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The project partners, the Katholische Erwachsenenbildung im Lande Niedersachsen e.V. (KEB) from Hannover, Pro Educatione from Transylvania and Fundacja na Rzecz Studiów Europejskich (FEPS) from Wroclaw, have been engaging questions regarding working migration for a long time. This concerns theoretical aspects of the phenomenon as well as the institutions practical work in adult education through language courses, intercultural trainings and vocational training. The project partners realized, that in the last years, debates surrounding work migration have focused heavily on the structural dimension of the phenomenon. Through such a scope, the personal experiences of working migrants are systematically excluded. Consequently, questions of import go unanswered. E.g.: How do working migrants perceive their situation? Which requirements do they see as necessary to foster their successful social inclusion? Through the project „Narratives of Working Migration as Tools for the Assessment of Education Demands“, the project partners will engage these questions. They agree, that working migration requires an overall European approach in education which aims at social inclusion. The project comprises of two stages: In the first phase of the project, narrative-biographic interviews are to be conducted with working migrants in Germany, Poland and Romania. Interview partners shall include persons planning to move abroad for work, as well as persons already working in other countries and people who have returned to their countries of origin after working abroad. The interviews aim at assessing educational requirements for working migrants. The findings of this survey shall be published as part of a study which will be made available to the public. This study will, in the second phase of the project, serve as the basis for a curriculum which adresses the educational requirements identified through the analysis of the Interviews. This curriculum, which will presumably be comprised of components addressing language skills, legal, political as well as cultural aspects, will be taught by the projects partners, constantly improved and accompanied by comprehensive teaching and learning materials. The central intellectual output of the project is the curriculum with the accompanying learning and teaching materials. This output enables all institutions for adult education in Europe to engage working with the socially disadvantaged group of working migrants. Thus, a wide range of barriers hindering participation can be dismantled and social inclusion can be fostered. Besides this practical approach towards working migration, the project will also engage the political aspect of the issue through a multiplier event. Together with members of the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education and the EP Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the European dimension of working migration shall be discussed. Furthermore, it shall be determined which European education strategies are promising for working migrants. Through this event, the project seeks to inform the policies of the European Parliament and to sustainably impact institutions of adult education. By way of a project homepage, providing the findings and materials created through the project, a long term contact shall be established and maintained with interested institutions in the field of education. These institutions will be asked to share their experiences with the curriculum and to contribute to a best-practice-compilation, as well as the continuing improvement of the teaching and learning materials. Through this, the notion of working migration as task for an overall European education practice shall be consolidated. This shall contribute to an empowerment of working migrants, which enables them to actively participate in the society they work in.
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