"<< Background >>The integration of migrant women or women with non-Western backgrounds into the European context is an essential step towards achieving the goal of raising the EU employment rate to 78%, as called for in the Europe 2030 Strategy. In general, the impact that the employment of immigrant individuals can have on the growth and GDP of the various European countries is considerable, as shown by numerous studies in the sector. Moreover, the figures confirm that the presence of migrant women in the EU territory is significant. In fact, since the last decade, there has been a continuous increase in the flow of female immigration into the EU. The data collected in the ""Motion for a European parliament resolution on Women's immigration: the role and condition of immigrant women in the European Union (2006/2010(INI))"" underline how crucial it is to effectively manage this important flow, adopting measures aimed at the social integration of immigrant women, to combat discrimination and marginalisation. A crucial step in this direction has been made in the last decade with the adoption of the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee dedicated to the integration of migrant women in the labour market (2015). It is worth noticing that the specific skills to be promoted among immigrant women—the target group of the project—to ensure their full social and labour integration—are those related to digital literacy, interculturalism and entrepreneurship, as well as personal skills related to so-called life and soft skills, in a context of informal and non-formal education. The need to integrate digital and entrepreneurial competencies are especially underlined by the European Commission's Communication on the Digital Education Action Plan (COM(2018)0022) and the framework outlined in EntreComp (2016).The applicant has detected the needs of the specific target group based on the specific context of Portugal, which has the following figures:■ The 4th highest youth (15-24 years old) female unemployment rate among the EU-27, above 20% (Eurostat 2019)■ The highest gender difference on youth (15-24 years old) unemployment rate in the EU-27 (youth female unemployment rate is higher than male unemployment rate) (Eurostat 2019)■ Among the young population, Portugal is the EU-27 country with the 3rd highest difference of percentage of work seeking female NEETs (6,6%) vs work seeking male NEETs (5,0%) (Eurostat 2020)■ The highest rate of discouraged job seekers within EU, and with the highest % difference between discouraged males and females (Eurostat 2017)■ The 2nd lowest percentage of job vacancies in EU-27 in the third quarter of 2020 (Eurostat Job vacancy statistics 2020)Therefore, the promotion of entrepreneurship is fundamental for Portugal, because there are no available jobs and therefore is strategic to find innovative solutions.Life for women with a migrant background is not easy in all the European countries, facing at the same time discrimination and gender inequality. Migrant women needs in Europe are reported in a number of academic articles and official reports by international organisations, such as “Integration of migrant women. A key challenge with limited policy resources”, (2018), in which the biggest struggles and problems they are facing is reported with a transnational approach. “the gap between the share of employed non-EU-28-born women and native women is 8 percentage points larger than the gap among men. This clearly shows that migrant women represent an untapped and under-utilised source of skills and that their potential is not fully exploited.” In the document, among the important steps that must be done for effective social inclusion of our target group, labour market integration is reported as fundamental as other activities and initiatives aimed at their social inclusion.<< Objectives >>The WINBIZ project involves migrant women or women with a non-Western background, with medium-high levels of education, in a training pathway aimed at enabling the acquisition and development of personal, transversal and specific competencies and skills necessary for their full integration/reintegration in the European labour market, thus generating well-being for themselves and for the society they live in.WINBIZ aims to:■ Contribute to the development of migrant women's competencies in adult education through high-quality learning■ Contribute to the promotion of open education and the development of methodological, didactic and technical innovations for the promotion of women's social entrepreneurshipSuch objectives are achieved through the production of four works of art created during the project:■ A social and training needs research report, aiming at outlining the local, national, and European framework of opportunities and barriers that migrant women may face, about their educational and training condition for access to the labour market and their full social integration■ An online toolkit for trainers and tutors, created by integrating data and information from social research, technical and intellectual contributions from partners, already available OERs and input from potential trainers/tutors, who will be ""tested"" through alternative engagement and information gathering