Work as fast as possible, or would it be better to work when they are ready and skilled enough? There has been an ongoing discussion at European level about successful integration. Nowadays more sustainable, farreaching, and tailored paths towards working life have been recognized in guidance and counselling for migrants. The basis and principles of the project KEYS! is to promote the life-long le
arning strategy, highlight European values, and emphasize equal opportunities, diversity, and social inclusion in Europe
Why? Educational paths have shortened, and migrants enter VET earlier than before, with lower basic skills that they used to develop in integration training or in a language course before entering VET. Due to these changes, education providers involved in migrant education have been facing new challenges. Language trainers have been in a new situation: they need to develop learners´ key competences and basic skills needed in entering and succeeding in VET in advance in the language course or integration training. will give teachers/trainers tools, in other words keys to support learners in developing the basic skills and key competences. From the learner’s viewpoint KEYS! helps to open the doors to education, employment, and society. Objectives
• Increase the number of migrants entering VET and getting a VET degree by developing their key competences
• Smoothen the transition from language/ integration training to VET levels 1–3
• Increase the employability of migrants and strengthen their social inclusion
• Develop migrants’ key competences so that they can cope with the different work-life situations in terms of continuity of employment
• Increase the cooperation between language teachers, VET trainers and employers
• Share awareness of the significance of the key Competences
• Share and implementbest practices from the participating organizations and countries
Projects results:
• Online toolkit: An activating, responsive, participative, inclusive online toolkit that helps teachers develop the key competences of learners in a way that helps migrants successfully transfer from integration/language training to VET
• Learning portfolio and virtual support system: Development and implementation of learning portfolio that focuses on key competences based on the content of the toolkit and a virtual guidance support system for migrants to succeed in entering VET
• Booklet of best practices: Drawing up the best practices and recommendations for actors of the field of migrant education
Target Groups
• migrant learners
• VET Providers
• VET Teachers and learners
• Language schools and trainers,
• Integration trainers,
• Policy makers
• Employers at workplaces that have experience in working with migrants
• Enterprises
• Other stakeholders (Employment office counsellors, Counselling Centers, Skills Centers, schools’ staff, Trade Unions etc)
Partners
1. Axxell Utbildning AB – AXXELL - Finland
2. Stichting Regionaal Opleidingencentrum Zuidholland Zuid – Netherlands
3. CENTRE FOR COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT CYPRUS – Cyprus
4. p-consulting.gr from Greece
5. AEVA - Associacao Para A Educacao E Valorizacao Da Regiao De Aveiro – Portugal
6. Centro San Viator – Spain
7. Internationaler Bund - IB Mitte gGmbH für Bildung und Soziale Dienste Niederlassung Sachsen – Germany
8. Calasanz Santurtzi S.L. – Spain
9. ACADEMIA, izobrazevanje in druge storitve d.o.o. - Slovenia
10. Trondheim kommune, Trondheim voksenopplæringssenter - Norway
Project no: 2021-1-FI01-KA220-ADU-000035370
