Joint Staff Training in Perugia, Italy

On 26th of June 2018 finished the Joint Staff Training of SCO.RE Project, which was held in Perugia (Italy). The training lasted 3 days (26-27-28/06/2018) and was attended by executives of project partners, from Greece (University of Patras & p-consulting), Denmark (SOSU Oestjylland), Italy (ARCI Perugia & Forma.Azione) και Spain (Centro San Viator).

During the training were discussed issues related to the provision of specialized services to refugees and migrants, as well as the problems refugees are facing during their stay in the host country and how these problems can be addressed by health professionals and community workers.

Mentoring & Coaching

In addition, specific techniques were presented for the training of health professionals and community workers, aiming to acquire the knowledge and skills they need, in order to provide quality services to migrants and refugees. At the same time, participants were trained in mentoring & coaching techniques.

Important issues have also been discussed, regarding the legislation for migration and refugees in each country and the actions taken to address these issues.

Also, during the training, the participants visited the home of 7 refugees from Africa, who have applied for asylum in Italy and they are waiting for the final decision. The visit was very important, as project partners had the opportunity to discuss with refugees the problems they experienced in their journey to Italy, the difficulties they are facing and what they do in order to integrate to the local community (e.g. learn Italian language, vocational training for finding a job, etc.).

Finally, participants discussed the training program which is going to be created by all partners of the project and the modules which will be developed and all partners presented their ideas. The aim is to have the training program for both trainers and trainees finalized until next project meeting, which is going to take place on October 2018 in Spain and to start the design and creation of the educational e-learning platform.

On 26-27-28 June, the transnational training program for the executives of the European Project S.CO.R.E (ERASMUS+, KA2) will be held in Perugia, Italy. S.CO.R.E. is aimed at enhancing the skills of municipal and health professionals who work or work voluntarily in organizations serving refugees locally (refugees outside the country of entry and hot spots). Due to the country-specific peculiarities of the skill level of the professionals and the needs of the refugees to be covered, it is necessary for all partners to understand the particular needs of each country in order to create a common training program (e-learning), which will meet the requirements of each country participating in the Project.

Each partner will contribute with their know-how in specific fields in order to achieve this goal. In particular, p-consulting will undertake the design and creation of the e-learning platform, transferring its specialized expertise in the creation of distance learning programs.

In addition, during the training program, the participants and all partner – will be specialized in coaching and mentoring techniques, and they are going to use them in the training of municipal employees and health professionals involved in the Project. At the same time, they will discuss with refugees and migrants the problems they face in order to be able to include in the training program the modules that are necessary for the understanding and service of the needs of refugees.

Finally, it is particularly important for the executives of the partners involved in the transnational training program that are going to work on for three days, the contact with people from different societies and cultures, which is very important as they will develop communication adaptability which is necessary for those working with refugees and / or immigrants.

This article was originally published by p-consulting.

Mentoring & Coaching

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