REACT – Refugees and Recognition – An Erasmus+ Project
The overall goal of the project is to enhance the mobility, employability and access to further studies for refugees, displaced persons and persons in a refugee-like situation – including those without official documentation of their educational background.
The project builds on the recently completed Erasmus+ project “Refugees and Recognition”, which developed a common methodological approach to the recognition of refugees’ qualifications. Taking this work a step further, the REACT-project will develop and test this methodology in major refugee-receiving countries and in cooperation with higher education institutions.
The aim is to establish a more efficient and consistent approach to the recognition of refugees’ qualifications in Europe.
The European Students’ Union (ESU) -together with representatives from EUA, KIRON, CICIC and the ENIC Bureau President- is taking part in the project steering group, giving guidance and strategic advice to the project group.
Main project activities
- Testing and adaptation of the toolkit developed in the previous project, in close cooperation with higher education institutions
- Provide recommendations to higher education institutions and identifying best practice cases that illustrate pathways for admission of refugee students to further studies
- Developing five refugee country briefings
- Developing e-learning modules based on the refugee country briefings
Timeline
- Kick-off seminar in Oslo, April 2018
– The meeting agenda (pdf)
– Minutes from the meeting (pdf) - Fact-finding seminar in Rome, 1. June 2018
– The meeting agenda (pdf)
– Minutes from the meeting (pdf) - Developing refugee country briefings
- Training-seminar for higher education institutions, The Hague, 26. November 2018
– The meeting agenda (pdf)
– Minutes from the meeting (pdf) - Developing e-learning modules
- Testing of the toolkit in cooperation with higher education institutions
- Identification of best practice cases for admission of refugee students
- Final dissemination seminar
Partners
Results
- The REACT Q-Card for Admission Officers (pdf)
- Watch the recording from the webinar on results of testing at higher education institutions| Presentation (pdf)
- Country briefing for:
– Iran (pdf) | See the recording from the webinar | Presentation (pdf)
– Ethiopia (pdf) | See the recording from the webinar | Presentation (pdf)
– Somalia (pdf) | See the recording from the webinar | Presentation (pdf)
– Venezuela (pdf) | See the recording from the webinar | Presentation (pdf)
– DRC (pdf) | See the recording from the webinar | Presentation (pdf)
More information on the project’s website
