Diversity Management and Integration: Competences of Migrants on the labour market

Fund Asylum, Migration and Integration

Diversity Management and Integration: Competences of Migrants on the labour market

Objective:

to foster the economic integration of migrants valorizing their peculiarities and competences, as well as optimizing their positive impact  on company competitiveness

Territorial scope:  

Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia, Piemonte, Puglia, Veneto

Beneficiaries:

• Economic bodies: companies and labor market organizations (social partners, trade associations, chambers of commerce ...)
• Professionals in the field of immigration and work (third sector, employment centers, employment agencies, guidance centers, training agencies, reception centers and integration ...)
• Migrants and their associations

Period:

September 2018 – December 2021

Actions:

Exchange of good practices on migrants’ valorization

• Mapping and dissemination of good corporate practices of Diversity Management (DM) and on the inclusion of human resources with migration background
• Inter-institutional and multi-stakeholder tables
• Awareness campaign and training on DM strategies

Strengthening of methodologies and tools for the evaluation of migrants' soft skills

• Development of methods and tools for the identification and evaluation of migrants' soft skills
• Construction of a repertoire of soft skills linked to the migratory experience and spent on the labor market

Dissemination of a Diversity Management business culture

• Seminars and workshops to raise awareness on the value of diversity as a strategic lever of business competitiveness and a factor for the growth of the territory

 Expected results:

• 120 migrants involved in assessment pathways
• 300 stakeholders sensitized on Diversity Management
• 270 stakeholders sensitized on the value of soft skills
• 150 organizations working on migrants’ reception and integration integrated in a community of inclusive working practices

Pubblications:

- Guidelines for the identification and assessment of migrants’ soft skills, September 2020

- Il Diversity Management per le risorse umane immigrate, January 2021 (Booklet on Diversity Management for the use of Italian companies)

- Una macchina in moto col freno tirato, January 2020 (Valorization of migrants inside companies, the experience of Ital, available only in Italian)

- Includere e valorizzare le competenze dei migranti, 2021 (How to include and valorize migrants' skills, available only in Italian)

- Mappatura di Buone Prassi aziendali in Emilia-Romagna, Lombardia, Piemonte, Puglia and Veneto (mapping out of company good practices in 5 Italian regions)

- Best practices on Diversity Management in Piemonte, slides projected by Ceipiemonte during the International Workshop "From problem to opportunity: migrants as a resource for work organizations"

Partnership:

ISMU Fundation (project leader)
Association Francesco Realmonte Onlus
Ceipiemonte Spca
Intercultural Centre Mondinsieme
Fondation Casa di Carità Arti e Mestieri Onlus
Unioncamere (Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Handicrafts and Agriculture)
University Aldo Moro of Bari
University of Verona

Associated bodies

EBB – Entwicklungsgesellschaft für berufliche Bildung (Network IQ Dissemination Project) (DE)
Foreningen Nydansker (DK)
Greta du Velay (FR)
Menedek  – Hungarian Association for Migrants (HU)
Sietar Italia (IT)
University of Huelva (ES)

For more information:

Elena Dall’Amico
Phone: +39 011 6700.640
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