Migration & Gender: Vocational and Educational counseling - MOVE ON Kick-off meeting

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1 Migration & Gender: Vocational and Educational counseling - MOVE ON Kick-off meeting Mar Camarasa i Casals, Laura Sales Gutiérrez Surt Foundation, Barcelona London, 19 th November 2015 The Programme is funded by Erasmus+ under UK01-KA

2 Contents 1. The Surt Foundation 2. Output 3 3. Surt s background on career counselling, gender and migration: the Forward project

3 Who are we? SURT FOUNDATION SURT is a nonprofit foundation made up of 95% women, that has worked with women and for women since We aim to be a transformational project, committed to the values of gender equality, inclusion, solidarity and social transformation. Axes: Gender equality - Inclusion in society and the workplace - Cultural diversity Participation- Responsibility and coherency

4 INCLUSION VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SUPPORT AND PREVENTION Comprehensive itineraries of inclusion and professionalization Skill-based employability itinerary Programmes for the empowerment and leadership of Roma women Social care Legal advice Comprehensive service Group action and individual support Training Prevention and awareness-raising ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMUNITY AND INTERCULTURAL ACTION Welcoming recent immigrants Community action programmes CONSULTANCY AND SERVICES Auditing and diagnosis on gender Internal equality plans and political plans for citizen equality Counselling, training and training materials RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

5 Research recent and current projects Violence against women Alternative Future WE GO! Women Economic-independence & Growth Opportunity Social services for Roma girls and children Gender relations and violence in Roma communities WAVE. Women against violence engagement Trafficking of women GIRL. Gender Interventions for the Rights and Liberties of Women and Girls Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation Stop Traffic for Domestic Work Genderis Migrant women and citizenship Forward PARTI.GE.MI. Labour market and social exclusion Impact of the crisis on women Methodological innovation

6 Surt O3 Catalogue of profile requirements for a gender and culturally sensitive career advising Months Round table discussion at each meeting summary report by Surt Final approval each partner presents it to three stakeholders for feedback final report

7 Surt O3 Issues to be discussed Necessary framework (organization) to offer quality career counselling? Attitude of the counsellor? Professional skills? How to apply the counselling methods?

8 Competence portfolio and pedagogical tools to identify, recognise, validate and improve the competences acquired by migrant women in formal, non-formal and informal learning contexts LLP- Grundtvig Multilateral project: LLP ES-GRUNDTVIG-GMP

9 The starting point Migrant women are in a vulnerable situation in the EU in terms of employability and social inclusion. Gender and origin crisscross as disadvantage factors for migrant women. Not recognition of their previous experiences loss of talent and increase of their social exclusion.

10 A model for migrant women To create an innovative methodology based on the concept of competences for inclusion. Adapted to the common experiences of migrant women But flexible, so that it may be used with diverse migrant women and in a variety of contexts (different countries of origin, different host countries, cultural and ethnic background, etc.)

11 Main elements of the Forward model Empowerment

12 Forward process Research Creation of the methodology Pilot test Final materials Migrant women s experiences always in the centre

13 Criteria for the selection of competences Developed by migrant women, specially during the migration process THE 25 FORWARD COMPETENCES Fundamental for their empowerment and social inclusion Frequently identified during the research in the 6 partner countries Identified in the context of the EU Key competences

14 The 25 Forward competences 1. Communication 2. Mathematical competence 3. Digital competence 4. Awareness of the host country environment and use of services 5. Job and information search 6. Civic competence 7. Change management 8. Self-confidence 9. Acting with autonomy 10. Self-knowledge 11. Sense of initiative 12. Responsibility 13. Perseverance & resilience 14. Analysing and synthesising information 15. Organisation and management 16. Management of emotions 17. Team work and cooperation 18. Grabbing opportunities 19. Negotiation and conflict management 20. Establishment of useful relationships 21. Capability to project 22. Intercultural competence 23. Management of bicultural identity 24. Learning to learn 25. Interpretation and situation in context

15 23. MANAGEMENT OF BICULTURAL IDENTITY Capacity to access two (or more) cultural frames actively and to keep two (or more) cultural identities in a positive way (a competence which is likely to grow with the duration of stay in the host country). ELEMENTS OF COMPETENCE KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES SKILLS Knowledge of the culture of the host country (traditions, language, customs). Knowledge of the culture of origin (traditions, language, customs). Appreciation and positive attitude towards two (or more) different cultures and the willingness to understand and value both (all) of them. Willingness to integrate different views and values (in the sense of: tolerance for contradictions). Shifting between different cultural systems and adjusting one s perceptions and behaviour accordingly. Integrating different views and values (tolerance for contradictions). Adapting to different social environments.

16 Creation of the Forward methodology A series of tools (more than 40) for identifying, developing and promoting validation of competences. Most tools are experiential and visual.

17 Forward methodology Main Forward tools: Forward Questionnaire for self-evaluation of competences and map of competences.

18 Competence portfolio Inspired in Europass. 8 sections. To be filled in throughout the course

19 Pilot test of the methodology 150 migrant women from non-eu countries, Africa, Asia and Latin America participated in the pilot test. The aim was to test the methodology and tools with migrant women. Afterwards, some tools were modified (questionnaire) or removed.

20 Final materials Handbook for professionals, with the conceptual framework. Toolbox for professionals: pedagogical tools to put in practice the Forward methodology (questionnaire, portfolio, etc.). Available on the Forward website:

21 Thank you