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department for business, innovation and skills (BIS).
Project website: www.prospects.co.uk [accessed 3.4.2014].

Contrat engagement The CED is a mechanism which allows at-risk groups,
diversité (CED) (Contract potentially subject to discrimination, to have greater access
commitment diversity), to guidance training options, internships and work. It relies on
France a contract signed between clients and supporting entities
which allows for the client to acquire professional experience
within one of the partner organisations in the public sector.
The programme is designed so that the experience and
training acquired can be transferred and networked into the
private sector, once the programme is concluded. The CED
pools existing support mechanisms (contracts) reinforcing
them with a targeted set of guidance, advice and follow-up
activities. Guidance activities include a detailed assessment
with sampling of professions, production of a personal
development plan, on the job training with tutorship. The
individuals are followed by a counsellor, a tutor in the host
institution and a ‘godfather’ for the transition to the private
sector at the end of the programme. All participants are
trained and each CED is regularly monitored. Partner
organisations include the City Council of Amiens, the
administration of the Somme department, the hospital centre
of Amiens, the regional government of Picardie and the
public employment service.

Project website: http://amiens.fr/egalite/ [accessed 3.4.2014].

+development The project provides services which support the integration
(Comprehensive of immigrants at risk of social exclusion. Guidance activities
intervention for include the development of basic skills (including language),
immigrants), Greece skills assessment, counselling, information on training and
labour market and the development of professional
networking and job matching in cooperation with employers.
The project also develops awareness-raising events with the
participation of both the native and immigrant communities.
The project is supported by a website that enables the
exchange of good practices. Partner organisations include
the Nostos Organisation for Social Integration, non-profit
organisations, a centre for women’s studies, the Greek
Council for Refugees, the General Secretariat for Lifelong
Learning, the Greek Manpower Employment Organisation.
Project website: http://www.nostos.org.gr/site/en/index.html
[accessed 3.4.2014].

Portale Integrazione The portal provides guidance through online information and
Migranti (Migrant advice to immigrants. It aims at aiding access to all services
integration portal), Italy offered in the territory, ensuring proper information for non-
nationals, easing their integration into Italian society. It is
organised in four areas: education and learning, work,
housing and local government, access to essential services,
and minors and second generations. For each area the portal

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