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CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND. In 2015/16 high numbers of asylum seekers entered the European Union. This challenge requires different instruments for fostering their long-term integration. Mainly instruments are focused on the satisfaction of basic needs. But for a long-term and sustainable way of integration and for reducing the risk of exclusion and the related social problems on one hand and using these resources for reducing the lack of qualified employees on the other an early access to preparation and training for the job-market is essential. Frameworks for the process of recognition as refugee and integration are compulsory in the European Union. Based on those standards transfer of experience and knowledge about appropriate methods of integration in the CVET should be a benefit for all: the participating and involved organizations as for the refugees as well. The European Union tried to establish obligatory rules for the distribution of asylum seekers but in reality some European countries do not accept them. Showing in the good practices that integration in the job-market works also in countries with economic problems is a benefit for Europe.The main OBJECTIVES have been the collection of good practices showing appropriate measures for the integration of asylum seekers/refugees in the CVET and at least in the job-market. It based on an exchange of good practice in study visits and in written documents. They have been evaluated in terms of efficiency, sustainability, transferability and quality. For having comparable results and facilitating the reading of the booklet common templates are used. For understanding the good practices in the national and regional context country analysis of all partners’ countries have been provided also.For facilitating the access to the booklet general information has been translated in all partners’ languages.Beside of this main objective regional and European networks of organizations dealing with the integration of refugees have been established.All of these activities have one common aim: to expand and to improve the activities undertaken for the integration of asylumseekers/refugees in the further education and finally into the job-market. THE PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS: We chose 7 partners out of 7 countries presenting a range of different kind of VET/CVET providers, adult education centers, NGOs and university dealing with the integration of refugees in the job-market. The partners’ countries are those which receive numerous refugees and which are meeting the challenge to integrate them. Some of the partners collaborated in former European projects others are new. All partners are experienced in projects and are well integrated in networks. This made way to a very balanced approach and allow for a maximum possible target group.The MAIN ACTIVITIES of the project have been(o) Collection of Good practices: The partners visited different organizations and gathered all the information about the good practice in a common template. The good practices have been evaluated by the whole partnership and 40 of them have been chosen for being published. Some of the good practices have been visited by the whole partnership in study visits.(o) Development of country analysis: An overview on the situation of refugees, the legal frameworks and the offered measures for their integration in the participating countries has been compiled using a questionnaire for getting comparable results (resources: national reports and UNHCR).(o) Development of booklet and accompanying information In the overview of GP we recognized the very different approaches. Considering that later users may be interesting in specific ones we decided to organize the GPs not per country but per category. We identified 7 relevant categories. Overview by country, editorial and closing words completed the content of the booklet. To facilitate reading and understanding of booklet one page of general information and overview has been translated in all partners’ languages.RESULTS AND IMPACT:Finally 40 good practices out of the 7 countries have been selected concerning the different categories. These categories show that for different steps in the process of integration different approaches are available and useful. The good practices organized in these categories and the country analysis have been published as a booklet on the website and distributed to good practice providers and stakeholders. The booklet is accompanied by general information translated in the partners’ languages for facilitating the access.This collection of best practices fosters the efforts and identify possible barriers to educate and train refugees and to integrate them in the job-market. It helps to network under the aim to develop successful measures in a good quality and to make possible the transition between different stages of guidance, training and job.
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