techniques, such as coaching circles. The methodology used will be based on the contributions of systemic methodologies such as U-theory and Design Thinking. The toolkit produced will then be used by the trained tutors themselves as an operational tool for coaching/mentoring activities for the benefit of migrant women involved in the MOOC■ ​A 150-hour-modular course to be structured in blended mode: 25 tutors will mentor 250 immigrant women during the course. The reference for the coaching/mentoring of the mentors will be the previously developed toolkit. The MOOC will be hosted within an e-learning platform and will aim to transfer knowledge to the target group and promote digital, entrepreneurial, intercultural and life skills. To validate the acquired skills, participants will receive a certificate and an open badge, according to the EntreComp framework■ A catalogue of business plans, bringing together the 15 best operational business plans developed by the women who have successfully followed the MOOC and who have obtained the highest score following participation in the final project work scheduled at the end of the MOOC. At the end of the blended course, there will be a 100-hour-project work (20 of which include the presence of the tutors), which will be structured as a team working experience that will lead the 250 participants, divided into groups, to the definition of business ideas. The project work will also be open to the participation and contribution of other women from the urban context in which the participants live. At the end of the project work, a special committee will evaluate the business ideas and select the 15 best—based on criteria of innovativeness and social impact—to be ""incubated"" in a transnational training campus, to transform the business ideas into real operational plans. The incubation phase will take place with the support and mentoring of 15 role models – namely the successful female migrant entrepreneurs from project partner countriesThe results of WINBIZ have been designed to produce relevant outcomes in terms of direct and indirect impacts, as far as innovation is produced and the exchange of know-how between the involved organisations active in the education and training sector is promoted, and the social inclusion/empowerment of women and migrants is achieved<< Implementation >>The project is structured in such a way that the various results achieved—and the activities related to them—progressively contribute to the full achievement of the project objectives. Considering the macro-objective outlined above, 4 more specific objectives (SO) and related actions (AS) are necessary:■ SO1—Acquisition and sharing of knowledge, theoretical, empirical, and statistical-operational data—from institutions involved in the implementation of educational-training paths for adults, and of institutions involved in the socio-professional inclusion of women and migrants. Such data will be related to the training needs and the social, economic, and cultural situation of the target groupA1 Planning and development of an appropriate social research frameworkA2 Implementation of desk research at local, national, and European level and focus groups at the local levelA3 Processing of results, review, and publication of a final report, to be shared within and outside the partnership, through the dissemination and exploitation channels identified ■ SO2—Development and sharing of open methodologies, tools, and training materials for the professional preparation of operators who will be responsible for tutoring, guiding, and coaching the target groupA1 Planning and development of an appropriate methodological frameworkA2 Implementation of an activity aimed at the exchange of good practices among the partners—in particular of U-theory and Design Thinking toolsA3 Implementation of an analysis of the training-professional needs of the operators: this will be done by organising local coaching circles that will mainly use engagement tools of Theory U and Design ThinkingA4 Processing of the data and information obtained, collection of feedbacks and coproduction of a toolkit for trainers/tutors to be used for the training of 25 appropriately selected operators and to be shared also outside the partnership, through the dissemination and exploitation channels identified ■ SO3—Development and sharing of ""open"" methodologies, tools and training materials to promote: a) the acquisition of personal, transversal and specific competencies and skills by the target group; b) the socio-professional integration of the target group; c) the promotion of female entrepreneurshipA1 Planning and development of an appropriate methodological frameworkA2 Development and joint revision of training contents (modules)A3 Development and testing of an e-learning platform to host a MOOCA4 Implementation of a 150-hour blended training course for 250 migrant women or women from non-western backgrounds, supported by 25 trained tutorsA5 Validation of skills acquired through certification and issuing of open badges, following the EntreComp frameworkA6 Promotion of the products through the dissemination and valorisation channels identified ■ SO4—Promotion of a practical co-planning training course - for the benefit