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