Supporting Professional Development of Migrant-related Educators (SUMIGRE)

Project No: 2017-1-TR01-KA204-045573

NEWSLETTER #4

AUGUST, 2019

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SUMIGRE’S PROGRESS

The SUMIGRE project

As the SUMIGRE project comes to an end this

August, project partners are now finishing their

project activities and summarizing the results for the

final reports. During the two-year project period,

partners from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,

Hungary, The Netherland, Turkey and the UK have

worked on supporting the professional

development of migrant-related educators, raising

public awareness, and building a network of NGOs,

adult education providers, public authorities and

policy makers to raise the public awareness of the

project theme, secure their commitment and

increase cross sectoral collaboration. By the end of

the project two intellectual outputs, the Migration

Report and the Training Curriculum on the E-

Learning Platform have been developed and

disseminated to a wide range of audience.

In this final Newsletter, the readers can learn more

about the SUMIGRE project activities that have been

carried-out in the final months of the project.

Project partners at the 6th transnational meeting in

Budapest on 21 June 2019

Training Curriculum and the E-Learning Platform

In the third SUMIGRE Newsletter, we introduced the

training of migrant-related educators which was

under development at that time. The E-Learning

Platform and Training Curriculum became available

in May 2019. The on-line training is available in six

languages: English, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch,

Hungarian, and Turkish. The 30-hour Training

Curriculum is organised around seven modules and

three annexes. The Platform is user-friendly, after a

quick registration the ‘student’ can choose the

training course in the preferred language and enroll

in the course. Each module has specific learning

outcomes, and they can be used either as a complete

programme or trainees can select single modules to

study according to their needs.

The seven modules are the following:

Human Rights of Migrants

Intercultural Awareness

Intercultural Competences

Intercultural Communication

Addressing Discrimination in Education

Training in Entrepreneurship

Second Language Teaching in Migrant Education

The training helps educators to recognize their

strengths and weaknesses, existing skills, needs and

expectations. On the completion of the course, it is

hoped that migrant-related educators will be

empowered to manage diversity better in their work

place by adapting their work to individual learning

needs and by acquiring new skills and competences.

Users are asked to complete a course evaluation survey upon

completion of the training. According to the feedbacks so far,

the SUMIGRE E-Learning materials are received very well by the

users. They find the relevance of the module subjects, clarity of

the content, module volume, pedagogical approach and

suitability of the quiz questions as the best aspects.

The E-Learning Platform will remain available for the public for

at least two years after the end of the project.

Register and start the course here:

https://sumigrelearningmoodle.com/moodle/

SUMIGRE Multiplier Events Project partners have organized multiplier events (MPEs) in the

six participating countries to disseminate the intellectual

outputs of the project such as the Migration Report and the

Training Curriculum, which is now available on the SUMIGRE E-

Learning Platform. Below you can find some further information

about the national events.

Multiplier Event organized by KOGED (Turkey)

The MPE was held on 27 April 2019 in Izmit, Turkey. The aim was

to further spread the word about the project and the completed

intellectual outputs: the Migration Report and the e-Training

Curriculum for Migrant-related Educators. KOGED welcomed the

representatives of the regional municipality, educators and

administrative staff from local schools, trainers and

administrators from NGOs and charities, and the members of

the youth organisations and the local community. Participants

exchanged knowledge and experience about the migrant issues

and the challenges experienced by the educators in their

everyday work with migrants.

MPE held by KOGED on 27 April 2019

Multiplier Event organized by BDF (The Netherlands)

The MPE was held on 5 July 2019 in Leeuwarden, The

Netherlands. The event was titled “Together for the

Newcomers!". The aim was to bring professionals together

who work with newcomers/migrants. The event included a

presentation of the SUMIGRE project by BDF as well as a

presentation by the owner of a bar, BLIKSPUIT, where all

sorts of activities are planned with newcomers/migrants. A

guest speaker, who is a migrant from Eritrea, was also

invited to speak about what newcomers actually need for a

proper integration in The Netherlands and shared some

success stories about the people in his network.

MPE held by BDF on 5 July 2019

Multiplier Event organized by IOM Budapest (Hungary)

The MPE was held on 12 June 2019 in Budapest, Hungary for

professionals working with migrants. After a short

introduction to IOM’s work and the SUMIGRE project, IOM

Budapest presented the E-Learning platform and the training

curriculum for migrant-related educators. Among the

participants were trainees who had already started to use

the platform following a workshop held in May. They shared

their feedbacks about the training which they considered

useful and informative, and encouraged other attendees to

check out the platform.

