80 In-depth Interviews provide a better understanding of Intercultural Competence in the Social and Healthcare Sector
- Which intercultural competences are needed in the social and healthcare sector today?
- What kind of difficulties do social and healthcare workers face daily when dealing with cultural diversity amongst patients?
- What are the most important areas to learn about in terms of working in a multicultural environment?
The I-CARE project wants to address these important questions, and the first step to gaining a better understand of the context is to listen to the people directly involved.
That is why, in the few last months, the project Partners interviewed online and by phone a large number of professionals: nearly 80 in total, from the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Italy and Greece. This precious group of interviewees included people of all ages (from 24 to 71 years old), mainly females, operating with vulnerable groups/migrant populations in the social and healthcare sector: nurses, caregivers, medical assistants, adult care social workers, occupational therapists, social pedagogues, educators, psychologists, teachers and counsellors in care educations, volunteers, home helpers, managers of nursing homes and many more.
A great effort, during the COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures, that has given important results and information to the project staff to proceed with their work on the next actions!
e-VIVA stands for “Enhancing and Validating service related competences in Versatile learning environments in Western BAlkan Universities” (e-VIVA). Since November 2019 university partners have been busy with implementing meetings and training activities. A third international training course took place in Essen (DE) in the beginning of March 2020.
Our EU-funded project COMMIT (“COMMunIcation campaign against exTremism and radicalisation”) helps to prevent young people (between 13 – 25) in 4 EU countries from extremism, radicalism and terrorism, providing them with skills relevant to co-create counter narratives challenging extremist online propaganda and alternative narratives through promoting democratic values, tolerance and cooperation.
On 9 April 2020, the environment ministers of 13 EU Member States stressed that Europe must not forget about the persistent climate and ecological crisis when defining its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is clear that the coronavirus has had an impact on climate actions and the European Green Deal.
The ERASMUS+ project CONVOLUT (CONsider your skills for VOLUnTeering) follows on from the EU projects CORE, COOCOU, SCOUT, DISCOVER and KISS, which have been successfully implemented to date, with the aim of adapting the ProfilPASS as a competence assessment tool for people at the beginning of retirement. This target group is in transition from employment to retirement, requiring support during this important transition phase. CONVOLUT aims to inspire people at the beginning of retirement to engage in fulfilling and socially relevant volunteer work by giving them impulses and motivating them to self-reflect on their skills and knowledge for volunteer work. The project is coordinated by the DIE and is aimed at counsellors in the participating countries (Germany, Greece, Austria, Sweden, Slovenia, and Spain) who work with the target group and promote their potential for volunteering.
The Call to Action is the last result that has been developed within the frame of the project. It A smart document designed to present My Story Map approach starting from the outcomes and lessons learned from the strategic partnership project. Addressed to school headmasters, teachers and educators, this document introduces a collection of specialised resources, developed for multiple purposes, and aimed at preventing and fighting Early School Leaving. Read on in our latest Newsletter:
December 2019 saw the project launch and Kick off meeting in the UK at the head office of Community Action Dacorum. This 2-year project brings together partners from the UK, Austria, Greece, Lithuania, Romania and Spain to share their knowledge and expertise to create innovative training products, which will combine the topics of language learning, cookery and inter-cultural dialogue.
and Spain we discussed the further procedure in the project. We are currently in the middle of the development phase of the planned learning platform and are very excited to see the final result!