GVETS – Introducing Gamification in vocational education and training for professionals and Social Work in the field of migrant children protection and support

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¿Por qué es necesario este proyecto?

Según la OIM (Organización Internacional de Migraciones) y UNICEF (2016), se estima que hay un total de 244 millones de migrantes internacionales en todo el mundo (un 3,3% de la población mundial); y en número de desplazados internos se estima que hay de 40 millones y un número de refugiados de más de 22 millones. En 2015, de los 7.300 millones de personas que constituían la población mundial, 244 millones eran migrantes internacionales: 1 de cada 30 personas
Sólo en la UE, uno de cada cinco de los más de 100.000 refugiados y migrantes que han cruzado el Mar Mediterráneo hacia Europa ha sido un menor. Se estima que sólo en 2016, más de 214,355 niños migrantes han llegado a los estados miembros de la UE. Se debe tener en cuenta que estos menores con antecedentes de migración corren el riesgo de ser violentados en su ruta migratoria, y debido a las dificultades de identificación y registro, no siempre se abarcan o satisfacen las propias necesidades de protección infantil.
Reflexionando sobre este análisis, se hace urgente que los estados miembros de la UE deben plantearse el desarrollo de procedimientos y sistemas comunes para hacer frente a dicha problemática; y, es aqui donde este proyecto GVETS, promueve una solución tangible de apoyo al desarrollo profesional interdisciplinario con un enfoque europeo común e integrado para satisfacer las necesidades de los profesionales que trabajan en este ámbito y mejorar sus competencias.

¿Cuáles son sus objetivos?

Se constata que hay una carencia en estas temáticas en el sistema de formación profesional actual en la Unión Europea , por lo que GVETS propone el objetivo de crear una plataforma de formación online e interactiva centrada en el desarrollo de competencias para los profesionales que trabajan con niños en entornos migratorios.
Así que se persigue el desarrollo de un programa formativo interdisciplinario a través de la gamificación para nuevos profesionales que trabajan con menores en entornos migratorios para mejorar sus competencias y fortalecer el rol en la protección de los niños. El método pedagógico innovador de gamificación contiene un despliegue de experimentación, resolución de problemas, comunicación y trabajo en red, pensamiento crítico, contextualización y transferencia de conocimiento al terreno profesional.
Otros Objetivos del proyecto:
Que la formación mixta sea acreditada a través del EQF, ECVET y EQAVET
Proporcionar métodos pedagógicos de Formación profesional innovadores, pautas de buenas prácticas y estrategias para el uso de herramientas digitales y entornos de aprendizaje innovadores
Elaborar un e-book con un análisis sobre el estado del arte en los 7 países del consorcio y a nivel de la UE sobre oportunidades de capacitación, metodologías y prácticas dirigidas a estos profesionales que trabajan con niños en un entorno de migración.

¿A qué perfiles profesionales se dirige?

A cualquier profesional del ámbito social que trabaje en entornos de migración de manera directa o indirecta, asi como otros técnicos y trabajadores interesados en el ámbito social: trabajadores sociales, psicólogos, educadores, maestros, médicos, estudiantes, voluntariado, etc..

¿Cuáles son los contenidos del programa formativo?

Programa
Módulo 1: Protección de los niños migrantes.
Módulo 2: Trabajo con niños migrantes en riesgo.
Módulo 3: Manejo de la crisis con niños migrantes.
Módulo 4: Educación cívica y orientación profesional en entornos migratorios.
Módulo 5: Práctica crítica y constructiva en trabajo social.
Módulo 6: Profesionales del ámbito social que trabajan con niños migrantes.
Módulo 7: Trabajo social en la ERA digital.

¿Qué aporta la gamificación al mundo de la formación?

La gamificación, el juego mejora e impulsa el aprendizaje del alumnado. Al adulto, como al niño, le gusta el juego, y éstos motivan y refuerzan las competencias
El cambio conductual para que se produzca de manera permanente y se interiorice en el alumnado con mayor facilidad se ve favorecido por el juego, por el «learning by doing» y a través de experiencias lúdicas y emocionantes.

Poner el ejemplo de algunas de las situaciones que se abordan en la plataforma haciendo uso de la gamificación.

Acertijos, videos, Casos prácticos, Crucigramas, Quizz interactivos, Sopa de letras, Completa el hueco, etc…Ejercicios de resolución de problemas, comunicación, pensamiento crítico, y la contextualización de casos

¿Qué pasos se han dado hasta ahora en este proyecto y cuáles son los siguientes?