MPE held by IOM Budapest on 12 June 2019

Multiplier Event organized by KARTEPE HEM (Turkey)

The MPE was held on 21 May 2019 in Kartepe, Turkey with

more than 30 participants attending, most of them school

principals who have migrant students in their schools. In

addition to present the intellectual outputs, discussions were

about the empowerment of NGOs to initiate actions aiming at

producing solutions to migrant issues, increasing public

awareness of migrant issues and gain their support, increasing

collaboration between NGOs, adult education providers,

public authorities and policy makers to address the migrant

issues.

MPE held by Kartepe HEM on 21 May 2019

Multiplier Events organized by Schola Empirica (Czech Republic)

The MPEs were held on 4 and 5 June 2019 in Louny and

Prague, Czech Republic. The events were titled “Colorful class:

how to cope with cultural differences”. The focus was on good

practices of how to work with children in multicultural –

colorful – classes. Schola Empirica introduced the SUMIGRE E-

Learning Platform, and two guest speakers from NGOs, In

Báze and Meta, shared their own experiences. The

presentations were followed by a lively discussion among

participants about possible solutions and innovative ideas.

MPE held by Schola Empirica on 4 June 2019

Multiplier Event organized by Consonant (formerly Migrants Resource Centre) (UK)

The MPEs were held on 6 and 28 June 2019 in London, UK

with 21 participants attending who are working with

organisations, which are specialising in the domains of

integration, education and digital literacy. The event’s agenda

was informative, educational and participatory. The activities

included the presentations of the project’s outputs, an

interactive quiz game with questions found in the Training

Curriculum and a social tea break, In conclusion, the

participants said that they were keen to share the information

about the project with their colleagues.

Multiplier Event organized by BDA (Bulgaria)

The MPE was held on 18 July 2019 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event

was visited by 21 professionals from schools, VET providers,

higher education, community centers, public authorities and

migrant workers. During the event a brief introduction to the

project, its aim and objectives, as well as the developed

intellectual outputs were presented to the public. Later on the

audience was in detail presented the E-Learning Platform of

the project and more specifically the course in Bulgarian

language. The multiplier event finished with a discussion,

where the participants expressed their views that such

materials are indeed much needed. As a general opinion the

participants agreed that the course materials can empower

teachers to work not only with migrants, but also with children

of different minorities in Bulgaria.

MPE held by BDA on 18 July 2019

SUMIGRE dissemination activities

Local workshop at Consonant in London on 31 October 2018

Project partners have put great effort into promoting the

project throughout the entire project period. During the

project’s 24 months more than 51 000 people have been

reached by various dissemination and project activities.

SUMIGRE poster and brochure disseminated by IOM Budapestat the

Migration Information Desk in Budapest between March and June 2018

According to the final dissemination report prepared by the

Business Development Agency (BDA), local authorities and

communities, NGOs, private organizations, professionals, and

volunteers have been reached off-line via workshops,

community events, and on-line via the project’s social media

platform and website, as well as the project partners’

organizational websites and social media platforms (Facebook,

Twitter).

Home page of SUMIGRE project website

The 6th Transnational Meeting in Budapest

The 6th and last Transnational SUMIGRE Meeting took place

in Budapest between 20 and 21 June 2019. The partners were

welcomed by IOM Budapest. During the two days of works,

the discussions were focused on the recently launched E-

Learning Platform, where the training curriculum for migrant-

related educators is now available in 6 languages (English,

Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Hungarian and Turkish), and the

multiplier events held in the participating countries.

Project partner BDF presented the preliminary results of the

evaluation of the multiplier events and the E- Learning

Platform. Some time was also dedicated to the preparation of

the 4th Newsletter. KOGED, as the project coordinator,

explained to the partners the requirements for the final

report. It was agreed that the most important task for the final

months of the project is to continue the dissemination

activities at local/regional, national and European level to

ensure the sustainability of the SUMIGRE intellectual outputs

(Migration Report and Training Curriculum).

On the second day, Menedék – Hungarian Association for

Migrants was invited to present their similar international

project, GVETS, which is a capacity building programme for

new professionals working with children in migration

environments.

The meeting ended with participants expressing their

satisfaction with the collaboration between project partners

and the quality of the project outcomes.

Project partners at the 6th transnational meeting in Budapest on 20 June 2019

Information on the SUMIGRE project is available at:

www.sumigre.eu

https://www.facebook.com/Sumigre-1973633416192569/

Funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. However, European Commission and Turkish National Agency cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.