<< Background >>The migratory phenomenon is one of the most important challenges of our societies. In order to create an equal and healthy Migration System Management, it needs that people who legally live in EU have the possibility to contribute to the well-being, prosperity and cohesion of societies. In 2019 Third Countries Citizens were 20,9 million (Eurostat), 4,7% of EU population, and they had limited employment opportunities (60% of people from 20 to 64 years old). Waiting for the definition of a complete framework concerning 2020 (that registered an increase of about 95.000) UNHCR, ONU Agency for Refugee, estimates that 80 million of people all over the world will be forced to escape. Despite ONU asked the “cease-fire” in order to face the Pandemic, wars and persecutions continue and containment measures make difficult reaching the safety.Migrant’s inclusion is a key element for UE Agenda of Von der Leyen Commission that, after Junker Agenda, talks again about Cooperation and Partnership among national authorities, local bodies, stakeholders and society, in order to allow refugees/migrants to have access to the labour market and to stimulate the dialogue about the skills the EU needs. Commission is working on the Action Plan for Integration and inclusion 2021-2024, in order to complete the reform of EU Directives about Blue Card and Resident Permit for migrants with low skills. Final goal is multiplying legal paths to support the matching between qualified migrants and labour market. UE, especially during this Pandemic situation that increases inequalities and highlights the lack of labor, must strengthen the intercultural education system and make the inclusion measures adequate to the actual and future needs. It is very important especially because there is an increase of migratory pressure, so it needs to support regular entrances. According to OCSE countries, EU is back in the race for talent. According to the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), complex procedures make difficult the access to the training and employment and cause serious consequences for the refugee, increasing his vulnerability, mistreatment and criminality. Refugee migration flow caused the relight of discriminatory feelings that degenerated in acts of intolerance and violence. Needs analysis conducted by partners shows that it needs to guarantee the respect of human dignity and human rights of people who legally live in EU. Doctors Without Borders, in Italy and in other Med Countries, denounced insalubrity, miserable sanitary conditions, mistreatment, lack of health care and marginalization for migrants that are obliged to live in informal settlements (Rap.MSF2019). For mobility and job instability, most of them have a lot of difficulties to have access to health assistance and services. Focus groups addressed to a representative sample of migrants, employers, reception centres and focused on migrants’ participation to work life, showed to the partners the common need to improve the inclusion practices with innovative and re-usable paths. Partners, who deal in the field of VET and Reception Services, noticed that employer and labour market need some skills, while reception centres operators meet young migrants, without previous experiences and with learning difficulties because they don’t know the language, so they probably will be poor and not included. In this context, INTERC.Lab aims at creating efficient inclusion practices thanks to the develop of migrants’ key competences and employers’ intercultural skills. They, with the daily operation of inclusion lab, will support the civil cohabitation.<< Objectives >>General goal of the project is to contribute, with effective methods and tools, to the development of a common European system for the management of the work inclusion of third-country migrant legally residing in the EU, and to the development of the European culture of hospitality and solidarity, through the construction and experimentation of educational and intercultural practices, addressed to EU employers and migrants.The mail purpose of INTERC.Lab, in line with the Erasmus + 2021 priorities, with the objectives of the Pact on Migration, with the SDGs of the Agenda2030 (reduction of inequalities, recognition of human rights) and with the objectives of NEXT Generation UE, is to increase the opportunities of migrants to be included in the labour market. In particular, the cooperation partnership intends to achieve the following objectives:- identify and describe in a Handbook the paths and methods for the development of intercultural skills by employers of migrants- develop the intercultural skills of EU employers, through the creation of curricula adapted to the needs identified and tailor-made- develop the key and professional skills of migrants, through laboratories for work inclusion- implement and disseminate the use of the EU Blue Card, through the production of Guidelines on the procedures for issuing and using the Card, which is strategic to promote regular entry of migrants and attract skilled labor needed for the EU labor market- increase the ability of employers and migrants to have access and use the EU Blue Card, through the construction and use of the Job & Intercultural App<< Implementation >>The project develops activities aimed at improving the socio-labor inclusion skills of third country migrants in EU companies, through the development of intercultural skills of employers and the capacity for inclusion of migrants in the company and through the development of key competences and employment skills of migrants. Furthermore, the project develops tools to implement the regular entries of non-EU migrants in Europe, through the following activities:PR.1 Handbook on Intercultural and socio-emotional skills trainingPR.2 Training curriculum on intercultural competences of European employersPR.3 Inclusive workshops on key and professional skills of migrantsPR.4 Guidelines for access to the EU Blue Card: collection aimed at internationalization and dissemination in the EU economic system of Rules and Procedures for the use of the Blue Card, long-term residence permit for qualified migrants.PR.5 Job & Intercultural App, creation and testing of a mobile App to implement the use of the migrant's EU Blue CardIn order