Ahora mismo , una vez finalizados los materiales formativos se pone en marcha la primera de las dos fases piloto, donde se van a testar en la misma plataforma de elearning el curso de formación para en una segunda fase con las aportaciones y feedback recibido abrir dicho pilotaje a todas los interesados de los 7 paises socios . Después del pilotaje y tras las mejoras en su desarrollo, la plataforma estará abierta hasta más allá de la finalización del proyecto, octubre del 2019.
Todo el contenido formativo final permitirá a los profesionales y estudiantes hacer uso de las prácticas y recursos innovadores de Formación Profesional para mejorar sus competencias curriculares. El proyecto quiere llegar a 15.000 profesionales de los 7 países socios en octubre de 2019.

¿Quién está testando la plataforma de elearning?

Ahora al menos está previsto que sean 40 profesionales de cada pais participante, en total un mínimo de 280 participantes.

¿Qué papel desempeña Itainnova?

Socio Activo de todos los paquetes de trabajo, creador de parte de los contenidos y de la metodología, así como evaluador de calidad del proyecto en sus dos años de duración

¿Qué papel tiene el resto de socios?

Cada uno es activo y responsable de un paquete de trabajo, pero todos han participado en la elaboración de contenidos y metodología haciendo de manera colaborativa y cooperativa los módulos

¿Qué resultados se espera obtener?

Se persigue desarrollar a través de un programa de formación online la capacitación interdisciplinaria a través de la gamificación para nuevos profesionales que trabajan con niños en entornos de migración y así mejorar sus competencias y fortalecer su rol en el ámbito de la educación, acogida y protección de los menores. El innovador método pedagógico se alinea con las necesidades de capacitación de dichos profesionales para enfrentarse mejor a los desafíos de la sociedad.
La gamificación, como metodología implica la experimentación, resolución de problemas, comunicación, el pensamiento crítico, la contextualización y la transferencia de conocimiento a la vida real, presentado todo en un entorno lúdico.
El partenariado está formado por 7 organizaciones socias de 7 países europeos: Menedék (Hungría), IASIS (Grecia), OXFAM ITALIA ONLUS (Italia), AIDGLOBAL (Portugal), INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE ARAGON (España), Grupo de Desarrollo de la Diversidad (Lituania), Centro para la Innovación Social Ltd. (Chipre).

2018-10-01

We are glad to introduce first practical result of GVETS project partnership – e-book “Introducing gamification in vocational education and training for professionals and social workers in the field of migrant children protection and support. Skills Ecosystem and Methodological Framework”!
This e-book is the result of the background research produced by the partnership, needed in order to collect needs and resources in the field of trainings aimed at professionals working with migrant children. Partners did desk research on migration and child protection legislation, available services, training opportunities (including gamification) for support workers and empirical research by organizing focus group and collecting information from stake holders in this field. EU level research on the same topics was also conducted.
Results of this research and recommendations for the future training modules of GVETS e-training platform are presented in this publication. You can find it in our Resources section, feel free to download it and use it!
Prepared by: Diversity Development Group

Multiplier event held in Budapest, July 2019

Menedék’s first multiplier event was held for both stakeholders and members of the target group. Participants had an opportunity not only to get to know the project and its outputs, but they could also try some exciting activities from the training platform. Some activities were presented on the online platform, and some were transformed into offline training activities. Participants had a chance to work in pairs and in groups, which also provided stakeholders with innovative strategies on how to utilize the GVETS training in an offline or blended setting. In the afternoon session, participants were asked to share their experiences and ideas on VET, gamification tools and how to best utilize GVETS.

Second Multiplier event held in Budapest, September 2019

On Menedék’s second multiplier event, the participants were more experienced professionals and trainers, thus they were familiar with the content of the Modules, and the discussions focused on the potentials for utilizing the GVETS materials in existing trainings, and its implications to the VET opportunities for helping professionals. The stakeholders regarded the platform as a useful pedagogical tool and are committed to implement it in their trainings.

2019-01-31

We are happy to announce, that GVETS project is included to the 4th Handbook of Good Practices annually delivered by Mediterranean Migration Network – MMN!
The handbook merely includes a small collection of the rich and heterogeneous good practices and materials the members of the Network and their partners have developed at local, national and European level. You can find the handbook here
Prepared by: Diversity Development Group

Menedék presents GVETS for SUMIGRE partners

Menedék was invited to present the GVETS project and its results at the meeting of another project, SUMIGRE, where the consortium is also working on the development of an online training. The partners were excited to see the online materials and were keen to both try the training and distribute the opportunity in their circles.

