Programme: Erasmus+ KA220-ADU – Cooperation Partnerships in Adult Education
Duration: 24 Months
Budget: 250.000 €
Project Period: 01.11.2025 – 31.10.2027

Partnership

🇮🇹 CPIA Foggia – Coordinator
🇹🇷 Nokta Eğitim Kültür Spor ve Araştırma Derneği
🇧🇪 Welcome Home International
🇧🇪 ALOHA Learning Center
🇩🇪 Deutsche Stickgilde e.V.
🇪🇸 Innetica

Project Background and Rationale

Across Europe, migrant and refugee women continue to face multidimensional barriers affecting their social inclusion, wellbeing, education, and economic participation. Many experience social isolation, language barriers, unemployment, discrimination, trauma, and limited access to adult learning opportunities. Women arriving from conflict zones are particularly vulnerable to psychosocial stress, low self-confidence, and exclusion from community life.

Despite increasing migration flows in Europe, integration systems often focus primarily on language acquisition and employment pathways, while overlooking emotional wellbeing, cultural expression, creativity, and community participation. Traditional integration approaches frequently fail to create safe, inclusive, and empowering environments where migrant women can rebuild confidence and establish meaningful social connections.

Art-based learning and creative expression have proven highly effective in supporting psychosocial recovery, intercultural dialogue, emotional resilience, and community engagement. Creative activities such as crafts, storytelling, embroidery, visual arts, music, and cultural production enable migrant women to express their identities, preserve cultural heritage, and actively participate in society regardless of language level.

At the same time, digital exclusion remains a major issue. Many migrant women have limited access to digital learning environments and online support systems. Accessible digital platforms and multilingual learning materials are essential to ensure sustainable and long-term inclusion.

This project builds a holistic integration model combining:

psychosocial support,
creative and cultural learning,
digital inclusion,
entrepreneurship support,
intercultural dialogue,
and community participation.

The project directly contributes to:

social inclusion and diversity,
adult education participation,
digital transformation,
wellbeing and mental health,
active citizenship,
and women empowerment priorities of Erasmus+.

The project concept is strongly inspired by the holistic migrant women integration framework outlined in the uploaded concept document.

Main Aim

To strengthen the social integration, psychosocial wellbeing, digital participation, and creative empowerment of migrant women through art-based adult education approaches and inclusive community learning environments.

Specific Objectives

O1 – Strengthening Psychosocial Wellbeing

To improve the emotional resilience, self-confidence, and social participation of migrant women through psychosocial support and art-based therapeutic learning activities.

O2 – Promoting Social Integration Through Art

To use arts, crafts, storytelling, and cultural activities as tools for intercultural dialogue and community engagement.

O3 – Enhancing Digital and Educational Inclusion

To develop accessible multilingual digital learning tools and online educational resources supporting inclusion and lifelong learning.

O4 – Supporting Employability and Creative Entrepreneurship

To improve migrant women’s entrepreneurial and creative production skills through practical workshops and community-based learning.

O5 – Building Adult Education Capacity

To strengthen the competencies of adult educators and NGOs in inclusive, trauma-sensitive, and art-based educational methodologies.

Target Groups

Direct Target Groups

Migrant and refugee women
Women under temporary protection
Adult educators
NGO staff working with migrants
Social workers and facilitators

Indirect Target Groups

Local communities
Municipal stakeholders
Women associations
Adult education providers
Policy makers
Families of migrant women

Main Project Results

PR1 – Art-Based Social Integration Toolkit

A multilingual toolkit containing:

art-based integration methodologies,
psychosocial support techniques,
inclusive workshop models,
community engagement activities,
intercultural dialogue practices.

PR2 – “Small Steps” Digital Learning Platform

An inclusive online platform including:

multilingual training modules,
video learning materials,
digital exhibitions,
creative portfolios,
wellbeing resources,
community interaction tools.

PR3 – Creative Bridges Training Programme

A structured adult learning curriculum focusing on:

arts and crafts,
emotional wellbeing,
social adaptation,
digital literacy,
entrepreneurship skills.

