Erasmus+ SMILE project
About SMILE
"Support Young Migrants Integration in the Labour market in Europe" is a cooperation partnership in the youth field. It develops soft skills training for young migrants and refugees and the people who support them.
What the project wants to achieve
SMILE aims to improve the employability of young migrants and their integration into the labour market, and to promote social inclusion and diversity.
It also strengthens the partner organisations, so that they can support young migrants better and work together with other organisations in the field.
Project facts
- Full title
- Support Young Migrants Integration in the Labour market in Europe
- Programme
- Erasmus+, KA220-YOU, Cooperation partnerships in youth
- Duration
- 1 September 2024 - 30 November 2026
- National Agency
- Turkish National Agency (TR01)
- Project number
- 2024-1-TR01-KA220-YOU-000256357
- Target groups
- Young migrants and refugees aged 18 to 30, youth workers and employers
Expected results
Better long-term employability of young migrants through soft skills.
Personal support through mentoring and coaching.
More inclusion and diversity of young migrants in the workforce.
Stronger cooperation among the partner organisations.
Staff with the knowledge and skills to deliver the soft skills curriculum and use the training tools.
This platform
The seven modules of the SMILE soft skills curriculum as free online training, open to everyone.
Source: SMILE project application, Erasmus+ KA220-YOU.
Milestones and results
- 105field survey and interview participants in the WP2 research
- 21youth workers and trainers certified through transnational capacity building
- 35young migrants empowered in direct pilot training courses
- 5 + 1national dissemination seminars and one final conference
- 400+participants in total
- 500,000+potential beneficiaries: young migrants who could benefit from soft skills training
Source: SMILE project milestones and results (WP4 dissemination materials).
Partners
- Göç Sanat ve Spor Derneği Türkiye Coordinator
- KYTTARO ENALLAKTIKON ANAZITISEON NEON - KEAN Greece
- Work in Progress APS Italy
- Smart Leap Education Research Consultancy GmbH Germany
- Association of Entrepreneurship School Türkiye
- BİR-İZ Türkiye
- Stichting Unity Sphere Europe Netherlands
