Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with Migrants
As the number of migrants arriving in Europe increases, host societies face the challenge of supporting their smooth integration, respecting their needs and recognizing their competencies. A key element for their new life is their integration in the labour market. This paper presents a platform whic...
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| author | Helen C. Leligou Despina Anastasopoulos Nicholas Vretos Vassilis Solachidis Eszter Kantor Iva Plašilová Elodie Girardet Anita Montagna Fotini Vlahaki Maria Tountopoulou |
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| description | As the number of migrants arriving in Europe increases, host societies face the challenge of supporting their smooth integration, respecting their needs and recognizing their competencies. A key element for their new life is their integration in the labour market. This paper presents a platform which offers a set of tools that has been developed to support migrants to find their way into the labour market in EU countries. This set includes tools for skill assessment, artificial intelligence tools providing recommendations for jobs that match their personal skills and needs, tools for suggesting training paths and options to empower their candidacy, and easy-to-use tools for creating their CV/portfolio. We focus on the evaluation of this platform in real life settings in two countries (Greece and Spain), which is part of our co-creation approach. The results are very promising and show the satisfaction of the migrants. Additionally, they provide valuable insights for both those that develop such tools and those that can use them in their work/activities with the migrants (such as the non-governmental organisations and host authorities). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f126447d457f4dd9bbf7386263482f522023-11-22T15:17:31ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602021-09-0110934410.3390/socsci10090344Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with MigrantsHelen C. Leligou0Despina Anastasopoulos1Nicholas Vretos2Vassilis Solachidis3Eszter Kantor4Iva Plašilová5Elodie Girardet6Anita Montagna7Fotini Vlahaki8Maria Tountopoulou9INTRASOFT International S.A., Research & Innovation Development Unit, L1253 Luxembourg, LuxembourgINTRASOFT International S.A., Research & Innovation Development Unit, L1253 Luxembourg, LuxembourgCenter for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 60361 Thessaloniki, GreeceCenter for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute, 60361 Thessaloniki, GreeceValdani Vicari & Associati, 1210 Brussels, BelgiumValdani Vicari & Associati, 1210 Brussels, BelgiumJCP Connect, 9 Mail de Bourgchevreuil, 35510 Cesson-Sévigné, FranceCentro Studi Pluriversum, 53100 Roma, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, GreeceIson Psychometrica, 11523 Athens, GreeceAs the number of migrants arriving in Europe increases, host societies face the challenge of supporting their smooth integration, respecting their needs and recognizing their competencies. A key element for their new life is their integration in the labour market. This paper presents a platform which offers a set of tools that has been developed to support migrants to find their way into the labour market in EU countries. This set includes tools for skill assessment, artificial intelligence tools providing recommendations for jobs that match their personal skills and needs, tools for suggesting training paths and options to empower their candidacy, and easy-to-use tools for creating their CV/portfolio. We focus on the evaluation of this platform in real life settings in two countries (Greece and Spain), which is part of our co-creation approach. The results are very promising and show the satisfaction of the migrants. Additionally, they provide valuable insights for both those that develop such tools and those that can use them in their work/activities with the migrants (such as the non-governmental organisations and host authorities).https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/9/344ICTskill assessmentmigrant integrationartificial intelligencejob findingtool assessment |
| spellingShingle | Helen C. Leligou Despina Anastasopoulos Nicholas Vretos Vassilis Solachidis Eszter Kantor Iva Plašilová Elodie Girardet Anita Montagna Fotini Vlahaki Maria Tountopoulou Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with Migrants Social Sciences ICT skill assessment migrant integration artificial intelligence job finding tool assessment |
| title | Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with Migrants |
| title_full | Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with Migrants |
| title_fullStr | Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with Migrants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with Migrants |
| title_short | Experiences and Lessons Learnt from the Evaluation of ICT Tools for and with Migrants |
| title_sort | experiences and lessons learnt from the evaluation of ict tools for and with migrants |
| topic | ICT skill assessment migrant integration artificial intelligence job finding tool assessment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/9/344 |
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