<< Background >>RATIONALE: “bASic Stem compETences for migrantS” (ASSETS), is a 24-months Strategic Partnership in the Field ofAdult Education, aims at promoting and developing relevant and high-quality skills and competences related to STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) for migrants, who pursue to promote their career in relevant jobpositions, either as employees or self-employed. Moreover, ASSETS promotes social inclusion of migrants in EUcountries by empowering them to enter the job market through newly acquired competencies. ASSETS target groupinvolved in the project will be composed by: direct target group: Adult educators, trainers, social workers working withmigrants; indirect target group: migrants (aged 21+) who are facing difficulties in terms of access to jobs. The purpose ofthis project, is to develop innovative ups-killing paths in STEM, for both target groups involved, using an interdisciplinaryapproach. ASSETS will achieve the above-mentioned fundamental objectives through n. 4 transnational meetings, n. 2intellectual outputs, n. 1 training activity and n. 6 multiplier events. Therefore, all the efforts of the partners involved arebased on the following data and assumptions: “Importance of overcoming language barriers and facilitating therecognition of qualifications as a major shared challenge for the socio-economic inclusion of EU migrant workers and their access to the labour market (OECD, 2019)”; “STEM skills are increasingly in demand by employers in a wide range ofsectors. These skills help promote systemic and critical thinking in different sectors and are not limited to just foursubjects. Due to the increasing digitization of society and the world of work, the demand for STEM skills will only increase (BusinessEurope, 2019)” In addition to these points, the latest PISA test available at the OECD (2018) shows that all countries involved in the partnership, except Germany which can be a leader in best practice, scored below average. This demonstrates the need to renew and innovate current methodologies for STEM skills and knowledge development.<< Objectives >>ASSETS will bring an extensive, meaningful and sustainable impact on the following categories at the different levels: •IMPACT ON DIRECT TARGET GROUP: Impact on adult educators, trainers and social workers will be visible throughthe acquisition of new methodologies and the development of new partnerships as well as the strengthening of thepresent project in a solid long-term network. Thus, the target group will gain: - New methods and tools provided by theIOs developed on how hereby enhancing employability on the labour market for a target group of Adult migrants. -Acquired skills and competencies thoroughly researched and processed in the mobility activity (C1). - Acquisition ofuseful abilities in capitalizing social skills of adult migrants and support them in discovering new opportunities throughuseful competencies in STEM; - Moreover, all of the new instruments, transferred will determine and increase operationalcapacities evident in the implementation of regular activities at the local level conducted by Adult educators, socialworkers working in migrant issues • IMPACT ON THE INDIRECT TARGET GROUP: - Through the IOs developed,increased knowledge of host country labour market, market condition and possibilities; - Through local activities planned,wider awareness of the competencies requested to the current labour market; - Through local activities, wider information to achieve better employability and social inclusion. The impact will further extend to other (migrant) learners who will be able to access a new high-quality educational offer customized to their concrete needs’ development through takeup of project methodologies by existing providers and the e-learning opportunities of project Web Platform. • IMPACT ON THE PROJECT PARTNERS. Project partners will be able to provide more complex, diversified and effective services to kick-start the creation/development of other similar activities targeting migrants interested in learning how to work in the STEM sector. Cooperation with other partner organization will be further developed into a formal network of European scope. The multidimensional aspect of the network will be supported by the networking and partnership building allowed by the involvement of stakeholders in the Web Platform. • IMPACT ON VET PROVIDERS, NGOS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS VET providers, NGOs, educational institutions, will be enabled to access support schemes and learning resources based on innovative methodologies made openly available in multiple languages on the web platform of the project. These accomplishments, which will have a positive impact on the quality and effectiveness of their educational/research offer in the field, will be complemented by the enhanced networking and cooperation allowed by the open frame of the Web Platform.