"<< Background >>""Europe offers tremendous opportunities to anyone wishing to move in order to get ahead. Yet Europeans are remarkably static."" EMoCC’s starting point can be summarized within this observation made by the EC (https://ec.europa.eu/eures/public/job-mobility) and by the subsequent question: WHY is European mobility so low despite of the huge efforts carried out by EC to promote it, and WHAT can be done to support it?The benefit of a greater force mobility, both occupational than geographical, does not need to be explained, believed that it contributes to economic and social progress, a higher level of employment, and to balanced and sustainable development; moreover, it enables smoother and efficient adaptations to labour market changes and can be a catalyst for both a closer political integration in the EU and the social inclusion of disadvantaged individuals. Job mobility is clearly a complex topic, involving major crucial issues such as unemployment, labour shortages and skills-mismatches. EMoCC doesn’t claim to give a solution to such large problems, but to start a reflection on some of the key factors that may contribute to their solution.EMoCC's applicant strongly believe that one of the underlying reasons is to be found in the still insufficient and/or vague knowledge of mobility related topics amongst European professionals providing job advisory and career counseling. Even before, generic training provision in career counseling itself is extremely diversified among Member States and often accessible only at tertiary level education. Moreover, within many context, job guidance services are often informally delivered by operators who never went trough training in career counseling. Yet, competent career counselors are deemed to be precious allies of individuals struggling in their professional paths and choice processes. On the other side, job is not only for earning money but is also a carrier (“career”) for personal development and individual reasons inspiring or hindering professional mobility have to be adequately investigated and addressed by supporting counselors to make the most of their guidance.<< Objectives >>EMoCC project combines the two sides of the medal (counselors and clients) by addressing three specific objectives.The first one, to provide a thorough understanding of individual factors that may prevent or obstacle individual mobility choices. The second one, to provide basic training in career counseling to a variety of professionals who, within ""dispersed delivery networks"" and often without specific training, provide guidance services to individuals with a mobility and / or migratory background or who are wondering whether to move to another country.The third one, to provide specific training on mobility related topics to trained and expert career counselors.<< Implementation >>Three main activities will be carried out by the EMoCC project.1. A qualitative and quantitative study on individual skills and attitudes towards mobility will be conducted in 4 Member States to better understand the WHYs behind individual mobility choices, successes and failures. In particular, these aspects will be enquired through one Work Mobility Skills and Attitude Scale questionnaire (administered to altogether 1920 individuals) and one Attitude Toward Moving qualitative research (consisting of 160 interviews and 16 focus groups)2. A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in career counseling for job mobility, for all those professionals providing counseling services within mobility contexts without having gone through previous training. It will include a Toolkit and provide a 30-hour training course to be tested on 120 professionals altogether before being released as OER in its final version.3. A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in mobility for all those trained and/or competent guidance experts who want to become more competent also in mobility-related topics. It will include a Toolkit and provide a 30-hour training course to be tested on 120 professionals altogether before being released as OER in its final version.<< Results >>The first project result will be a REPORT on the qualitative study carried out on JOB MOBILITY PERSONAL SKILLS AND ATTITUDES. To fullfil training need of career counselors working on mobility issues with their final client, it's first of all necessary to have knowledge and understanding of which and to which extent personal skills and attitudes may prevent or impact on mobility choices. The outcomes of the research will be embedded in the subsequent MOOCs trainings.The second project result will be a MOOC providing ADEQUATE TRAINING IN CAREER COUNSELING for all those professional who within ""dispersed delivery networks"" provide career guidance even though they never went through a formal training (called within the project Career Counseling Providers, CCPs). At the end of it trainees will have gained fundamental knowledge on main theories and methodologies to carry out a quality career counseling.The third project result will be a MOOC providing SPECIFIC TRAINING ON JOB MOBILITY for Career Counseling Experts (called within the project Career Counseling Experts, CCEs). At the end of it trainees will have gained fundamental knowledge on the main topics to address and most relevant tools and services to promote and support mobility choices within career counseling services."

MATILDE develops a transdisciplinary conceptual and methodological framework for a multi-dimensional assessment of economic and social impacts of TCNs at different scales (from EU-aggregate, to local level). It focuses on assessing the impacts of TCNs (incl. economic, families, forced migration and vulnerable groups) on local development and on the re-distribution of resources in EU rural and mountain regions. The assessment is based on the hypothesis that TCNs are an important driver of socio-economic development and have a strong effect on the relationships between urban and rural/mountain areas and on a balanced territorial development. MATILDE uses quantitative and qualitative methods and adopts an action-research approach (through the implementation of 13 case studies throughout Europe) that emphasises the agency of migrants and the site-specific features of the regions involved. Case studies are selected based on the presence of urban poles differently interconnected with rural and mountain areas via flows of people, economic resources and cultural exchange. The action-reserach approach is built on a multi-stakeholder perspective: the two-level consortium gathers research partners and diverse local partners working in the field of TCNs’ integration. MATILDE partners will work together to co-construct the migration impact assessment in rural and mountain areas, engaging local stakeholders and beneficiaries, and to elaborate and share policy recommendations and governance solutions. Overall, the project improves knowledge on the social and economic development potential of TCNs in rural and mountain areas. It helps understanding the mechanisms behind the socio-economic integration of TCNs and it provides policy makers, practitioners and local stakeholders with analytical tools and place-based solutions/policy recommendations to counteract misperceptions and untap the migration potential in rural and mountain regions.