PR4 – Digital Cultural Exhibition

A European online exhibition showcasing:

artworks,
embroidery,
storytelling outputs,
traditional crafts,
migrant women cultural narratives.

PR5 – Policy & Practice Recommendations

A practical recommendation report for adult education institutions and NGOs on inclusive integration practices for migrant women.

Work Packages

WP1 – Project Management & Quality Assurance

Lead: CPIA Foggia
Duration: M1–M24

Activities

Project coordination
Financial management
Monitoring and evaluation
Quality assurance
Risk management
Internal communication
Ethical and safeguarding procedures

WP2 – Psychosocial Support & Inclusive Methodology Development

Lead: ALOHA Learning Center
Duration: M1–M10

Activities

Needs analysis
Trauma-sensitive education framework
Psychosocial support guide
Educator handbook
Pilot educator trainings
Evaluation and refinement

WP3 – Digital Platform & Educational Content Development

Lead: Innetica
Duration: M3–M18

Activities

Platform design and development
Mobile-friendly multilingual system
Online training modules
Interactive learning materials
Digital exhibition infrastructure
User testing and pilot implementation

WP4 – Art-Based Integration Workshops & Learning Activities

Lead: Deutsche Stickgilde e.V.
Duration: M5–M20

International Workshop Activities

🇩🇪 Germany

Cultural Connections & Traditional Crafts Workshop

embroidery,
textile arts,
cultural storytelling,
intercultural craft exchange.

🇧🇪 Belgium

Psychosocial Wellbeing & Occupational Therapy Workshop

emotional wellbeing,
stress management,
therapeutic arts,
group resilience activities.

🇮🇹 Italy

Creative Learning & Community Participation Workshop

creative learning techniques,
social participation,
intercultural communication,
community engagement.

🇹🇷 Türkiye – NoktaEdu

Social Adaptation & Cultural Participation Workshop

local cultural participation,
social inclusion activities,
women empowerment sessions,
community integration practices.

🇪🇸 Spain

Digital Creativity & Social Entrepreneurship Workshop

digital storytelling,
creative entrepreneurship,
online promotion skills,
digital portfolio creation.

WP5 – Dissemination, Sustainability & Exploitation

Lead: Welcome Home International
Duration: M1–M24

Activities

Website and visual identity
Social media dissemination
Digital campaigns
4 online webinars
Multiplier events
Policy dissemination
Sustainability strategy
Exploitation plan

Learning, Teaching and Training Activities (LTTs)

LTT1 – Germany

Traditional Arts & Cultural Heritage Workshop

LTT2 – Belgium

Psychosocial Support & Emotional Resilience Workshop

LTT3 – Italy

Creative Learning & Community Engagement Workshop

LTT4 – Türkiye

Social Adaptation & Cultural Participation Programme

LTT5 – Spain

Digital Creativity & Creative Entrepreneurship Workshop

Expected Impact

For Migrant Women

increased self-confidence,
stronger social participation,
improved wellbeing,
enhanced creativity,
improved employability skills,
stronger community belonging.

For Adult Educators

improved inclusive teaching competencies,
better psychosocial support capacity,
stronger digital teaching skills,
innovative art-based methodologies.

For Communities

stronger intercultural dialogue,
reduced prejudice and discrimination,
increased community participation,
improved awareness of migrant inclusion.

For Partner Organisations

strengthened international cooperation,
improved digital and educational capacity,
sustainable educational resources,
stronger outreach to vulnerable groups.

Sustainability

The project will ensure long-term sustainability through:

open-access digital resources,
multilingual online platform,
reusable training materials,
local community partnerships,
integration into adult education practices,
continued dissemination after project completion.

All project materials will remain freely accessible online for at least 5 years after the project end date.

Innovation Dimension

The project is innovative because it combines:

psychosocial rehabilitation,
art-based integration,
digital adult learning,
cultural heritage preservation,
and creative entrepreneurship

within a single holistic integration framework specifically designed for migrant women.

Unlike traditional integration projects, the project focuses not only on employability, but also on emotional recovery, cultural identity, creativity, and social belonging.