Successful and dignified immigrants‘ integration
The number of immigrants in the EU countries is constantly growing. In recent years, due to military conflicts in the Middle East countries, the wave of immigrants has become enormous - only in 2015. more than 300 thousand people arrived (People`s Information Office, 2014; ABC News, 2015; Eurostat Statistics Explained, 2017).
As the geography of immigrants is expanding the European Union in a serious response to this challenge encourages measures for the integration of immigrants, among which emphasizing the exceptional role of educational tools. Klaipeda University coordinates the 2IMINED „Erasmus+ project’’, in which partners from universities in Italy, Romania, Belgium, Bulgaria and Latvia are taking part, as well as non-governmental organizations with experience in dealing with problems of integration of immigrants, making various research in the field of education of adult immigrants, and directly providing various services for immigrants (consultations on social, legal, education, health, etc. issues); state language training; organising social and cultural events for immigrants, etc.) in order to ensure integration of this socially vulnerable group of high quality into the social, cultural and public life of the host country.
Most of the measures offered to immigrants are aimed at solving individual problems (for example, only in the training of a particular national language, only information on employment, etc.), therefore the project team has developed an e-platform, which includes interactive detailed information on the host country. On the e-platform of the project, immigrants will be provided with the information on how to behave at hospital, what to do in the case of their children‘s illness, where they can learn national language for free, what to do if you want to recognize the qualifications acquired in your home country, how to deal with children in the host country, etc.
Taken into account the fact that this learning tool must be comprehensive, freely accessible and suitable for use by all immigrants (inspite of their education, qualifications, age, gender, etc.), strict compliance with its requirements was made in setting it up: all partner countries have to submit the material according to particular highly relevant and necessary topics for immigrants enabling them to gain knowledge and understanding of the host country`s social, cultural and public life (for example, basic information on a country, education for immigrants, health care, culture, language learning opportunities in the country they arrived to etc.); material has to be provided in short sentences in plain language; it must contain links, where additional information can be searched for, etc.
We hope that productive cooperation in the project will contribute to successful and dignified integration of immigrants.
„Erasmus+’’ Strategic Partnership project on Adult Education No. 2016-1-LT01-KA204-023223 is being implemented
Press release on the project partner meeting in Riga (Latvia)
Since 1 September 2016 the society "Shelter "Safe House"" has been participating as a collaboration partner in the implementation of the project “Improving the initial education of adult immigrants”, 2IMINED (No. 2016-1-LT01-KA204-023223).
To develop the interactive platform envisaged in the project, one of the project activities is research the goal of which is to understand specific needs of the immigrants upon arriving to another country. A survey was carried out in Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, Rumania, Italy and Bulgaria. Its results is the basis for developing such an interactive resource.
On 24-25 May 2017 a partner meeting was held in Riga which goal, first of all, was to find out results of the survey in each project partner state. On the basis of the research results, the project partners, during the meeting, agreed on the subjects which are important for immigrants in all project partner states. The subjects which will be developed and included in this interactive on-line platform will be as follows: history, traditions and language of the states, their health care system, employment and setting up a business, their education system and procedure for recognizing education documents in each country, their cultural traditions, religious issues and mutual communication.
The project is implemented within the program ERASMUS+ which is supported by the European Union.
The main project partner is Klaipeda University (Lithuania), the project is implemented in collaboration with the partners from Lithuania, Belgium, Rumania, Bulgaria, Italy and Latvia.
Press release on the project progress
Since 1 September 2016 the society "Shelter "Safe House"" has been participating as a collaboration partner in the implementation of the project “Improving the initial education of adult immigrants”, 2IMINED (No. 2016-1-LT01-KA204-023223).
The goal of the project is to develop an interactive platform where the information about Latvia will be available for immigrants. Often it is not easy for the immigrants who wish to move to another country or who have just arrived to Latvia to find the information about the country in the language they understand. Therefore, within the framework of the project, an on-line platform will be created where the information on the State of Latvia, its history, traditions and cultural values, education and employment possibilities, setting up a business, health care system, social security, etc. will be placed. The interactive platform will be developed in such a way that an immigrant of any nationality can easily translate this material into his or her native language.
The project is implemented within the program ERASMUS+ which is supported by the European Union. The main project partner is Klaipeda University (Lithuania), the project is implemented in collaboration with the partners from Lithuania, Belgium, Rumania, Bulgaria, Italy and Latvia.
Successful and dignified immigrants‘ integrationThe number of immigrants in the EU countries is constantly growing. In recentyears, due to military conflicts in the Middle East countries, the wave of immigrantshas become enormous - only in 2015. more than 300 thousand people arrived(People`s Information Office, 2014; ABC News, 2015; Eurostat Statistics Explained,2017).As the geography of immigrants is expanding the European Union in a seriousresponse to this challenge encourages measures for the integration of immigrants,among which emphasizing the exceptional role of educational tools. KlaipedaUniversity coordinates the 2IMINED „Erasmus+ project’’, in which partners fromuniversities in Italy, Romania, Belgium, Bulgaria and Latvia are taking part, as wellas non-governmental organizations with experience in dealing with problems ofintegration of immigrants, making various research in the field of education of adultimmigrants, and directly providing various services for immigrants (consultations onsocial, legal, education, health, etc. issues); state language training; organisingsocial and cultural events for immigrants, etc.) in order to ensure integration of thissocially vulnerable group of high quality into the social, cultural and public life of thehost country.Most of the measures offered to immigrants are aimed at solving individual problems(for example, only in the training of a particular national language, only informationon employment, etc.), therefore the project team has developed an e-platform,which includes interactive detailed information on the host country. On the e-platform of the project, immigrants will be provided with the information on how tobehave at hospital, what to do in the case of their children‘s illness, where they canlearn national language for free, what to do if you want to recognize thequalifications acquired in your home country, how to deal with children in the hostcountry, etc.Taken into account the fact that this learning tool must be comprehensive, freelyaccessible and suitable for use by all immigrants (inspite of their education,qualifications, age, gender, etc.), strict compliance with its requirements was madein setting it up: all partner countries have to submit the material according toparticular highly relevant and necessary topics for immigrants enabling them to gainknowledge and understanding of the host country`s social, cultural and public life(for example, basic information on a country, education for immigrants, health care,culture, language learning opportunities in the country they arrived to etc.); materialhas to be provided in short sentences in plain language; it must contain links, whereadditional information can be searched for, etc.We hope that productive cooperation in the project will contribute to successful anddignified integration of immigrants.„Erasmus+’’ Strategic Partnership project on Adult Education No. 2016-1-LT01-KA204-023223 is being implemented
