CONTEXT OF THE PROJECTCooking Cultures aims to establish an innovative approach with the intention to support low-skilled migrants to acquire the typical and soft skills needed to work in the Culinary Sector. Grounded on the facts that a high number of migrants work in the Culinary Sector in the EU as well as that interest on ethnic cuisines is on rise, the project focuses on targeted training opportunities which will offer better career perspectives to migrants away from undeclared work and exploitation. Besides, employability is one of the most efficient ways for Migrants' successful Integration into the recipient EU societies.Under this scope, the project has set the following objectives: O1. To identify the specialties within culinary sector where migrants could be better fit and potentially contribute with their own culinary traditionsO2. To support low-skilled migrants in order to acquire the necessary hard and soft/intercultural skills and competencies so as to be able to access the ever demanding culinary sector O3. To assess migrants' prior learning and determine a renewed skillset that corresponds to the existing demands of the Culinary SectorO4. To develop training programmes and materials targeted to the needs of migrants and their tutors.O5. To offer better career perspectives to migrants who work or wish to work in the Culinary SectorO6. To increase migrants' employability in the Culinary Sector and streamline it through formal channels of employment, offering a higher protection level away from undeclared work. O7: To enhance migrants' integration into EU societies through their inclusion into the labour market.The main results could be summarized in:- R1. Identification of special training needs of low-skilled migrants, focusing both on typical and intercultural skills required per country to address observed gaps in the currently offered training programmes - R.2. Design and implementation of a self-assessment tool to be used by migrants as a method to evaluate their current skills, competencies and non-formal qualifications in the Culinary Sector;- R. 3. Development of a typology of qualifications and soft skills which migrants lack but they are of paramount importance within the Culinary Sector;- R.4. Development of migrants-oriented training materials;- R.5. Design of an online platform, responding to the needs of a digitally-skilled migrants audience; - R.6. Development of two-folded training courses; one for tutors/trainers specialized in the Culinary Sector and experienced in educating migrants and the other for low-skilled migrants currently or potentially working in the Culinary Sector;- R.7. Organization of two pilot training sessions for the above described groups to assess the effectivess of the developed training courses;- R.8. An increased systemic impact through the engagement of stakeholders; - R.9. A career pathway for migrants that wish to work on the Culinary Sector and do not acquire the necessary qualifications or are in need of additional onesAt the piloting phase, our goal is to engage 3 tutors per organization (15 individuals in total) to participate in the pilot trainings for tutors and 100 migrants per country (300 participants in total) to take part in the pilot trainings for migrants.IMPACT ENVISAGEDLocal Impact- Low-skilled migrants will be offered new training opportunities with the intention to improve their perspectives for better career opportunities in the Culinary Sector. This way, we are going to provide a clear way out of precarious jobs and marginalization. - Local communities and microeconomies will be benefitted by the intercultural exchanges and by migrants' workNational Impact• Employability of low-skilled migrants will be fostered• The access of migrants to normal jobs and social security will contribute to increasing social security funds and combatting social security contributions' evasion.- Migrants integration into the labour market and their collaboration with nationals will contribute to knocking down stereotypes and fighting racism- Standardization of hard and soft/intercultural skills needed, will further enhance the existing market trends and generate new income at national level.European Impact- A common understanding is going to be established on the necessity of customized training materials and programmes for migrants in order to facilitate their inclusion into the labour market- The project will contribute to the European dialogue on Migrants' Integration, supporting the argument that one significant factor for successful integration is the access to normal, dissent and secure jobs and the effective inclusion into the labour market - and Culinary Arts is a prominent sector towards this direction.- New policies for migrants integration can be designed, using evidence provided as an outcome from our project.