“Enabling refugees/migrants’ inclusion, through non-formal digital competences & employability skills’ nurturing” Project is inspired and designed from Youth Workers, working in 6 organizations all over Europe, from Southern to Northern ones. All of them have previous experience in working with marginalized & vulnerable groups, as well as individuals with fewer opportunities (incl. refugees/migrants/unemployed/NEETs/young people), enabling their competences’ empowerment. The goal of this project is to enable the exchange of good-case practices & project ideas between these NGOs and promote solidarity through voluntary actions and awareness events.The partners have mainly focus in the field of vocational training, education, employment and social inclusion, what’s more using technological tools (either using formal or non-formal practices), and innovative approaches. They decided that they want to interact with like-minded professionals and enhance the programs & services, in order to match two main needs and contexts: - the demand for digital skills in the EU labour market and - the need for the vulnerable to have equal access to opportunities in education and employment. In this way, they will be able to give back their community and get included. The idea was created from the approval and successful steps of the MIGRACODE in Spain (Project ID: 2018-3-ES02-KA205-012299) (realization of 1 coding course, after SHA’s capacity building activity) and the willingness of more stakeholders, to replicate its scope in their local communities, by starting a new Coding School. In this project, these NGOs are the Föreningen Framtidståget & Ticket2Europe. The expansion of digital upskilling & employability skills schools network will enable the implementation of good-case practices that will be generated through the Project’s activities. The educational programs provided for refugees, migrants, unemployed people, in 6 European Countries will be improved as new innovative methodologies will be implemented. In the project’s activities, training and employment agencies, certification authorities, VET providers (associate partners of the consortium) will contribute in accelerating labour market integration of youth, by sharing good-case practices and ideas.In order to boost this exchange of knowledge, transnational meetings are planned, in order to track the progress of the projects and outputs’ realization. Another goal will the equal participation and contribution of all partners in the project’s outputs. We have designed 3 short-term training events that will cover different but important aspects of social integration and IT Industry: Vocational Training, Skills Certification, Employability & Hiring Processes Standardization, Increase of Graduation Rate and The role of Youth Work in these aspects above). 12 Youth Workers will participate in each activity, 2 from each partner (DIRECT BENEFICIARIES) and 800 beneficiaries (refugees/asylum seekers/migrants, aged 18-50 that have work permit in EU) will be engaged in these activities in their local communities, by participating in the amended educational programs (INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES) The objectives of the project are:- To promote quality youth work as a way to support vulnerable people to regain their self-efficacy, and enforce its practices in order to serve more beneficiaries- To better understand the needs of refugees and align IT innovative educational programs upon them, in order to develop their skills and indeed help them- To standardize and automate the graduation rate and recruitment process of students, creating a strategy to bring companies closer to students - To enhance the employability of students by aligning the digital skills curricula taught, with EU IT Certifications Standards (ex. ECDL) - To implement non-formal education practices, when teaching them hard & soft skills- To strengthen the community and network of the organizations of the consortium, by engaging stakeholders, such as companies, foundation, local authorities and European Partners- To ensure sustainability and dissemination of project results, the Strategic Partnership foresees conferences al local, national and European level, as well as designs jointly a follow-up strategy to expand the teaching and employability model across Europe - To empower 5local NGOs in the next 5 years to open up a coding school for migrants themselves, following the example of the partners, already running itMoreover, through this project, the skills of the youth workers and educational leaders participating in the activities will be enhanced and new professional competences will be acquired that are needed in the competitive job market. In disseminating projects’ results we will engage local and international media, tech companies and NGOs in not only 6 EU Cities but across EU, by sharing the good-case practices produced, through reports/handbooks and open-source platforms.