included: How to apply the individual Social inclusion Plan (IsIP),

Competence assessment and skills audits. approaches, procedures and instruments

of competence assessment, vocational language training methodologies to improve

social inclusion through work-oriented language training. EmPloyability training. this

covers searching and applying for jobs, Work placement/internship methods and

techniques to improve the quantity and quality of work placements and improve

employer engagement.

Partners felt very comfortable with the pilots which allowed them to input in a very

practical way and also gave them greater confidence for the future usage of the kim

project materials.

Key Competencies for MigrantsPromote Social Inclusion and Gender Equality

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KIMTraining HANDBOOK

PROJECT N°: 526292-LLP-1-2012-1-IT-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

PILOTCOURsEs

italy

germany

spain

sweden

United KingdOm

the dissemination has been wide and every

partner has co undertaken many important

activities, in particular presenting kim in

conferences both nationally and in wider

european contexts over the two years.

in addition each partner organised an

awareness day in thier country in order to:

• promote the project outputs to the wider

public

• disseminate the project outputs to the

wider learning community

• identify the conditions to duplicate the

project activities and sustain them in the

future

Potential stakeholders and other organisations

working with migrants were invited and

the programme included dissemination

activities, key note speeches, and networking

opportunities.

aWaRENEss Day aND DIssEMINaTION aCTIVITIEs

italy

germany

spain

sweden

United KingdOm

the kim dinners have been a great success

in all the countries and they have been useful

to bring together educationalists, support

workers, who attended the pilot courses and

migrants who and dined together.

Potential stakeholders and public organisations

working with migrants were invited.

the aim of the kim dinners was to involve the

final target groups in an enjoyable way and

disseminate the kim results as well.

KIM DINNERs

italy

germany

spain

sweden

United KingdOm

The final Conference of the KIM project took

place the 25 November at the beautiful library of

florence (ITaLy) called “Biblioteca delle Oblate”.

the participants around 70 participants were

particularly satisfied with the conference and

the agenda.

the venue, the attendance conference convinced

them that the project had been a success.

the conference provided useful tips and a forum

for fruitful discussions.

the conference welcome was made by regione

toscana and the deputy of welfare of florence

gave a speech regarding the importance of

assessing migrants competences to help enter

the labour market and foster the job inclusion.

the success of the project was expressed in

two ways. on the one hand partners benefited

at a very personal level from the partnership

meetings and felt that meeting experts in

different settings was very enriching.

on the other hand they learnt a lot about the

assessing of formal and informal competencies

of migrants and also learnt skills useful to their

own organisations.

fINaLCONfERENCE

www.kimllp.eu