<< Background >>Upon arrival and in the very early stages of the integration process, migrants encounter many difficulties in their social integration in an unfamiliar country. They are unaware of their benefits and rights concluding in the fact that there are still many discrepancies and gaps in EU Member States (MS) concerning the access of migrants to basic health services and rights and on the other hand, migration crisis in relation with the pandemic crisis of Covid-19 deteriorated more the problems of the effective integration and inclusion of migrants in the host countries. Since the beginning of the Global Pandemic, Covid-19 and the serious problems and consequences in all countries globally, healthcare systems have been much overstretched and migrants didn’t and still don’t receive the proper support or information they need to their health rights. Addressing the challenges that migrants face upon and after their arrival is crucial and especially to know and expect their basic health rights as Covid-19 continues to cause hardship. As a result, a Global Action Plan 2019-2023 for promoting the health of refugees and migrants was set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and HealthMi Project aims to contribute to this global support to migrants following also EU Regulations and policies. HealthMi Project focuses on the improvement of the access to healthcare services of migrants and aims to identify innovative ways of reducing inequalities in access and provision of health through models and strategies that support the reorientation of specialists and strengthen competent healthcare compiling best practises for vulnerable migrants with a focus on psycho-social aspects and chronic diseases. The project will foster respect and understanding for diversity in Health, intercultural and civic competences, but also it will enable health values and citizenship within the EU in order also tο understand the educational needs of migrants regarding the healthcare system better. Moreover, the project objective is to support the integration of migrants in terms of using the health services and quality information for local healthcare services and systems and enable migrants to come in contact with local healthcare professionals/ health experts/ counsellors, psychologists, advisors and social workers who are responsible and have the quality information that migrants need in order to explore and understand the local healthcare service and system of the host country gaining access and guidelines to have effective health care and wellbeing living in a foreign country ensuring also their self protection and safety. Under this context, HealthMi develops 4 Project Results and its consortium consists of 5 Partners exploring innovative actions to improve healthcare services to migrants. The main target groups of the project are migrants and health care professionals. Psychologists, social workers or professionals involved with migrants will support the training sessions of the project and will have an impact in all WPs activities. During the project, the consortium will mainly develop a Code of Conduct for Health Literacy, In service training program for healthcare professionals, a Hybrid Training Curriculum for migrants and a Multilingual Gateway. It is expected that the project will have a major impact on migrants, healthcare professionals and the society in general. During the project, the consortium will mainly develop a Code of Conduct for Health Literacy (R1), In service training Program for Healthcare Professionals (R2), a Hybrid Training Curriculum for Migrans (R3) and HealthMi Multilingual Gateway (R4). The total number of people who will directly and indirectly benefit from the project in general, is estimated at 5000 people. The project will have some horizontal activities such as the Project Management, Coordination, Bilateral Agreements, Meetings, Activity Reports, External Evaluation, Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy.<< Objectives >>HealthMi aims to foster respect and understanding for diversity in Health, intercultural and civic competences, but also it will enable health values and citizenship within the EU in order also tο understand the educational needs of migrants regarding the healthcare system better. HealthMi Project includes the development of innovative tools and models locally and transnationally for in order to facilitate migrants access to healthcare services and systems by reducing and facing any obstacles and problems occurred during their arrival but also the current pandemic of Covid-19. The project implements training programmes for both migrants and health professionals.The project will engage local citizens, representatives of health organizations, health professionals and mentors, public and private key actors working or involved with migrants and stakeholders. Convincing these crucial actors of the hosting societies to get involve in project's activities is a vital determinant of the quality and sustainability of the project. Helping newly arrived migrants tackle health problems requires a high number of specific competences, especially considering the need for an integrated and targeted approach. The engaged health professionals, mentors or social workers or mediators from the local communities need to be able to deploy a wide number of approaches, to deal with psychological problems and mental health of migrants. The development of the Code of Conduct, the Training Programme, the Curriculum and the Multilingual Gateway will foster exchanges of knowledge, needs, mental problems of migrants and raise awareness of the needs of migrants, of health professionals, national authorities and the society in general. These activities will involve local community (individuals, health organizations, NGOs, authorities, stakeholders) and will enhance mutual understanding about the current illnesses, global pandemic, frustration and psychological problems of not only migrants but also locals. This is in line with the current policies of the participating countries: Inclusion and access to basic services and rights in the host countries and equal participation of all citizens, both nationals and foreign nationals, without considering foreigners as a separate group, discriminating them or having the stereotype that migrants bring more illnesses to a country. All partners will follow the guidelines of WHO and EU Migration Agenda and Action Plan following also the EU Charter of migrant’s fundamental rights. Also the project aims to achieve: •Increased awareness of the obstacles faced by migrants to access healthcare services and the possible solutions by relevant actors across the EU; •Increased capacities of representatives of the hosting society and institutions to recognise and to respond to needs of newly arrived migrants; •Fostered transnational cooperation to facilitate the transfer of experience, knowledge and practices and lessons learnt related to the health care services of third-country nationals within the partners of the project;•Improved access to comprehensive health care services for migrants including mental health, women and children's health, taking into account cultural differences; •Facilitated the dissemination of experience, knowledge and practices beyond the partners of the project to develop more effective actions, including by evaluating the impact of the actions developed; •Improved access to health care services, housing, education, financial services, social welfare rights and/or labour market; •Improved coordination between relevant stakeholders; following the implementation of the projects’ actions. •Improved transnational coordination and cooperation between the relevant stakeholders.