BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVESThe European migration policy remains a key priority of the European agenda, leading to a continuous development and update of relevant policies and measures in order to ensure the successful migrant integration into the host societies. According to relevant researches and reviews, the most important factors that can lead to a successful migrants integration are social inclusion, active citizenship and inclusion to education and employment. Focusing on the issue of inclusion to employment, data provided within the EUROSTAT publication “Migrant integration, 2017 edition” show that, despite a high level of education, migrants present higher rates of unemployment and over-qualification compared to those of native-born residents. According to the same publication, it is reported that migration-specific work obstacles such as language and communication challenges, lack of recognition of foreign credentials and experience and discriminations on social and religious grounds may have contributed to this situation. Therefore, the need for supporting 2nd generation migrants overcome these challenges and make their way into employment is more than obvious and imminent. To this direction, ACT POSITIVE partners, by recognizing the importance of positive psychology, aim to develop a new innovative method of training courses that will empower unemployed 2nd generation migrants to not only adapt to potentially stressful events and successfully assimilate these, but also to use these potential stressors as opportunities for positive growth based on identification and utilization of key Positive Psychology constructs and processes.PARTICIPANTSIn order to meet the project’s objectives, at least 30 unemployed 2nd generation migrants per country will be involved in the project’s activities. Other participants that will be indirectly involved are VET trainers and organizations, representatives of public authorities and policy makers, NGOs’ and other relevant stakeholders’ representatives.ACTIVITIESFirstly a synthesis report will be developed including the findings from a literature review on the challenges and obstacles that 2nd generation migrants face within their efforts to find a job along with their needs for developing new skills and/or improving existing ones and from a field research aiming to collect data directly from the project’s target groups.. This report will contribute as a framework for the development of the Training Curriculum, the training course (IO2) and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit (IO4). The training course and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit along with innovative gamified features will be also available through the project’s gamified e-learning platform (IO3).METHODOLOGYRESEARCH: Partners will compile a synthesis report of existing literature on the challenges and obstacles that 2nd generation migrants face within their efforts to find a job along with their needs for developing new skills and/or improving existing ones in order to improve their position within the labor market. At the same time, partners will conduct a field research aiming to collect data directly from the project’s target group: 2nd generation migrants. All relevant findings will be included in the overall synthesis report called “Analysis of the State of the Art on Employability needs of 2nd generation migrants”, which will contribute as a framework for the development of the Training Curriculum, the training course (IO2) and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit (IO4).PILOTING & EVALUATION: The application and experimentation of the developed training course into the partners countries. A minimum number of 30 2nd generation migrants will be included in the piloting activities and will complete the course on the online gamified platform. Online coaches will guide learners throughout their journey, throwing light on their forthcoming missions, helping learners keep on track. The piloting activities will include:1) introductive face-to-face (or via webinar) lesson (to introduce the course); 2) online lessons on the gamified e-learning platform.EXPLOITATION: the two main tools that will be used for ensuring the wide recognition of the project’s results will be the gamified e-learning platform (IO3) and the ACT POSITIVE Toolkit for VET trainers / organizations and policy makers, ensuring:1) availability and sustainability of the project’s results2) the highest possible level of transferability of the tools, materials and methodologies developed within the project.RESULTS & IMPACTAs an overall result, ACT POSITIVE will contribute to the development of an innovative approach to enhance resilience and utilize the strengths of European 2nd generation migrants, based on the positive psychology theory. ACT POSITIVE is also aiming to strengthen the European agenda for the promotion of the issue of migrants’ social inclusion through action that promote their inclusion into education and, mainly, employment.