This project was a firm and decided initiative towards the integration of the immigrants who choose to live and work in our countries. The immigrant population represents an essential factor of economic development and there are many immigrants who need the establishment of social networks for the normalization of the access to the available resources connected to the problem of accommodation, health, education, social services, work, etc. In order to achieve this, it is necessary that the administration, as well as the civil society as a whole, private companies, social agents, etc. join their efforts to make the most of the resources available and to contribute to the creation of a climate of intercultural co‐existence.
For
this, we started from teaching a second language (that of the host
country)
in order to achieve
the social integration of each individual so that we can support his/her insertion
into the labor market: motivating him/her,
counseling him/her when there are difficulties on the labor market. Special
attention was paid to the personal and professional support offered to the immigrant woman.
The main objectives of the project were:
- To analyze and diagnose the social
situation of immigrants.
- To facilitate the social and educational
integration of immigrant learners in conditions of equality, making the basic
aspects of the educational system known.
- To facilitate the labor insertion:
motivating and counseling when there are difficulties on the labor market.
- To foster the development of training
courses directed to immigrants and disadvantaged people.
- To encourage the learning of the host
country language as a second language in order to facilitate the acquisition of
instrumental training, which should help the integration process.
- To promote the aspects connected to the
enrichment of different cultures, facilitating the learning of the maternal
language and culture in order to preserve the cultural identity.
- To provide general information in order
to avoid cultural misunderstandings and unnecessary conflicts when people of
different cultures interact.
- To elaborate materials adapted to the
characteristics and needs of our learners.
- To research topics related to L2 teaching
to migrants from an intercultural perspective.
- To make up a schedule of the activities
in order to develop attitudes of coexistence, tolerance and respect.
- To foster and develop social integration plans
by our institutions. To support the elaboration of an Intercultural Education
Project.
- To provide the teachers in the area with
the basic didactic materials necessary for the reception of and work with
minority learners, taking into account their diversity.
- To facilitate the access of immigrants
and disadvantaged people to the new technologies (Digital divide).
- To
encourage the development
of future collaboration projects between the different
institutions participating in this projects.
Read more about the
project at: http://www.abriendopuertas.eu/puenteentremayores/proyecto.htm