Job to Stay - Sustainable Integration of Low-skilled Refugees into the Tourism Labour Market - French partner Odyssée

This project is coordinated by FHM in Schwerin, Germany, in partnership with EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURS in Austria, Formazione Co & So Network in Italy, Association Odyssée in France, Philanthropy asssociation for the promotion of voluntary work from Slovenia, IHK Projektgesellschaft (Ostbrandenburg) mbH and Verbund für soziale Projekte (VSP), Germany, European Network for Transfer and Exploitation of EU Project Results (E.N.T.E.R.) in Austria, the Univerza na primorskem, Slovenia.
Outlook: In 2015 and 2016, 2.1 Mio refugees applied for asylum in Europe. The migration flows and the asylum application processes contain effects not only for society but economy in all European countries – influencing their systems of vocational, general and professional education, labour markets and also have impact on organisations dealing with the support and integration of refugees or asylum seekers. Although there are many initiatives and institutions dealing with the general integration of refugees, female refugees face problems in integration more often. There is a need for specific offers to allow female refugees to actually “come in” in the new countries and then also to integrate them socially as well as economically in labour markets.
The tourism sector provides a variety of connecting factors, as here still lies enormous potential for growth. Tourism has been multicultural ever since, even more, nowadays there is an urgent need for professionals. The objective of the Erasmus+ funded project “Job to stay” is the placement and furthermore the development of relevant highly qualifying skills and competences for refugees to grant them access to vocational education and qualifications. In addition to this, another objective is the sensitization of decision makers at different levels. Still, the core of this project is the integration of female refugees into the labour market in the tourism sector.

Within two years, five chosen qualification profiles of the tourism sector shall be described according to the EQF level 2. Based on them, the partners are going to develop an assessment model for these profiles, which is going to be tested in a 6-months “placement integration model” in reality. The concluding Green Paper will conclude all results and experiences of the project to enable other stakeholders and users access of the summary.

This project is supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission. This communication relies only with the view of its author and does not reflect the view of the European Commission.

Project N°2017-1-DE02-KA202-004272 Job to stay – Sustainable Integration of Low-skilled Refugees into the Tourism Labour Market