Full project title: Upskilling disadvantaged, immigrant, migrant and refugee women with vital skills required for integration and to gain employment
Skills4Women is an Erasmus+ funded project aimed at upskilling disadvantaged, migrant and refugee women with vital skills required for integration and to gain employment within the countries they currently reside.
Everyone should have an equal chance when trying to gain employment, no matter their background, whether this be gender, age etc.
Objectives of the project
The objectives of the Skills4Women project is to provide unemployed women, especially but not limited to disadvantaged, immigrant, migrant and refugees, with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need in order to gain employment within the country they are currently living in. This can be harder for immigrants, migrants and refugees as they are often not familiar with the employment sector within their new country and new culture.
The objectives to be achieved as a result of this project are for inclusion and diversity, social inclusion, development of skills and to help overcome barriers within a new country and provide the materials and skills needed to gain employment. Not only will this project target immigrant, migrant and refugee women, it will also have a focus on women with fewer opportunities.
Target groups of the project
– Unemployed immigrant women
– Unemployed migrant women
– Unemployed refugee women
– Unemployed women from disadvantaged backgrounds with fewer opportunities
– Organisations and associations that work with the target groups
– Job centres
– Municipalities
Project Results
Activity 1
Project Management, TPMs and LTTA
Activity 2
Content Creation
Activity 3
Web Platform
Activity 4
Dissemination
A wide range of content will be produced during the project.
The partners will begin by circulating a survey to those from the target groups in all partnering countries.
Gaining feedback from the surveys will ensure the partners meet the needs of the unemployed women when creating the bespoke content.
Create content that will be hosted on the Web Platform will include:
-interview tips and techniques
-obstacles faced when trying to gain employment in a new country
-confidence building content
-information of the countries culture
-how to feel included
-the do’s and don’ts of the country
-country and job/office etiquette
-how to write a successful CV
-how to overcome the gender barrier in the workplace
-links to relevant associations, organisations, job centres, and other useful resources such as women’s rights in the workplace
The final result of the project will be a Web Platform that will host all of the material created.
The Web Platform will be available to anyone who has a device and an internet connection.
Content will be translated and available in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Greek.
Project Partners
The consortium consists of four partners…
VogalOrizontal (Portugal)
Coordinator
VogalOrizontal specialises in training, development and entrepreneurship, with the aim to integrate and include newcomers, whether these be refugees, migrants, immigrants or expats in to society.
Eurospeak (Ireland)
Eurospeak is an educational technology company dedicated to providing educational products. Its aim is to promote educational tools through activities supporting an innovative and technologically creative environment, with particular emphasis on disadvantage social groups.
Blue Beehive (Spain)
Blue Beehive offer learning the skills necessary to acquire the competences that will improve people’s employability and entrepreneurship in all areas of their lives.
Tag Green (Greece)
Tag Green is a social cooperative enterprise and is active in the fields of social economy and environment.
Project newsletter
Project start date: 1st November 2023
Project end date: 30th April 2025
Project number: 2023-1-PT01-KA210-ADU-000151682
Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or Agência Nacional para a Gestão do Programa Erasmus+ Educação e Formação. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.