Objectives
OBJECTIVE I
To promote the entry of unaccompanied minors into their new country’s workforce in a manner which is mutually beneficial to them and their host communities.
OBJECTIVE II
To train professionals engaged in the support of unaccompanied minors in the 5 participating Member States and provide them with the civic skills necessary.
OBJECTIVE III
To promote the treatment of unaccompanied minors as rights-holders, in accordance with their best interests as children.
The Project
Civic education is an important yet sometimes overlooked vehicle for integrating migrants into the labor market, especially unaccompanied minors who are transitioning into adulthood. To promote their entry into their new countrys workforce in a manner which is mutually beneficial to them and their host communities, the Civilhood project will train professionals engaged in their support in the 5 participating Member States (Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Slovenia and Austria) to provide them with the civic skills necessary. The proposed action is designed to promote the treatment of unaccompanied minors as rights-holders, in accordance with their best interests as children.
News
𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐀 – 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌
In the conversations with the interviewees, it quickly became apparent that the young refugees have the same dreams and wishes as the young people from the Austrian majority society. A safe home and environment and friends and family who support you. The partner...
𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐀 – 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓
The interviewed persons stated that they succeeded in gaining access to the Austrian majority society and in attending school or finding a job, mainly due to the personal commitment of a social worker. But also through their own initiative to take life into their own...
𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐀 – 𝐁𝐄𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐓
Throughout the interviews we were discussing the concept of adulthood. What does it mean to be an adult, who is actually an adult? Does it come with the certain age, does it come with experience? What changes when we're perceived as adults? Take a look at the...
What are the main activities of the project?
Needs analysis and exchange of good practices
Training for professionals providing support to UM in the public and private sector, and pilot training for UM
Development of sustainable training and awareness tools in multiple languages, including most commonly spoken migrant languages
Dissemination, communication and awareness activities, including a roundtable at the EU Parliament
Consortium
