1.25.2023

Recent research has shown that migrants’ employability has been a significant issue over the past years. Despite their high level of education compared to the native – born residents, they present high rates of unemployment. The barriers the immigrants face, mostly refer to language and communication challenges, lack of recognition of foreign credentials and experience, discriminations on social and religious grounds.

The EU takes the initiative to smooth out this condition by trying to include young 2nd generation migrants into the host societies and, more specifically, into employment, which is the key to maximize the opportunities that legal migration creates and make the most of the contributors that migration can bring to the EU development. EMPLOYME is a project that will accomplish the above and will promise to enhance and raise social dialogue regarding the discrimination 2nd generation migrants face and make the community aware of it.

The main goals of the project are: 

1. To increase the quality in the Youth Working programs that are offered in order to improve and develop learners’ employability skills and local recognition in partners’ countries.
2. To upgrade employability skills and competences of unemployed 2nd generation migrants. 
3. To increase awareness of the multiple benefits that increasing the employability of 2nd generation migrants can bring to local societies and economies. 
4. To enhance interaction among practice, research, and policy in the field of youth work. 
5. To promote the issue of migrants’ social inclusion through action that promotes their inclusion into education and, mainly, employment at a European level.

 The activities utilized to accomplish the above are introduced as follows:

1. Development of a Toolkit with teaching and learning materials.
2. Development of EMPLOY ME Virtual Academy platform
3. Creation of gamified and social engagement exercises.
4. Virtual Academy User Guide.
5. Implementation of the piloting activities and the creation of the Youth worker Toolkit