Promoting Integration for Young Migrants

The PRIME project addresses the urgent need of supporting the social, cultural and labour market integration of young recently arrived migrants between ages 18-30. The project focuses on developing a joint Young Migrants Training Programme. A cross-border approach is needed as young migrants in the partner regions to face common barriers of inclusion, including limited language skills and knowledge of local culture and economy, low skills/qualifications, high unemployment and a lack of social assets and support. 
 
The cross-border approach will bring together the distinct specialisms of the partners, enabling them to develop a more comprehensive response to the target group’s needs. The project is highly innovative in its development of a holistic programme customised to individual needs. It will consist of a toolkit of options, including informal education to support engagement, language and cultural awareness training, vocational training, work placements, job brokerage and community based workplace mentoring. As a result, a sustainable cross-border network for addressing the integration challenges is created. The network is piloted among a group of migrants.