to ensure the achievement of the objectives and the delivery of the project results, specific working methods will be implemented both in terms of management techniques and implementation of activities, monitoring and evaluation, and management of related development risks. The management uses Project Management, Project Quality Assurance and Risk Management methodologies.The methodology applied in the IMPLEMENTATION of actions, i.e. in the development of project results, which guarantees the achievement of objectives, is based on:1. RESEARCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES developed through:- Bibliographic researches using the web and connecting to networks focused on the tools and methods used for the development of socio-emotional and intercultural skills applied to migrant inclusion services;- Qualitative and quantitative survey through the administration of ad hoc questionnaires with closed questions with multiple choice answers and focus groups / information sessions- CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing) collection method and through social networks, to disseminate the questionnaires via web and direct interviews.- Methodologies and techniques for conducting focus groups, created as a complement to the questionnaire and conducted with facilitation methodologies;- Processing of collected data: analysis techniques, definition of indicators, graphic processing, comparison and synthesis- Reporting techniques2.TECHNICS for identifying, validating and certifying non-formal and informal SKILLS based on ECVET principles;3. Job Analysis: identification of areas of activity (ADA) of the profile of the manager / entrepreneur and of the specific gaps in the work process of selection and insertion of the migrant worker in the company; construction of teaching units aimed at bridging the gap in intercultural skills detected4.ECVET for the recognition of educational credits.5. Training planned and delivered according to the gaps / needs of the recipients and based on learning outcomes, with modular structure and in e-learning mode.6. Production of educational content and open educational resources.7. Didactic techniques and methods of Cooperative Learning, Problem Based Learning and Challenge Based Learning in laboratories for the development of key and professional skills of migrants8. Workshops, Seminars and Webinars on the techniques for using the Job & Intercultural App, created by the project, to implement the use of the Blue Card and the regular entry of qualified migrants.<< Results >>The expected results of the project, according to the main activities, are the following:A1. Project Management: Project Handbook, Handbook for accounting-administrative management, Agenda and Report, Time sheets, Videos and photos; Semi-annual and final reports, to-do lists and work plans; Project reports to examine timing, budget, methodological issues, measurement of expected and achieved results,A2. Project quality assurance and Risk Management: Risk Management Plan; Evaluation reports and materials / tools at process, results and Impact level.A3. Project results:PR.1 Handbook on intercultural training. Training manual of intercultural and socio-emotional skills. Review and evaluation of existing methods with mapping of training needs of EU employers, in relation to the skills to include migrants in their work context. Expected result: 40 employers and social representatives networks per partner country will be involved in the evaluation of methods for the development of intercultural skills applied in the integration of migrants. Total people involved n. 220PR2 Curriculum on intercultural training: n. 30 employers from each partner country will be involved in curriculum development and testing. Total people trained n. 150PR3 Inclusive workshops: development of key and professional skills (linguistic, civic, digital, operational skills) In each partner country, migrants, supported by VET operators and employers, carry out practical learning activities at company premises. People involved 180 (employers and migrants). Total persons trained 120.PR4 Guidelines on the EU Blue Card: Collection of Procedures for issuing the Blue Card, the long-term residence permit for qualified migrants. Result: n. 300 people will be reached by Webinars on the benefits of the Blu Card.PR5 Job & Intercultural App, construction and testing of an App to implement the EU Blue Card. 80 people will be involved in the testing, including migrants and EU citizens, per partner country, with a total of 400 people.C.1 L.T.T.A: n. 12 VET operators / project staff will acquire SEL methodologies and CBL teaching techniques for the development of training activitiesA4. Dissemination and Exploitation:The main expected results in the field of communication and dissemination plan are:- development of intercultural skills of employers in support of migrants- development of linguistic, civic, digital and professional skills of migrants- innovative development and raising the quality of work of the EU Integration System- improvement of the quality of work of VET organizations and development of mobility and transnational work capacity with experiences of LTTA- dissemination of intercultural dialogue between people of different cultures- use of European transparency tools EQF, ECVET, EQAVET in training workshops for migrants- innovation of labor inclusion services for migrants with the use of technologies and applications- development of regular migration, with the dissemination of EU Blue Card guidelines- adoption by local policies of good practices of inclusion and welfare work,- development of the social and economic partnership (VET, Enterprises, Third Sector) in the services of socio-labor inclusion of the migrantTotal people informed: 5,000. Stakeholder Committees Meetings: 30. 6,530 people from the target group will be informed; n. 1,500 employers and migrants will be trained.Finally, the partners will implement shared actions for the sustainability and re-use of the results: the network of stakeholders supports the systemization / adoption of P. Results (Blu Card, compulsory intercultural training for companies, Laboratories). The result will be verified during the fundraising campaigns, carried out for three years after the end of the project.