NEW European citizens! Tools for the Inclusion of Migrants in European Society

Context The European Union has found itself unprepared to govern the mass migration phenomenon of the last five years (2015-2020), as many of the tools to manage it are still in the hands of the national states. For their part, individual states have not shown a willingness to act together and according to common rules. The initiatives have thus fragmented.However, the European Commission has tried to activate programs and funding for projects to support the reception and inclusion of migrants and refugees, however, little has been done about a complete social and political inclusion that takes into account the rights / duties of citizenship within the national communities and within the common European home. This is an important task, on which the future stability of the EU institutions and the preservation of its principles inspired by the dignity of the person will depend.Purposes and objectives The aim of the project is to exchange good practices at transnational and European level and to outline new approaches, methods and tools for the training of migrants and refugees from third countries as future aware and responsible European citizens.The objectives that the project pursues are therefore the following:. create a transnational network to promote the development and exchange at local, regional, national and European level of innovative and improvement practices aimed at supporting a more active participation of migrants and refugees from third countries in European society in terms of informed citizenship. identify guidelines that allow the various operators who support migrants and refugees from third countries to guide them towards the acquisition of complex social and civic skills. imagine paths specifically intended for migrants and refugees for the knowledge of democratic values, fundamental rights, the project, the values and the history of the EU (education for European citizenship). Lay the foundations for the future realization of European civic education courses aimed at migrants and refugees, based on the educational model identified in the final report of the project.Number and profile of participantsParticipants to focus groups:-Experts: 50/100-Migrants: 100/150Dissemination events: at least 250 experts and migrants/refugeesCitizens: at least 5000Policy Makers: 150/250NEW TIMES activitiesTo implement the set objectives, the project intends to carry out a series of coordinated activities at national and transnational level:A.1. Collection (on a documentary basis) of good practices on the transmission of social and civic skills to the adult populationA.2 Detailed investigation of the educational needs and social and civic skills of migrants and refugees A2.1 Focus Group among sector operatorsA2.2 Focus Group among migrants and refugeesA3. Development of the educational model and the NEW TIMES curriculumA4. Transnational training of the first group of educators / mentors NEW TIMES (LTTA C1)A5. National in-depth workshopsMethodology to be used in carrying out the projectThe working method will be the one usually used by research-action in the training and educational field: listening and analysis of needs, sharing and development of good practices, design and theoretical construction of new possible approaches, methods and intervention tools, putting theoretical models to the test, identifying new operating models examined by experience. Results and impact envisaged The main results of the project are:R1) active involvement at local level and through the coordination of partner organizations, citizenship education experts and the various subjects involved in the training of migrants and refugees from third countriesR2) the development of new approaches, methods, tools dedicated to European citizenship education for effective social and political inclusion of migrants and refugees from third countries within European society (NEW TIMES educational model)R3) NEW TIMES curriculumIn this sense, the project aims to produce a positive and lasting impact on all those involved at local and transnational level by showing the effectiveness of coordinated and integrated interventions for the inclusion of refugees and migrants in a European and supranational dimension. Potential longer term benefitsThe project can produce long-term benefits by contributing to:. perceive the importance of adequate training for European citizenship specifically addressed to migrants and refugees for their full social and political inclusion. increase awareness of the positive potential represented by migrants and refugees for the development of European society . improve mutual understanding and intercultural dialogue between migrants and refugees and host societies, with consequent positive effects on social cohesion