<< Implementation >>PLANNED ACTIVITIES: In 24 months of the cooperation, ASSETS will implement the following : 4 face to facetransnational meetings will be carried out. - To ensure proper cooperation and further communication a total of 20 virtualmeetings will be ensured. - 6 local Multiplier Events in 6 languages, at local level will be organized. - To train the staff andthe young adults, 1 LTTA: 1 for staff will be ensured. - To reach 2 million people and ensure the best visibility of theproject, a Dissemination Plan ' will be produced and international outreach campaign will be organized. Part of thisDissemination Plan will be: - 24 newsletters publish will be published, - Organizing big networking conferences. whereVarious stakeholders can visit - 16 progress reports will be written - 16 financial progress reports will be written - 16monitoring reports will be written 1) The state of Art for migrants’ access to the labor market faced by adults’ migrants(IO1). A training Format “Migrants and STEM” will be developed and piloted during the Short-term joint staff trainingevents. The Joint Staff mobility will involve Adult educators, trainers, social workers who are working with migrants. Thedevelopment of format training course (IO1) devised in three specifics modules called ASSETS motivational content,ASSETS mapping of STEM related careers and ASSETS content knowledge. 2) Implementation of local workshops ofSTEM competences in which migrant will participate. During it, e-training material will be realized as well as Platform“Enhancing migrants through STEM competence” (IO2) which is an interactive online platform that contains specificmodules focus on the effectiveness of ASSETS learning methodology on migrants and social workers.<< Results >>The project aims at promoting and developing relevant and high-quality skills and competences related to STEM of adultmigrants facing social exclusion in EU countries through an innovative educational Format focus on the acquisition ofScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics competencies for being more competitive and skilled in the entranceof labour market. Partners are expecting a set of tangible result to have matured by the end of the 24 months of thepresent cooperation: - The state of Art for migrants’ access to the labor market faced by adult migrants. -R1/T1: ASSETSCurriculum Design: - Training Format “Migrants and STEM” The development of format training course (IO1) devised inthree specifics modules called ASSETS motivational content, ASSETS mapping of STEM-related careers and ASSETScontent knowledge; It will include a report of research across partner countries identifying the needs and barriers of Adultmigrants as well as mapping the existing offer in the STEM field. The Report will be made widely visible on project WebPlatform and partners' Websites as well as promoted on multiple levels through offline and online means. Curriculummethodology will be developed by the pedagogic experts , the focus group migrants will be reached by the networks ofNGOs the task The research with start with the needs analysis of STEM for migrants. Focus Groups with a total of 10Adult (5 migrants and 5 among Adult educators, trainers, social workers who are working with migrants) will be reachedfrom each Country (reached mainly by the NGO partners) in order to collect their specific educational needs, STEMknowledge and awareness, comparing with the existing best practices of STEM education. As a result of research, eachpartner organization will draft a Report, with all Reports being complied in a general Report by the R1 leaders incollaboration. The training curriculum will be designed based on the focus group analysis and with respect to onlinecourse design techniques for distance learning. This will entail the technical development of the online course includingthe content prepared in R1 and an interactive platform to provide a network of the specific project target groups and keystakeholders. Knowing that the adult learners, especially migrants, may have a lack of ICT skills, the content should notbe given in a complex technology environment, instead of easy to reach and motivating to learn. Instead of downloadablecontent, videos embedded in simple environments, e.g. YouTube will be prepared. All text content given in the web will beavailable in easy to read fonts. Thus, the platform will be designed by AIS and interdisciplinary cooperation between theweb developers and the instructional technology experts by AIS, putting forward simplicity and ease of reach to thecontent. When ready, the BETA version of the platform will be tested by internal experts of the ASSETS Consortium inorder to understand the convenience of the outputs to the curriculum provided and the main aims of ASSETS project. - AShort-term joint staff training event where the Training Format will be tested and it will involve Adult educators, trainers,social workers who are working with migrants; - Implementation of local workshops of STEM competences in whichmigrants will participate. - The platform “Enhancing migrants through STEM competence” (R2) which is an interactiveonline platform that contains specific modules focus on the effectiveness of ASSETS learning methodology on migrantsand social workers. - 1 Multiplier Event implemented per partner country with the participation of 50 (onsite and online) individuals amongthe general public, disabled adults and stakeholders per Event.