How can be refugees successfully integrated in labour market?
What are the benefits of employing refugees for wide society, labour market and single organisations?
What competencies do employers need to interact with refugees correctly?
Today’s European labour markets face numerous challenges such as increasing numbers of vacant positions in some sectors, skill shortage, ageing workforces, or the lack of motivated apprentices. Some of the listed challenges are even more critical in rural and remote areas.
In these circumstances, refugees represent an important resource of human capital and European enterprises need to learn how to exploit the wealth of talent that refugees bring to Europe.
Furthermore, refugees’ involvement in the labour market has crucial importance for their better integration to the wide society and building their belonging and cohesion.
However, many European employers are still hesitant to employ refugees and HR managers may lack specific competences and tools needed for successful interaction with refugees.
COME IN project intends to fill this gap and make employing refugees and their work integration easier through enhancing employers’ competences and willingness to employ and to successfully interact with refugees.
On 5th and 6th December 2017, project partners met for the first time at the kick-off meeting in Vienna where they planned the upcoming research and debated the needs of stakeholders in European labour markets.
From the discussion emerged a draft of research plan and list of sectors most relevant for the refugees’ integration on which the research will focus.
In the first months of 2018, we will conduct the transnational research and interviews with employers and experts exploring their attitudes toward employment and work integration of refugees and learning more about their training needs. Subsequently, COME IN Training Pack will be developed based on the conclusions drew from the research.
Training pack will consist of learning units, training materials for face-to-face workshops and online content. To support interaction among employers and sharing of learning materials, information and experience, Open online space and community will be set up.
You can also support us by responding online questionnaire or register for an interview to share your experience with us.
COME IN – Competences in Enterprises on Integration is a two year project funded by Erasmus+ programme. KA2: Co-operation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices – Strategic Partnership for vocational education and training.
The partnership holds together 7 organisations:
- Landkreis Kassel(Germany, coordinatore);
- BUPNET (Germany);
- Die Berater GmbH(Austria);
- Trendhuis BVBA(Belgium);
- Four Elements(Greece);
- Catro(Bulgaria);
- CESIE (Italy).
For further information about the project, please contact Cecilie Grusova.