of the target group and linked to the previous theoretical training course. The training course aims at defining, elaborating, and collecting operational business plans that meet the criteria of innovativeness and social inclusionA1 Planning and development of an adequate methodological frameworkA2 Implementation of 100-hour project work for the benefit of the 250 women participants in the MOOC, which is also open to the participation of women not enrolled in the course, and led by 25 tutorsA3 Development of business ideas by the participants in the project work, who will be divided into groupsA4 Selection of the best 15 business ideas from all partner countries and subsequent ""incubation"" within a transnational training campus for the transformation of ideas into operational business plans, with the support and mentoring of 15 selected role modelsA5 Preparation of a catalogue gathering the 15 operational business plans produced, and their dissemination through the communication and exploitation channels identified<< Results >>The following impacts are expected with the implementation of WINBIZ: On participants:■ Migrant women or women from non-Western backgroundsThe 250 women who will have participated in the piloting a) will improve personal, transversal and technical skills - especially entrepreneurial, digital and intercultural skills. This will be certified by open badges, Europass Mobility and Europass CV, in accordance with the EntreComp framework; b) will have more and better chances of professional integration; c) will have bridged their educational and professional mismatch; d) will possess the tools to collaboratively develop business ideas; e) will see their well-being increased, creating wealth for themselves and for society; f) will have the possibility to join informal networks at local and European level, which are fundamental for their personal and professional development; g) will contribute to breaking down negative stereotypes about women and migrants and will be successful examples of social integration in the EU.■ On tutorsThe 25 operators (tutors) who will participate in the project activities a) will possess transversal and technical competencies, in particular in the area of life skills and entrepreneurial coaching, certified by Europass Mobility and CV, in agreement with EntreComp; b) will be able to use the acquired notions and tools to support - within their organisations - migrant women in paths of empowerment and socio-professional integration; c) experience a career advancement; d) disseminate the innovations also outside and promote collaborations with other stakeholders, allowing a future transferability of the WINBIZ results and their use also after the end of the projectOn organisations:■ The staff members of the project partners will become experts in the implementation of: a) a training course for tutors/facilitators trained in the area of life skills and entrepreneurial coaching, with competencies linked to EntreComp; b) a training and practical course for migrant women for the development of personal and transversal competences, in particular entrepreneurship and social and digital inclusion, linked to EntreComp■ The profile and expertise of the partners (namely training and adult education centres, organisations working to support migrant women) will be significantly strengthened■ The methodologies, tools and materials produced will enrich the offer of educational and support services of the participating organisations which, by promoting the innovations acquired, will see an increasing demand for these services by a greater number of end-users■ Synergies and cooperation between partners will be improved in the field of adult education, from a multi-sectoral/interdisciplinary perspective■ The partners' training offer will better meet the needs of today's European labour market - which is flexible and dynamic, and which requires the acquisition of new transversal skills On other organisations/stakeholders:■ The expected impact of the methodologies, tools and innovations produced on modernising and increasing the quality of services provided by organisations working in adult education and supporting migrant women across Europe is high. APSU and the other partners will promote the results of WINBIZ within their own networks of associated partners. For example, CES—being an umbrella organisation comprising 30 organisations in 15 European countries—will be able to use its channels to disseminate project results at an exceptionally high international level. EGInA will exploit the network of Stati Generali dell’Innovazione (SGI), of which it is a member. SGI, together with DAISSy, HOU's research group are part of the European ALL DIGITAL network, which will promote the project results by disseminating WINBIZ innovations among its members (60 organisations representing more than 25.000 e-skills development centres)"

