Migranten werden Unternehmer

In the last years a huge number of refugees are coming to Europe or have already arrived. It is safe to assume that a large proportion of them will stay for the foreseeable future as migrants. Amongst these people, there are many from Afghanistan. A high need for integration measures exists for these people. With our project, we want to contribute to the support and integration of Afghan migrants. Together with our partners in Poland and Turkey, we want to develop educational opportunities for Afghan migrants in the field of starting up a business, and help them to achieve self-employment.
Objectives of the Project: Our project aims to work cooperatively with different partners from other parts of Europe. Thereby, we want to develop a network with our partners, in order for us to advance our ideas. Our cooperation will be about an exchange of methods and practices, in order to widen and strengthen our skills at a European level. We are going to observe the situation for Afghan
migrants in each of the partner countries, and work out solutions for issues involving the economic independence of these people.
Description of the Activities: There will be three project meetings. These will be used in order for us to explore our existing capacities and resources, draw up plans for the learning activities and develop a network with both participant and external partner organisations. We are going to also carry out learning activities. In four learning activities, we will cover the topics of the current situation regarding migrants in Europe, the reaching of the target group and the needs and direction of the education programs, as well as opportunities, methods and organisation of the education programs and political direction in various regions of Europe. Methodology to be used in the carrying out of the Project: The primary emphasis of our project is going to be the four learning activities, which will take place in Turkey. We will invite expert speakers to these events. Their lectures will take place in the morning, while group work and the exchange of ideas amongst participants will happen in the afternoon. We will make a visit to a migrant organisation or a state/private institution with a focus on Afghan migrants. The progress and outcome of these learning activities will be documented by the participants in reports, to be circulated via the project’s website and social networks.
Results and Impact: The intercultural competence of the participants should be strengthened, as well as a greater degree of openness towards processes at a European level in relation to work on migrants being achieved. The constructed network of internal and external partners is thereby used as a forum for the discussion of methods and opportunities in the education of Afghan migrants, as well as the advancement of the dissemination of project results.