<< Implementation >>In parallel with the project’s research and development activities and throughout the project implementation period, a set of horizontal activities will be implemented.A1. Project and Quality ManagementThe aim of Project and Quality Management activities is to ensure the smooth and timely implementation of the project in terms of financing, administration, production and coordination. This includes the following activities: project planning; communication; monitoring; fine-tuning; organising partner meetings; drafting meeting minutes; coordinating, collecting and reviewing progress reports; defining of qualitative and quantitative success criteria; monitoring and evaluation; developing executive quality reports; reporting any significant deviation to the partnership and initiating a contingency plan; communicating with the National Agency etc.A1.1. Development of Project Work Plan (PWP)A1.2 Organisation of partner meetings & conference callsM1: Kick-off meetingM2: 2nd Transnational meetingM3: 3rd Transnational meetingM4: Final MeetingA1.3 Two Progress reportsA1.4 Elaboration of QMP. P1 will draft a project Impact Plan and update it with qualitative and quantitative indicators for all results following the proposed Impact+ workshops to be held during the early partner meetings. P1 will conduct impact assessment exercises in months 12 and 24 to measure progress towards the benchmarks set for each result and draft two impact assessment reports.A1.5 Two Executive quality reportsA2. Dissemination & Exploitation StrategyThe Dissemination & Exploitation Leader, will prepare a comprehensive Dissemination & Exploitation Strategy focused on: clarifying the dissemination and communication scope, aims and timing; Identification and classification of the target groups and stakeholders; Elaboration of stakeholders’ engagement plan; Identification of the particular messages to be communicated throughout the project; Definition of dissemination, communication and exploitation means, methods and tools at national and European level (social networks, press releases, events etc.), including effective ways to collect feedback; Definition of success indicators; Clarification of IPR issues; Detailed action plan and reporting templates of the partners’ dissemination activities.A2.1 Development of the Dissemination & Exploitation StrategyA2.2 Design of internal and external communication templatesA2.3 Design of leaflets, posters and roll-up bannersA2.4 Monitoring of dissemination and exploitation activities and eventsAll partners will:- Participate and provide input to the above activities and deliverables;- Make explicit their commitment to provide resources that guarantee the sustainability of the project’s outcomes once it is over;- Use various project and own resources in order to disseminate project results and activities at local/regional/national and European level;- Engage the target group and raise awareness of the project and its value to relevant local/regional/national and European stakeholders and multipliers;- Translate press releases, leaflets text and other relevant material to their national language;- Be actively involved in the exploitation and sustainability efforts from the beginning of the project; and- Report implemented dissemination and exploitation actions, using the templates that will be provided by the Dissemination & Exploitation Leader.<< Results >>The main results of HealthMi Project are:R1. Code of Conduct for Health Literacy Result 1 mainly aims to collect national data, best practices with desk research, questionnaires and interviews in order to conduct a code of conduct for Health Literacy in order to raise awareness and to ensure easy access to local healthcare services and systems for migrants. The methodology combines desk and field methods of data collection and analysis, including literature review and practices collection; a set of interviews to key informants, representing the main targets addressed by the project; a survey addressed to health professionals and the needs of migrants in the local communities.R2: In service Training Program for HealthCare ProfessionalsUnder Result 2, the consortium aims to develop a training program for Healthcare professionals in order to educate them how to address more easily quality information and data to local migrants and support the mental health of migrants. HealthCare Professionals must meet the needs of migrants as it concerns their psychology, health condition and wellbeing. Each partner will publish open calls in local level through Local authorities, migrants associations/centers, civic organisations, for requiring healthcare professionals to participate in the training programme and identify selection criteria. Result 3: Hybrid Training Curriculum for MigrantsThe Hybrid Curriculum will address the needs of migrants and will provide them with knowledge and materials for an easy access to healthcare services and systems. The Curriculum will consist of 9 modules. The partnership will design the structure, contents and design of the Curriculum with a Learning Outcomes Framework, a Prototype Development and Content Development and Translation All partners will implement the new curriculum materials following the guidelines of the R3 leader. Result 4: HealthMi Multilingual GatewayThe Gateway will facilitate access to the information needed for migrants and also will provide access to the project activities in order to improve and establish new innovative ways for migrants to reach the local healthcare services using the Gateway. The Gateway will function as an interactive tool for migrants and healthcare professionals or other interested stakeholders who wish to join HealthMi Gateway. The Gateway is also an opportunity to grow their network and find psychological, health and mental health support. Moreover the main outcomes of the project will be:- Project and Quality Management to ensure the smooth and timely implementation of the project in terms of financing, administration, production and coordination;- Development of Project Work Plan (PWP);- Organisation of partner meetings & conference calls;-Kick-off meeting; -2nd Transnational meeting; -3rd Transnational meeting; -Final Meeting; -Two Progress reports; - Elaboration of QMP; -A Project Impact Plan;-Qualitative and quantitative indicators;-Impact assessment exercises;-Two Executive quality reports; -Dissemination & Exploitation Strategy; -Identification and classification of the target groups and stakeholders;-Elaboration of stakeholders’ engagement plan; Identification of the particular messages to be communicated throughout the project; Definition of dissemination, communication and exploitation means, methods;-Development of the Dissemination & Exploitation Strategy -Design of internal and external communication templates; -Design of leaflets, posters and roll-up banners;-Monitoring of dissemination and exploitation activities and events-Project Management, Coordination, Bilateral Agreements, Meetings, Activity Reports, External Evaluation, Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy and Quality Assurance.