"COVID-19 aggravated social exclusion of ill, older and disabled persons through measures to restrict movement and contacts, such as stay-at-home restrictions, quarantines, and lockdowns. While such measures were crucial for ensuring the safety of all, they just worsened and mainstreamed a condition of isolation that many groups of population suffered even before the pandemic. Indeed, across Europe, millions of younger and older persons with mobility impairment due to illness, age or disability or with immunodeficiency are restrained every day, often together with their informal carers, in their opportunities of social interaction and engagement in meaningful activities outside their homes. Engaging clients in meaningful activities is one of the principles of Person-Centered Care and it has been found fundamental to the health and wellbeing of the individual accessing care and support. It can help to improve physical fitness, improve mood and help to combat depression and anxiety, combat loneliness, improve the quality of sleep and even reduce falls. (Skills for care) However, it can be challenging for housebound clients to access them if not supported in doing so.As clearly showed during the peak of the pandemic, online technologies could be exploited to provide social support and a sense of belonging. However, not only many persons in Europe still have limited access to digital technologies and lack necessary skills to fully exploit them, but this is true also for many social care professionals and andragogists, who might not have the necessary competences to conceive and implement social support actions based on ICT. In fact, a barrier to e-social work is not only the lack of basic ICT skills, but rather of more advanced competences, such as the ability to access, adapt and create new social and educational intervention methods using ICTs and to deliver technology-mediated social work and community work practices. Also, the use of ICT raises specific issues in terms of ethics and privacy which must be dealt with. In this framework, the specific goal of the SOCIAL CONNECTIONS project will be to develop digital pedagogical competences of C-VET educators in the social sector, enabling them to teach to their students how to develop and use high quality digital content for social inclusion of clients which are housebound because of disability, illness or COVID-19 related restrictions.The expected tangible results of the projects are a handbook and a toolbox which will support trainers in VET and C-VET in the social sector to teach to their students how to develop and use high-quality digital content for social inclusion of clients which are housebound because of disability, illness or COVID-19 related restrictions and an e-learning course which the trainers themselves will develop as an outcome of a project-based learning activity and which students will be able to access to learn how to use ICT to engage their housebound clients in meaningful activities. These results are linked to the following outcomes:IO1 - a handbook for trainers engaged in VET and CPD training courses for social professionals, upskilling them to be able to identify the challenges and the opportunities offered by e-social work and to plan and implement training curriculum to educate social professionals to the use of ICT in their work with clients who are housebound because of disability, illness or COVID-19 related restrictions.IO2 - A ""toolbox for e-social work"", i.e. a set of pedagogical activities that care professionals can implement with their users in a digital environment. These resources will be selected and explained to students by trainers participating in the training for trainers which will implement in practice the methodology described in IO1.IO3 - An an e-learning course for the C-VET of social professionals on how to implement e-social work activities: the e-learning, developed by participants to the training for trainers as a result and practical implementation of what they learned, will then remain available as an open educational resource for social care workers across Europe."

<< Objectives >>IN2PREV aims to improve LEAs and NGOs’ response to refugees and asylum seekers in European host and transit countries to prevent their radicalisation by ensuring their successful integration. More specifically, it aims to comprehensively enhance LEAs and NGOs’ competencies and knowledge regarding working with refugees and asylum seekers, thus boosting their fundamental involvement in the integration of these populations and the prevention of radicalisation.<< Implementation >>IN2PREV will create an EU-wide network of frontline practitioners to promote information-sharing and collaboration, produce a tool to be implemented by LEA and NGO’s staff to assess refugees’ vulnerability to radicalisation, develop a mentoring programme for refugees and asylum seekers’ successful inclusion and integration, and train professionals to identify vulnerability risk factors to radicalisation on these populations and facilitate their inclusion through a mentoring approach.<< Results >>IN2PREV will create a digital platform to host the network of frontline practitioners, develop the Frontline Extremism Vulnerability Risk–Structured Evaluation Screening (FEVR-SES) tool, produce the Mentoring Approach for Refugees and Asylum Seekers Assurance Programme (M4-Rinc), and create two training programmes on preventing and identifying vulnerability risk factors to radicalisation on refugees and asylum seekers, and on facilitating these individuals’ integration through mentoring.

