1. Description of the REALISE project
Objectives, activities, deliverables, timetable, dissemination and communication

2. Description of the REALISE project
Overall aim
Specific objectives
Target groups
Activities and outputs
Dissemination and Communication strategy
Milestones

3. Overall aim
To contribute towards the achieving of the EU 2020 objectives of a dynamic and competitive Europe through the maximization of its human capital, specifically by targeting qualified third-country nationals who, as a group, are disproportionately overqualified for their jobs.
Qualified = migrants who hold professional or higher education qualifications.

4. Specific objectives (1)
Addressing the mismatch between skilled third-country nationals and their jobs and their under-capitalisation
Increasing the employability of third-country nationals, particularly youths and women
Empowering young migrants and women, particularly new comers to have a better access to the labour market
Contributing to existing knowledge on the problem of over-qualification at EU level
Raising awareness of the importance of utilising skilled migrants for boosting economic growth and prosperity

5. Specific objectives (2)
Transferring and capitalizing on initiatives built elsewhere in order to build common and flexible tools for diagnosing the over-qualification problem and providing solutions that can be transferable in all EU member states.
Promoting an integrated and sustainable approach to addressing the barriers of skilled third-country nationals by involving key stakeholders and qualified third-country nationals in the diagnosis and design of solutions

6. Target groups
The target groups of this project are qualified third-country nationals, particularly youths and women.
Young = until the age of 30 as defined by the European Youth in Action programme. The objective, however, is to use this age range with flexibility to allow for any practical interventions to be based on recognition of whatever varying circumstances are relevant in different locations and with different youths – rather than imposing an abstract, and presumably less useful, definition on real and heterogeneous circumstances.
Qualified = who hold professional or higher education qualifications.

7. Activities and Outputs

8. Establishing Panels of Local key Stakeholders (PLS)
In each partner location (district, city or region) a Panel of Local Key Stakeholders on the theme of over-qualification of third-country nationals will be created; it will be formed by 8 to 12 members from a range of businesses, public and third sector organisations.
The approach is that holistic integrated measures with the support of key stakeholders and decision-makers will be put in place to ensure long-term sustainability

9. Undertaking local diagnosis of severity and cause (LD)
Severity: how good or bad is a locality at getting skilled third-country nationals in jobs matching their qualifications?
Cause: what factors most contribute locally to over-qualification (discrimination, red tape, language…) and the relationships between these factors.

10. Establishing a Transnational Knowledge Exchange and Learning programme (1)
Knowledge sharing + translational learning = important parts of successful work in REALISE
3 transnational workshops
1 local coordinator + 2 delegates from each PLS to attend. Partners are encouraged to buy flight tickets in advance so that more money is left for other PLS members to attend.

11. Establishing a Transnational Knowledge Exchange and Learning programme (2)
1st Transnational workshop: Exchange, comparison and reflection on the findings of Local diagnoses and starting the planning of specific pilot local interventions
2nd Transnational Workshop 2: undertaking an interim evaluation of the pilot local interventions and planning follow-up actions
3rd Transnational Workshop: final evaluation of the Pilot local interventions and start planning the long-term strategies for addressing the over-qualification of third-country nationals.

12. Designing and implementing Pilot Local Interventions
Partners will:
Share diagnosis findings
Agree priorities
To create specific local pilot interventions
Pilot interventions:
Will build on existing suitable practices within and outside the partnership and learning acquired in the transnational exchange
Will address multiple factors the diagnosis identified locally
Must develop a complete approach, not addressing only minor factors such as language barrier only.

13. Designing long-term strategies to scale-up pilot interventions to policy level
Informed by local diagnosis and pilot local interventions
Each partner will produce a final long-term strategy for addressing the over-qualification of third-country nationals
Secure implementation by:
Mainstreaming the long-term strategies into existing local policies and services
Financing their implementation with local, national and/or EU funding.

14. Building awareness and maximising dissemination
One-day public event at the Brussels European Parliament
Over 100 participants
Key parliamentarians, EC representatives
Partners: local politicians, decision-makers, practitioners, qualified third-country nationals participating in the project
Objective: raise awareness of the over-qualification of migrants, particularly as this under-capitalisation of human resources relates to economic recovery and the Europe 2020 goals.
Produce guidelines for tackling the issue to be published subsequently based on the experiences and findings of the project.

15. Dissemination and communication strategy (1)
Partners will disseminate the project and its key outputs locally and at EU level through:
Project blog:
2. PLS = multiplier effect
Raising awareness and disseminate project among PLS members
PLS members will communicate awareness and disseminate knowledge and good practice to their communities.
3. Partner websites:
PLS members will put a project presentation + blog link on their own websites

16. Dissemination and communication strategy (2)
The European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN)
The multicultural Centre of Botkyrka = Swedish National Focal Point of the EUKN
EUKN Sweden disseminates to EUKN national Focal Points in 15 member states
EUKN Sweden disseminates to its partner networks: Eurocities, OECD, International Migration integration and Social Cohesion Network.
5. Transnational Workshops:
Hosting partner will invite local media and local agencies/ people (outside the PLS) to participate
6. EU parliament event

17. MILESTONES (to be updated at the end of this meeting)
start: 01 September end: 01 March 2013
PLS established: end October 2011
Local diagnoses delivered: end November 2011
1st Transnational workshop & 2nd SGM: Dec 2011
Pilot local interventions design & implementation & evaluation: Jan – Sep 2012
2nd Transnational Workshop & 3rd SGM: April 2012
3rd Transnational Workshop & 4th SGM: September 2012
Final Strategic Plans Delivered: 31 December 2012
Closing EU event 15 February 2013 & 5th SGM 14 February 2013
Final Publication: 31 March 2013

18. Thank you Yamina Guidoum Researcher and project manager
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