GVETS project presented at NIEM coalition meeting

Menedék holds regular meetings with stakeholders and professionals to discuss issues that affect the lives of migrants and especially refugees in Hungary. The GVETS project was shared with participants on our 9th October meeting. We received positive feedback on the gap-filling necessity of the topics covered, and participants were committed to register on the platform and try the training.

Multiplikációs rendezvényt tartottunk – 2019 Július

GVETS projektünk első multiplikációs rendezvényén a résztvevők megismerkedhettek a projekttel és az online felülettel, valamint ki is próbálhatták a kifejlesztett képzést, online és offline formában egyaránt. A résztvevőktől pozitív visszajelzések érkeztek, a GVETS tréninget hasznosnak és fontosnak tartják a migráns gyerekekkel foglalkozó szakemberek kompetenciáinak fejlesztésében. A délután folyamán lehetőség nyílt becsatornázni a jelen lévők véleményét és tapasztalatait a szakképzés, játékosítás, és a GVETS tananyag további felhasználási lehetőségei kapcsán.

Bemutattuk GVETS projektünket NIEM partnertalálkozónkon

Október 9-i NIEM partnertalálkozónkon lehetőségünk volt megosztani partnereinkkel a GVETS projekt keretében létrehozott online tananyagot. Résztvevőink különösen hasznosnak találták a témák szerteágazó jellegét, és kiemelték annak fontosságát, hogy a képzés egy része elérhető magyar nyelven is.

2019-02-18

On the 14th and 15th of February representatives of all the partners implementing GVETS project have participated in 3rd transnational partners meeting at the Oxfam Italy’s office, in Florence. At the meeting progress of current activities was discussed, pending issues solved, future steps planned.

First training module will be uploaded to the e-learning platform soon, so stay tuned – great things are coming soon!

Prepared by: Diversity Development Group

2019-03-04

In a week we are starting joint staff training event of the GVETS project in Budapest! Training will take place on 11-15 of March, project coordinator, Menedek will host representatives from all partnership. Training agenda includes online testing of the module “Social work in the digital era”, and testing other modules elements in a face to face training settings. Participants will have an opportunity to be experience both roles – of the trainers, and of the trainees. All the feedback gathered during this training will be used to improve training modules, finalize them, and get the e-learning platform running in full capacity.

GVETS team is looking forwards to visiting beautiful Budapest, learning from each other and working together to prepare the best result possible!

Prepared by: Diversity Development Group

2019-08-28

Today DDG had a chance to present GVETS project and its result – online training platform to our colleagues VA Caritas Foreigner Integration Program. We have shortly presented the modules, done some practical activities and discussed social workers training policy issues in the context of the project. Professionals working in the field gave positive feedback on our training modules and provided some insights for their improvements.

Prepared by: Diversity Development Group

Date: 19-21/04/2019

Type: Event

Description: During the Fashion Awareness Festival, CSI hosted a booth, at which it provided information on the organization and its projects and at which the CSI team disseminated flyers related to some of its projects, including GVETS

Target group: Stakeholders

https://www.facebook.com/events/431139064298352/

Seminar on migratory in Tuscany – 30th October 2019

What are the numbers of the foreign presence in Tuscany? And what are the differences in income and access to welfare between people born with citizenship and people with a migration background? This and other questions will be answered by the guests of the «Seminar on migratory phenomena in Tuscany», the moment of study by the Regional Observatory on Immigration to be held in Florence on Wednesday, October 30 (Palazzo Strozzi Sacrati, Piazza Duomo 10).

For more information: http://accoglienza.toscana.it/-/-i-fenomeni-migratori-in-toscana-domani-il-seminario-di-presentazione-dell-osservatorio-regionale-sull-immigrazione

Date: 18-19/06/2019

Type: Workshop

Description: The Training of Professionals took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the 18th and 19th of June 2019. CSI’s project manager had the chance to exchange good practices with other professionals working with migrants, especially women, as well as invite them to the GVETS Multiplier and Final Conference.

Target group: Stakeholders

https://www.facebook.com/events/2332124940389898/?event_time_id=2332124943723231

“Waiting” by Stefano Di Polito – Italy 2019

Interesting docufilm “Waiting” that it gives voice to children/youths of migrant origin and their families starting from the preparation of the theatrical staging of a fairy tale set in Turin at Porta Palazzo.

https://www.cinemaitaliano.info/waitingdoc

Final Conference PROFUCE project – Florence 21th October 2019

“PROFUCE” is the acronym for “Promoting Foster Care for Unaccompanied Children in Europe”
The general goal of the project is to build social services’ capacity and awareness to promote a high quality system supporting foster families for unaccompanied minors, UAM’s.