<< Background >>WHO developed the “WHO Campaign against Ageism” with a strategic plan named “Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health (2016-2020)” in 2016. In this document some recommendations are highlighted. For instance, regarding the health systems, “A transformation is needed in the way that health systems are designed to ensure affordable access to integrated services that are centred on the needs and rights of older people''. When it comes to the issue of long-term care, mainly provided by NGO’s, the action plan refers that “Every country needs to have an integrated system of long-term care. Each system should (...) allow older people to live with dignity and enjoy their basic human rights and fundamental freedoms”, where the right of being LGBTQI+ freely and living their sexuality with dignity is included. On the other hand, while estimates are that around 10% of the residents of elderly care homes & services are LGBTQI+, when asked about LGBTQI+ residents, management and care professionals of care homes & services usually state not to ‘have’ them or not to have ‘any problems with homosexuality’, and increasing discrimination and exclusion turned out to be an unknown subject to them which they had not thought of before. LGBTQI+ people are at high risk of being discriminated against in residential care homes as they lack ‘voice’ due to heteronormativity and the social taboo on sexual diversity (Leyerzapf, H., Visse, M., De Beer, A., & Abma, T. (2018) Moreover, LGBTQI+ older persons, as they experience and fear to be rejected by health-care providers, care professionals and other residents, can feel forced to go ‘back into the closet’ (Stein, Beckerman and Sherman 2010).While the need to have more LGBTQI+ friendly care services is clear, the number of explicitly LGBTQI+-friendly elderly care services is very limited and, with 2 exception in UK and NL, we couldn’t find any evidence of programmes aimed to identify inclusive care services. The 5 partners of the project (FR PT RO GR IT) want to tackle similar issues and enrich their solution proposal from the specificities of their contexts. Given partners' respective expertises, field of intervention and missions, they all show complementarity in addressing the topics treated in the project. Through sharing their experiences, perspectives, and knowledge of the audience, they will be able to develop an approach that encompasses a wide range of situations while being specific about the strategies and tools elaborated. Thus, this partnership is also a way to develop and create training and tools that will adapt to various situations while remaining relevant. Partners share common needs that they want to overcome. The project takes over REC project Best4OlderLGBTI. This project aimed to develop tools and strategies to raise awareness among the general public and some selected target groups about sexuality in old age and older LGBTI, to contrast ageism and discrimination through challenging stereotypes. The BestCare4LGBTQI+ is complementary to this previous work, as it makes a step forward from awareness to action, supporting professionals in residential care as well as in home care services in finding and applying strategies to make services inclusive & accessible to all.Four organisations of the strategic partnership participated in the REC project Best4OlderLGBTI (Anziani e non solo ( IT), Caso50+ (PT), KMOP (GR) & EaSI (RO) ). Afeji (FR) joins the partnership as a service provider and because of a high interest in these matters. Partners have a complementary experience and brings a large network they involve to ensure to reach the target group and promote a better inclusion & non-discriminatory care for older LGBTQI+ peopleThe complementarity of their approaches, experiences and contexts will allow a pooling of practices and transversality necessary to build a comprehensive and reflexive methodology for better care of older LGBTQI+.<< Objectives >>The mission of the BestCare4LGBTIQ+ project is to support the development of LGBTQI+ friendly elderly care services, providing tools, awareness-raising material and learning resources to home care and residential care services managers and staff to ensure a better adapted and more respectful and inclusive care for LGBTQI+ older people living in care facilities. Concretly:1-To raise awareness on specific older LGBTQI+ needs among care home & services managers and staff as well as in the general audience2-To equip home care and residential care managers and staff with tools and skills for a better integration of older LGBTQI+ people3-To support care services to assess their inclusiveness and to implement an action plan to become more LGBTQI+ friendly 4-Ultimately, to ensure better care for LGBTQI+ older people in residential care facilities & home care services, especially when living with dementiaThe whole BestCare4LGBTQI+ purpose is to make home care services places where LGBTQI+ people can feel safe and welcomed, and free to live and express their identity in day-to-day life.Through cooperation, training and replicability of our project, we will have a strong and lasting impact on home care & residential care services managers and staff, on care professionals at large (through the database) as well as aging LGBTQI+ people and anyone interested as production as results will be available to all.We expect the following results:1-For professionals and stakeholders_Strengthening capacities to work with older LGBTQI+ people_New skills and tools for a better non-discriminatory care of aging LGBTQI+ people_Develop and make accessible a new set of didactic tools fine-tuned to a wide range of contexts_Increased cooperation capacity_Creation of a community of practices _New skills to overcome a heteronormative society (and services) and