1 ST TRANSNATIONAL MEETING IN ATHENS, GREECE

The partnership convened in Athens, Greece on the 8 and 9 of June 2017 for the 1st transnational meeting of the project. The meeting was hosted by one of the Greek partners, the Institute of Labour of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (INE/GSEE), and it was attended by representatives of all participant organizations. It was an interactive meeting characterized by dynamic and open discussions, which were held within a positive spirit of collaboration, teamwork and respect. A briefing on the progress of the initial phase of implementation was first held by the Coordinator of the project. The representative of INEK-PEO informed the group on the completed actions and the outstanding commitments showed by the partners during these first months. The Dissemination Plan as well the Quality Assurance Guide were also presented and discussed among the partners. Additionally, the progress of the implementation of the first work-package has been presented by the leading organization. The group discussed the difficulties faced during the initial implementation process and set an updated timeframe in order to fully complete all scheduled activities of the first work-package. Furthermore, the leading organizations of the following work-packages, starting in June 2017, presented their action plans, the content and thematic units 0f each sub-activity and their implementation timeline. Finally, the Evaluator of the project, Iriv Conseil from France, presented and discussed with the group the Evaluation Action Plan and its pertinent evaluation activities. The Iriv Conseil’s representative also presented the preliminary evaluation findings on the implementation of the first work-package and requested all partners to provide an additional feedback during the meeting in Athens.

KICK-OFF MEETING IN NICOSIA, CYPRUS

The kick-off meeting of the project was held in Nicosia, Cyprus on 18 November, 2016, hosted by the Cyprus Labour Institute (INEK-PEO). Its main purpose was to build a strong team spirit among the partnership and to ensure that all participant organizations and individuals working in the project have a good understanding of the project, its planned activities and the timeline directions for their implementation. The meeting also aimed to generate support for the implementation of the project’s activities by equally involving all consortium members since a very early planning stage. In this way, participants had the opportunity to ask questions, to clarify assumptions and to identify potential threats and problems. Furthermore, the meeting aimed to remind all participants of their individual contractual commitments to the project. Finally, the meeting also meant to explain the financial, budgeting and administrative regulations, restrictions and arrangements specified by the project.

 “Programma Erasmus+ “Educare Ie Parti sociali alla Diversità Etnica nelle Piccole Medie Imprese”

La partnership MigrAID è lieta di annunciare l’esito positivo della proposta sottoposta per il finanziamento alla Fondazione per la Gestione dei Programmi Europei di formazione permanente di Cipro IDEP): il programma Erasmus + ,intitolato“Educare le Parti Sociali  alla Diversità Etnica nelle Piccole Medie Imprese”. La partnership rappresenta una sinergia tra otto note e qualificate organizzazioni appartenenti a cinque Stati membri dell’Unione europea: Cipro, Grecia, Italia, Francia e Danimarca. Gli altri partners sono:

1. Action for Equality, Support, Antiracism (KISA), Cyprus: Azione per l’uguaglianza, il sostegno e l’antirazzismo (KISA), Cipro. 2. Institute of Labour of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (INE/GSEE), Greece: Istituto del Lavoro della Confederazione Generale dei Lavoratori Greci (INE/GSEE), Grecia. 3. Institute of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals Craftsmen and Merchants (IME/GSEVEE), Greece: Istituto della Confederazione Ellenica dei Professionisti, Artigiani e Commercianti (IME/GSEVEE); Grecia. 4. Università degli Studi di Milano (UMIL), Italia. 5. Enaip Veneto Impresa Sociale, Italia. 6  Iriv Conseil, Francia. 7. Videnscenter for Integration, Denmark:  Centro studi  per l’integrazione, Danimarca

La durata del progetto è di 34 mesi, a partire dal 1 ottobre 2016, con un budget di 361.480 euro, distribuiti tra i diversi partners. Tematicamente, come suggerisce il titolo, il progetto è focalizzato sull’integrazione degli immigrati che lavorano in piccole e medie imprese e sulla diversità etnica. Prevede  lo sviluppo e l’erogazione di programmi di formazione settoriale rivolti sia alle comunità immigrate nei cinque paesi membri partecipanti, sia agli attori sociali del settore, sindacalisti e imprenditori. Il progetto, in aggiunta, conduce due ricerche innovative interconnesse sulle piccole e medie imprese, un convegno internazionale e diversi altri eventi.

L’unità partner dell’Università degli studi di Milano è il Dipartimento di Scienze sociali e politiche e il responsabile del progetto è Maurizio Ambrosini, docente di Sociologia delle Migrazioni.