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/

M4M is focused on fostering the inclusion of asylum seekers in their host society by using the Buddy System.Trying to settle in an unknown country might prove challenging when facing language barriers, social norms differences or educational gaps preventing access to employment. It has been established that migrants face an unequal access to the society, the city and its services. As they might be seen as a burden that needs to be sorted out and taken apart of the society, they face space relegation, insecurity (J. Le Bars, 2018), marginalization (F. Torres Pérez and M. Monsell Liern, 2018) or even violence (M.Brault, H. Daccord, J. Lenouvel, 2018) that can lead to isolation and a failure in integration. When it is claimed that it is the responsibility of the States to create and implement integration policies in order to allow the migrants’ economic potential and societal participation, it must be acknowledged that both asylum seekers and host communities also have to be engaged.When it comes to simple acts leading to autonomy such as how to get around the city in public transportation, where to find public services, to get advice on how to get/do well in a job interview, how to get an internet contract, etc. a hand from a community volunteer is the best fit for the job. M4M is focused on fostering the inclusion of newly-arrived migrants in their host society. As it is stated in the 2016 EU Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals: “Developing welcoming, diverse and inclusive societies is a process that needs the engagement both of the third country nationals and of the receiving society.” Experience shows that it would have benefits on both sides. For newly-arrived migrants, it would help fostering the feeling of being part of the community and the participation in the hosting society. For the host communities, it would help building a welcoming society, increase acceptance and a better integration of migrants in the work force, which is a core EU priority defined in the Europe 2020 Strategy.This project intent is to promote the inclusion of migrants in their host communities by facilitating their empowerment and by creating links and sustainable contacts between refugee associations, social services, local administrations and volunteer associations. The project targets newly-arrived migrants in the process of settling in a new host country and Integration Services Professionals.As “the innovative use of technology, social media and the internet needs to be harnessed at all stages of the integration process” (EU Action Plan on the integration of third-country nationals, 2016), the project aims to create a course curricula including e-learning capsules available for Integration Services Professionals, educational staff, community mentors, volunteers who work on newly-arrived migrants' integration.