make it more inclusive for all_Encourage resilience, by strengthening ability to collaborate _Increase ability to identify discriminatory situations and ways to address them in day-to-day practice_Making residential care services places that are all encompassing in their approach to the well-being of residents2-For LGBTQI+ care service users_Increased safety_Sense of belonging and confidence for older LGBTQI+ people in regards to quality of care in all contexts (disabilities, dementia…)_No concern that the (life) partner is present or identified as such_Effective access to services_Services to be perceived as safe places where all their needs are taken into account3-For all_Sensitising on the issue of effective access to care services for LGBTQI+people and, in particular, for LGBTQI+ elderly people_Encourage critical questioning of practices for inclusion of older LGBTQI+ people and at large_Promote inclusion_Expand public horizons, improve the knowledge of a specific audienceThis project will reach 12 840 people, most of them care professionals. The transnational aspect of the project is at the heart and will lead to:_More best practices detected & promoted to support the rights and non-discriminatory practices toward older LGBTQI+ people in home care services or residential care services_A community of practices created at a European level with regards to a taboo topic_A transnational training created and tested in order to be replicable and transferrable_Tools created to be relevant in a wide range of contexts _Links between organisations to enable long-term cooperation_The sense of belonging to a European project strengthens the sense of citizenship of all participants_Better analyse, reading and understanding of the different types of issues affecting access to non-discriminatory care services for LGBTQI+ elderly people in EU_Sensitising on a European level on the difficulties to access non-discriminatory care services for LGBTQI+ elder people, and that these issues are not isolated issues, nor limited to specific culture or social enviroronment.<< Implementation >>BestCare4LGBTQI+ is composed of 5 results:Result 1: “Make me feel at home” - proposals for a better service provision of care for older LGBTQI+ users based on storytellingAccording to Addis et al. (2009) the understanding of older LGBTQI+ people's needs with regard to their health and social care is low and research on this is scarce. Together with professionals and elder LGBTQI+ people the project will create a multilingual captivating booklet with 45 testimonies of elder LGBTQI+ people and professionals in 6 languages (EN, PT, RO, IT, FR, GR), peer-reviewed and validated. This PR is a base for all following results as it will allow to detect the needs and expectations of older LGBTQI+ residents as well as professionals willing to build more inclusive services.Result 2: Provide Training for more inclusive care services: training course and toolsResearch has shown that there is an urgent need to provide services that are more sensitive to LGBTQI+ issues and to address the education and training needs of their staff (Browne, 2007; Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2009). Anti-discrimination training seems to be a key approach to ensure that LGBTQI+ people can enjoy appropriate and sensitive health and social care, but such training is not yet widespread and there is no standard approach for it (Ross & Carr, 2010). The training course curricula will include at least 5 modules, covering topics related with human rights; inclusion; discrimination; equality; diversity charts; health, emotional and social specific issues about LGBTQI+ older people; gender identities and sexual orientations; harassment; inclusive language; among others. Tools will be developed alongside. 100 professionals will be trained. Result 3: Train the trainerIt will be implemented after the test of the pilot training (result 2) and followed by fine tuning, and will equip trainers with tools to replicate the training, thus enhancing its scope and impact. 60 trainers will be trained and at least 35 replications are expected (10 of them during the project's life, reaching another 60 professionals). Result 4: methodology for awarding a Badge of Excellence for inclusive residential care of older LBGTQI+ service users. Values and beliefs of service providers, together with organizational constraints and lack of awareness, can be a significant barrier to LGBTQI+ inclusive practice. That is why, in order to be able to implement inclusive practices in elderly care, it is important to have a framework that sits alongside education and which identifies a set of quality standards to be achieved in practice. The tool can be a practically usable resource for professionals, which will support them in practically implementing strategies to make their services inclusive for LGBTQI+. The methodology will be easily transferable and expandable to other care-contexts, type of end-users or languages. Result 5; database for inclusive careThis is a publicly available and multi-lingual data base that provides a searchable repository of practices, policies, tools and lessons learned in relation to inclusive care for older LGBTQI+s. The platform will also incorporate a toolbox of resources developed within PR2 to assist the training and awareness raising of professionals and institutional environments.The aim of this tool is to provide users (primarily: health professionals; care professionals; care managers; service providers; policy makers; LGBTQI+ associations etc.) practical examples complemented with suitable tools.The project is supported by a strong dissemination strategy, including partners networks and 5 ME. Sustainability plan include:_Durably raised awareness thanks to acquisition of new knowledge and