Specific objectives are:

– Increasing the number of foster parents to respond to UAM’s specific and varied needs;

-Increasing the competences of foster parents, educators and social workers to respond to UAM’s specific and varied needs;

-Integrating and establishing the ALFACA methodology in social services’ foster care work with families, local services, and national authorities and at transnational level;

– Increasing the number of UAMs placed in foster families in the countries partners of the project.

Website: https://profuce.eu/profuce/

Date: 24/6/2019

Type: Event

Description: The Launch Conference of the project DARE (Day-One Alliance for Employment) took place in Nicosia, Cyprus, on the 24th of June 2019. CSI’s project manager had the chance to exchange good practices with other professionals working with migrants, as well as invite them to the GVETS Multiplier and Final Conference.

Target group: Experts in the training/ counselling field

IOM, UNHCR and UNICEF publish the report “At a crossroads Unaccompanied and separated children in their transition to adulthood in Italy”

Between 2014 and 2018, more than 70,000 unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) arrived in Italy by sea, 90 per cent of whom were between 15 and 17 years old. The significant presence of UASC (7,272 in June 2019) and the growing number of UASC who have turned 18 (around 60,000 over the last five years) have highlighted the need to better understand the measures and opportunities for the protection and social inclusion of this specific population group in their transition to adulthood.This research, commissioned by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), provides an overview of trends and possible pathways of transition to adult life of UASC in Italy. The main objective of the research, which has focused on the three regions hosting the highest number of UASC (Sicily, Lombardy and Latium), is to provide evidence on the factors that are facilitating or constraining this transition, both at the individual and structural level.

Download the report: https://italy.iom.int/sites/default/files/news-documents/Report_ENG.pdf

Date: 23/09/2019

Type: Multiplier Event

Description: The Multiplier event of the project GVETS took place in ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation on 23/09/2019! With the support of Hope For Children CRC Policy Center, CSI presented the project’s aims, deliverables, and results, and demonstrated the online learning platform! The participants had the chance to participate in an interactional activity/ quiz and enrich their knowledge about VET education and migration!

Target group: NGOs, stakeholders, social workers

https://www.facebook.com/CSI.CYPRUS/posts/542805299800272

https://www.facebook.com/events/2452449348172698/

Date:
28/09/2019

Type: Event

Description: Up to Youth festival is an annual gathering of organizations and the general public as to get to know new initiatives, projects and the work of organizations, universities and other institutions. CSI’s projects were disseminated, including GVETS.

Target group: Broader public

https://www.facebook.com/CSI.CYPRUS/posts/529386857808783

Date: 02-03/10/2019

Type: Partner Meeting

Description: In the last partner meeting, the GVETS consortium discussed the project’s outcomes, results, deliverables and next steps.

Target group: Stakeholders

https://www.facebook.com/CSI.CYPRUS/posts/543958593018276

Date: 04/10/2010

Type: Final Event

Description: During the final conference, more than 40 people were informed about the project’s aim, objectives, overall course, Intellectual Outputs, deliverables and results. Apart from that, they had the chance to see the project’s website and online learning platform, participate in interactional activities and make suggestions and comments.

Target group: NGOs, universities, stakeholders, social workers

https://www.facebook.com/events/522372561667570/

https://www.facebook.com/CSI.CYPRUS/posts/545263082887827

In Italy, the statistical Dossier on Immigration was presented on 24 October 2019.

The number of foreign citizens residing in Italy in 2018 amount to 5.255.503 (Idos, 2019), just a few hundred more than the year before. It is worth recalling that, according to the consular registers, the Italians residing abroad are already over 5.365.000. Concerning their nationalities, they are less than 200, 30,5% of which is made of EU citizens, while 1.1 million come from other European countries. The top 5 communities of foreign origin in our country are Romanians (1.206.938), Albanians (441.027), Moroccans (422.980), Chinese (299.823) and Ukrainians (239.424).

The amount of people entering Italy due to economic or familiar issues has plummeted over the last few years, as we are currently witnessing migrations of people fleeing wars or political and religious persecutions through the Mediterranean route.

For more information: https://confronti.net/2019/10/presentazione-dossier-statistico-immigrazione-2019/

Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwCl0lO4SVA