P4 Skilled and socially inclusive region
4.1. More people benefiting from stronger Central Baltic communities
Southern Finland - Estonia
01.04.2016 - 31.05.2018
€174 297
€140 458
ENDED. The main objective of the CROSS project is to support the integration of unemployed immigrants who have lived in Estonia 5 years or longer, including second-generation immigrants, and Estonian immigrants living in Finland, as well as to involve Estonian and Finnish organisations that are ready to hire people from different national backgrounds.
Project activities are developed and carried out in close cross-border cooperation. Both in Estonia and Finland up-to-date understanding of immigrants’ integration needs and requirements is essential. The Finnish partner will share best practices on mentoring immigrants and the Estonian partner will provide expertise in developing a peer support that suits specifically Estonians living in Finland.
Diversity-based activities will be carried out for organisations in Estonia and Finland. With the help of these activities, the organisers aim to raise awareness of multicultural working environments, thereby leading to an increase in the willingness of organisations to recruit people of different nationalities.
Integratsiooni Sihtasutus
Country: EE
Partner budget: 97.349 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 82.746 EUR ERDF
Föreningen Luckan r.f.
Country: FI
integration.luckan.fi, luckan.fi
Partner budget: 76.949 EUR
Amount of ERDF funding: 57.711 EUR ERDF
Expected results
* inceased knowhow about the differences in integration and multicultural work and about new methods of integration work.
* better pre-conditions to prevent marginalisation and alientation
* counteract discrimination and exclusion between immigrants by increasing awareness
* creation of new networks and interfaces, stronger dialogues between project direct participants/immigrants, organisations/employees.
Also problems related with immigrants unemployment has decreased and sustainable mentoring system has been developed.
Positive integration of immigrants in the affected region with the help of the participating broad networks and compentence within voluntary work among other things.
In addition to that, participating countries have better knowledge to implement other EU fundings. Analysis gives wide information that is usable and valuable in the future as well when other intergation projects are developed.