Partners
The INTEGR8 project is led by Meath Partnership and is promoted by a consortium of seven organisations from across Europe with vast experience of working directly within local migrant communities.
These organisations come from Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, Italy and Austria – seven European countries each with differing experiences of receiving and integrating migrants.
In bringing together this project team, Meath Partnership has ensured the team has a blend of skills and experience that is relevant to the focus of the project.
Meath Partnership
Meath Partnership provide a wide range of supports to the local migrant community and are the lead agency of the Meath Intercultural Network (MIN). We have forged strategic links with the Migrants Rights Centre of Ireland, Irish Network Against Racism, the Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Office of the Minister of Integration. We have a leadership role in the executive committee of MIN; actively participate on a wide range of thematic working groups; and are the sole funding contributor to the running costs of MIN. We recently trained 20 residents from ethnic minority communities living in County Meath to conduct a participatory and generative baseline study of ethnic minority views, opinions and needs in County Meath providing data to support action planning, priority setting and decision making which have a clear focus on improving outcomes for ethnic minorities living in Meath. The results of this research available on www.meathpartnership.ie have informed this INTEGR8 proposal.
- Ireland
- meathpartnership.ie
CARDET - Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology
CARDET is one of the premier social justice oriented organizations in Cyprus with extensive experience developing and implementing programs focusing on migrants and integration. We are the founders of the Mediterranean Migration Network migrationnetwork.org, which is funded by EU Solidarity funds, with more than 150 organizations as members from EU and the world. CARDET is also the Cyprus Focal Point of the European Website on Integration ec.europa.eu and the Cyprus partner for Migrant Integration Policy Index Project (MIPEX), - mipex.eu Moreover CARDET completed more than 12 projects on issues related to migration and integration, under the Solidarity Funds and the Lifelong Learning Programs. In addition, CARDET is the Cyprus focal point of the Global Network “Social Watch”, with more than 200 member organizations, working in the fields of social justice and social integration. Furthermore, CARDET is a founder member of the Cyprus Platform for Non-Governmental Development Organizations, with more than 30 member organizations.
- Cyprus
- cardet.org
ISQ Formação
ISQ has presently about 1400 collaborators around the world with 800 in Portugal and is the second biggest VET provider in Portugal, with branches in all Portuguese regions. ISQ is vastly experienced in all areas of the training cycle such as needs analyses; curriculum design; implementation of training; and evaluation including expertise in creation of national standards; certification and recognition of knowledge and competencies. With more than 20 years of experience of participation in EU funded projects, ISQ as a whole has promoted or participated in over 500 projects. Social inclusion projects addressing the needs of women, younth at risk, NEETS, long term unemployed adults, migrants, and people with a disability are a key focus of ISQs learning projects.
- Portugal
- isq.pt
University of Pitesti
UPIT through its Faculty of Educational Sciences organizes a wide range of activities for the continuous professional development of teachers and trainers. It manages specific activities of scientific research and technological development for teachers in pre-university educational system at all vocational work levels. FSEd has a Cabinet of didactic counsellors for teaching careers in order to advise students as regards their career orientation as future teachers and also to advise teachers during the programs of continuous training. Due to its profile of activity, reputation and former results, UPIT is regularly consulted by authorities such as The Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research and is regularly asked to provide support and expert opinion where the development of new policies and strategies for education and training are concerned.
- Romania
- upit.ro
Learning Unlimited
Learning Unlimited (LU) is a creative, passionate and forward-looking not-for-profit social enterprise based in London. Our highly-skilled and committed staff team is building on a 30+ year track record of pioneering work in literacy, language (ESOL), numeracy, family learning, integration, offender learning, teacher education and volunteering, established through our predecessor organisations – the London Language and Literacy Unit and subsequently LLU. We are committed to working with all marginalised people, including migrants, as well as working in partnership with other organisations who share our values and aims. 85% of our programmes are community-based and delivered free of charge to our participants/users. Our work includes teaching, volunteer and teacher training, research, projects, publishing and consultancy. We work locally, regionally and nationally. We also participate in European funded projects and undertake international work. In relation to integration work, LU has led several very successful European Integration Fund (EIF) partnership projects.
FormAzione Co&So Network
FormAzione Co&So Network (FCN) is a Consortium of 11 Social Cooperatives located in the Province of Florence. The personnel of FCN is of 10 employees but all together the people working in the Associated Cooperatives are around 700. Among the associated cooperatives there is a cooperative “Il Cenacolo” (110 employees) that works directly with the target group of the project: they run, on behalf of the Municipality of Florence, residential camps and centers for migrants, they provide social inclusion pathway and counselling to promote their Active Citizenship. FCN has been working in the field of European projects since 2004 and has developed projects most in the field of ESF, LLP, Erasmus+ and Daphne, thanks to this experience we have an administrative department dedicated to the financial aspects of the EU projects.
- Italy
- formazionenet.eu
Jugend am Werk Steiermark
Jugend am Werk (JaW) provides housing and support to asylum seekers in support of existing integration procedures. Furthermore Jugend am Werk provides a lot of support to enable asylum seekers and migrants participate in education and training in preparation for entry to the labour market. In Austria at the moment the vast majority of refugees are from Syria, Iraq, Russia and Afghanistan. The educational and professional backgrounds of these refuges are completely different and JaW is pursuing different approaches to different groups of refugees to integrate them in the labour market.
- Austria
- jaw.at
