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Valuing diversity: guidance for labour market integration of migrants

Project website: www.aub-berlin.de [accessed 3.4.2014].

Centre for Validation of The centre validates immigrant skills and previous education
Occupational Skills, City and attempts to shorten the time spent in unemployment.
council of Mälmo, Guidance activities include skills assessment, skills testing,
Sweden vocational training, informing, advising. The skills testing
component is central and relies on the contribution of skilled
craftsmen with training in validation procedures. There is
particular attention paid to refugees with no documents/proof
of qualifications. The department of education coordinates
the centre. Labour unions, industries, and professionals in
validation are involved to ensure labour market adjustment.
There is regular reporting to senior officials and
policy/political leaders, twice a year. Users and professionals
are surveyed on satisfaction with the process.
Project website: www.malmo.se [accessed 3.4.2014].

Topikés Dráseis Koinogís The programmes provide support for the labour market
Eutasis gia Eiálotes integration of vulnerable groups, including immigrants.
Omádes – (TOP-EKO) Objectives include raising skills, job placements, creating
(Local integrated self-employment, and enabling access to business funding.
programmes for the Guidance activities include signposting, informing about
social inclusion of training and job opportunities, individual and group
vulnerable groups), counselling, job shadowing, CMS development,
Greece entrepreneurial training. The programmes are implemented
by developmental partnerships with non-profit organisations.
Multicultural guidance is included in practitioner training
programmes. Clients are followed-up. Calls for participation
of beneficiaries on websites of developmental partnerships,
plus leaflets are used to promote the initiatives. The
programmes are funded by the European social fund and
regional budgets. Stakeholders include: the Ministry of
Labour, Social Security and Welfare, municipalities, centres
of lifelong learning.

Project website: www.eoppep.gr [accessed 3.4.2014].
Project on promoting The project provides training and specialised support to
multiculturalism funded experts in multicultural guidance and counselling, so that
by LLP/Euroguidance they can act as multipliers in diverse fields (education,
project, Greece training, employment), by training other professionals,
teachers, advisers, and counsellors: adapted guidance
methodologies and tools to the Greek context; assessed
training needs; training for trainers courses; training to
counsellors; reviewed available e-guidance tools. The
experts involved have academic/research profiles in
multicultural guidance. The initiative was advertised on
EOPPEP websites, in targeted e-mails to potential clients,
and presentations in seminars.
Project website: www.eoppep.gr.

Gabinete de Inserção The professional insertion offices aim at improving the labour

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