Newcomers@Work

As the Erasmus+ project Newcomers@Work reaches its conclusion (project period: 01.11.2022 – 31.10.2025), partner organisations across Poland, Portugal, Greece, Romania, Italy and Luxembourg mark the achievements of over three years of collaboration dedicated to the labour market integration of young migrants and refugees who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs). In the final [...] Continue Reading

As Newcomers@Work approaches its conclusion, we look back on an impactful pilot phase that engaged more than 350 young NEETs with migrant backgrounds across six European countries. Through personalised mentoring and practical work-based experiences, participants strengthened their skills, explored their potential, and built confidence in navigating the labour market. These achievements were made possible thanks [...] Continue Reading

The Newcomers@Work partnership continues to move forward with a phase rich in local activity and meaningful progress. Work Package 4 is now fully active, with all partners advancing the process of matching 350 NEETs with 350 employers for mentoring and workplace-based learning. Each partner is following an approach tailored to their local reality — from [...] Continue Reading

The project is now moving into one of its most dynamic phases. Following the successful round of local workshops, the project teams have shifted their focus to the core activity of Work Package 4: matching young NEETs with employers across the six partner countries. On-the-job training and mentoring are already underway in many locations. Youth [...] Continue Reading

As the Erasmus+ project Newcomers@Work moves into its second year of implementation, partners across six countries continue to translate the project’s tools and methods into real-world action. Designed to support the labour market integration of young NEETs with a migrant or refugee background, the project has now entered a new phase of local testing, partnership-building [...] Continue Reading

In this fourth newsletter, we share updates from the most recent project activities, including the employer workshops and the launch of the Digital Toolkit — two key resources designed to support the labour market integration of young refugee and migrant NEETs. The employer workshops offered practical tools and guidance for creating more inclusive workplaces, while [...] Continue Reading

In the third newsletter, we will be sharing our insights of the piloting in all partners countries, and giving you a glimpse into our Digital Toolkit. We hope that you will find our newsletter informative, engaging, and inspiring!

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On 19-20-21 February 2024, Gdańsk University of Technology in Poland hosted the training of the NEWCOMERS@WORK project. Over 30 youth workers from our project consortium, gathered in an enthusiastic setting to take part in this educational. Read the full Newsletter:

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Successful engagement of young people in the labour market and society is crucial not only for their own personal economic prospects and well-being but also for overall economic growth and social cohesion. Newcoming migrants mostly face the difficulties in market labour and in socialization. Having appropriate work is the cornerstone of socialization and helps newcomers [...] Continue Reading

Newly arrived refugee or migrant youth across Europe face many challenges in their efforts to find quality employment such as low language and literacy skills, underdeveloped job-related skills, lack of support and networks, and insufficient knowledge of the regulatory framework and cultural codes. These individual and social barriers explain their high representation in the NEETs [...] Continue Reading

Border crossing is not a new phenomenon and Europe has been facing, in recent years, severe migratory challenges. Fleeing one's home country may happen for a variety of push and pull factors including war, natural disasters, violence, human rights' violation and persecution or low wages, high unemployment and limited opportunities for social mobility. To face [...] Continue Reading