skills related to inclusive care _Production of free reusable and replicable tools, useful in a wide range of situations_A fine-tuned communication strategy to broadly disseminate PR_Long-term maintained results with an online database<< Results >>The project will reach more than 12840 people in total and activities will directly involve 2840 of them in 5 countries.The project will produce:1 multilingual captivating booklet with 45 testimonies in 6 languages (EN, PT, RO, IT, FR, GR).1 training course with at least 5 modules involving 100 participants from at least 5 care homes1 train the trainer module with at least 4 modules involving 60 participants and at least 10 replication of the training during the project life as well as 25 commitment to replicate after the life of the project1 transferrable methodology for awarding a badge of excellence to services1 public database of best practices for inclusive care reaching a minimum of 10 000 people1 toolbox on the database with at least 5 tools developed with LGBTQI+ elderly people & care professionals1 STJSTE training reaching 20 professionals 5 Multiplier events (1/country) engaging a total of 100 stakeholders to disseminate the project results 1 Final evaluation report1 quality plan + quality reports 1 dissemination plan + dissemination reports 1 sustainability plan1 project website / database to support project dissemination and communication, community of practice, information related to events and news, dissemination of results, possibility for participants to share the results of their practices, 1 Facebook page (and any other relevant social media) to support project dissemination and communication, mainly through posting news and information about the project and inviting people to like the page and participate in the events6 transnational project meetings (TPM) : program, agenda, minutes approved by all (4 face-to-face and 2 online)

The DESIGN project aimed to find the most appropriate person for a job, to break the cycles of discrimination and prejudice in society that hinder the professional integration of people with disabilities into the mainstream. For people with disabilities, the poverty rate is 70% higher than the average, partly because of limited access to employment. COM(2010) 636 final - European Disability Strategy (EDS) 2010-2020. Several million citizens of the European Union (EU) have a disability. They are one of the largest groups of disadvantaged citizens in the EU. They have traditionally experienced institutional segregation, or have been totally deprived of educational and employment opportunities. DESIGN has made it possible to create a quality inclusive employment methodology based on tools to support social service providers specialising in the professional integration of people with disabilities. These tools have been developed taking into account the Education and Training 2020 Strategic Framework, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Commission's Strategy 2010-2020 on Disability. The project partnership brought together seven organizations from four countries: - France: Afeji (Project Coordinator), a charitable association with a social vocation and Andicat, the National Association of Directors and Executives of Establishments and Services of Assistance through Work (ESAT).- Portugal: Aproximar, social solidarity cooperative and the AFID Diferença foundation.- Romania: ASSOC, association for the social and solidarity economy and EaSI, the European association for social innovation.- Hungary: the Hand in Hand Foundation.The objectives of the project were: -Identify the appropriate assessment of the disabled person on employability issues in order to support a more effective employment integration service in terms of labour market integration.-Develop a learning programme focused on improving the key transversal and professional skills of 96 professionals (24 per country) and select 32 (8 per country) to participate in transnational activities. -To create a communication tool to help integration services in their relations with employers. -Create a model of professional integration service for people with disabilities that is accessible and transferable to any organizationTo achieve these objectives, the partners have developed several intellectual productions: - O1-Evidence review on disabled persons job placement services; a review of evidence on good practices in services for the professional integration of people with disabilities;- O2-Job Profile Assessment Tool and platform; which consists of a new assessment tool and an online platform to match profiles of people with disabilities with job offers published by companies;- O3-Job Placement Service Learning Programme Manual; b-learning training programme tested in 4 countries with a total of 96 participants;- O4 - Communication Toolkit; communication tool to help the relationship between employment services, people with disabilities and employers; - O5 - Job Placement Service Model; guide presenting the DESIGN model for setting up or reorganising a service specialised in the professional integration of people with disabilities. This guide is accessible and transferable to any organization.The project also gave rise to other activities such as: - The realization of 3 learning activities of 5 five days each in France, Hungary and Portugal.- The organization of 7 dissemination events in France, Hungary, Portugal and Romania to disseminate the results of the project.Thus, DESIGN has made it possible to chart a course to better prepare professionals for the integration of people with disabilities and employers into the open labour market, while at the same time raising their awareness of inclusion. All project results are available on the project website: https://www.design-disability.org/