IMMIGRATION PROFESSIONALS EXPERIENCE INTEGRATION IN

TURKEY

IILL: Integrated Intercultural Language Learning International ConferenceIstanbul, Turkey, 28 June -1 July 2007

Description

SOCRATES GRUNTDVIG 2 LEARNING PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

2 YEARS’ DURATION 9 PARTICIPANTS (The Netherlands (x2),

Turkey, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Spain, Italy and Iceland)

MEETINGS in Turin (Italy), Antalya (Turkey), Stockholm (Sweden) and Tilburg (The Netherlands)

Objectives

To raise awareness of the importance of this issue as a tool for implementing the Intercultural Competence

To increase the motivations of educators and policy makers involved in this integration field through their involvement in this project.

To establish a network for a European discussion on the Intercultural Competence

Objectives

To characterize the difficulties of educators and the various unsolved cultural riddles, to reduce the educational, cultural and social gaps in the learning context.

To challenge conventional policies and practices and work for change beyond the immediate educative/training situation. The implication of this is that everyone involved in working in integration field can be supported in confronting all of these issues.

To work with a network of European Local adult education providers with responsibility for the provision of initial education services to minority ethnic groups in order to bring a European dimension to the context of work being done at the local/national level.

Involvement of the professionals

The involvement of the professionals in this learning partnership project was an eye opening activity to realize that while making an Integration policy program for immigrants one should first focus on the needs and expectations of them.

Because a well prepared integration means not only dismantling of the barriers which prevent many immigrants from participating in local cultural life, but also enabling policy makers and educators to understand easily what the needs and wishes of the target group are.

Topic

Awareness of policy makers and educators of the problems, needs and expectations of immigrants

Educators become learners Active citizenship Intercultural issues Strategy for stimulating / promoting adult learners'

demand for learning Guidance / counseling / information or other

support services Experimentation with new pedagogical

approach(es)

Target Groups

The target groups are policy makers, educational researchers, educational institutions, that are involved in Integration programs.

Local community groupsNGOs dealing with immigrants or

minority groups

Participants

ROC Midden Brabant Regional Training Centre, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Coordinator)

ROC RIJN IJSSEL Regional Training Centre, Arnhem, The Netherlands

ANTÇEV (Antalya Modern Education and Culture Foundation), Antalya, Turkey

ORFEO Social Cooperative Society, Turin, Italy C.T.E.A. “FELIPE II” Adults Education Territorial Centre,

Valladolid, Spain Oravais Reception Centre for Refugees, Oravais,

Finland Diversity Development, Stockholm, Sweden Rosenhof Adult Education centre, Oslo, Norway Intercultural Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland

Outputs of the project

A Conference (in Tilburg, 25 May 2007) Video (DVD) A Handbook (Benim Adım Einar) Documentation A Network (www.newcomersinturkey.com) Further Project Proposal (Grundtvig 1- ID-EA

Intercultural Dialogue: an European Aim with the same participant organisations)

Activities

Meeting in Turin, Italy (1-5 Feb. 2005)- First meeting, to develop both quantitative and qualitative frame work for the integration program design in Turkey and interview guidelines

Meeting in Antalya, Turkey (24-29 April 2006) - The integration program

Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden (8-12 Nov. 2006)- Evaluation of the integration program based on the local dissemination results

Meeting in Tilburg, the Netherlands (21-26 May 2007) - Last meeting/ Conference

Experience in Turkey

1. Participants followed the following integration program :

a. Interview in Turkish

b. Turkish as a second language lesson

c. Social skills half in Turkish/ half in English

2. Film this activities of this integration program

Two or three participants from each participating organisation. One/two learners, one observer

Participants experience and feel the integration process themselves

Cahit Ünver Primary School

Participants on the way to school

Turkish Lesson

Educators become learners

They are trying hard

Teachers and the coordinator

Participants with their certificates

Practising Turkish with kids

Other photos

An Immigration Centre in Stockholm

Photo Exhibition of Experience in Turkey

Team after dinner

Coordinator ‘Noureddine’ and ‘Einar’

Dutch lesson with immigrants

A workplace in Tilburg

Last meeting

The last forum in The Netherlands focused on the presentation of the video and on issues of good practice. All interested parties attended, such as representatives from local government and local parliament, representatives from participant countries etc.

Conference Invitation

Final meeting in Tilburg

THANK YOU!

Nilgün Eroğlu ÜSTÜN nilgun.eroglu.ustun@gmail.com

info@antcev.orgwww.antcev.org