Contributor´s name +email (partner/associate´s partner)

The Mosaic  susanag@fing.uva.es

Language/s

 English, Italian, Spanish, German, Polish, French

Title + reference/code

 ShowMI: Helping migrants to demonstrate the value of their language skills

Project coordinator & partners

 Thüringer Volkshochschulverband e.V. (www.vhs-th.de)
Die Wiener Volkshochschulen GmbH (www.vhs.at)
Learning Community (www.learningcom.it)
CILT, the National Centre for Languages (www.cilt.org.uk)
Społeczna Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości i Zarzadzania - Academy of Management (www.swspiz.pl)
Lancashire Adult Learning (www.lal.lancashire.gov.uk)
Instituto de Formación Integral, S.L.U – IFI (www.ifi.com.es)
FSEA - Fédération Suisse pout la Formation Continue (www.alice.ch)

Duration

 2009-2011

Description

 The ShowMi project promotes the language skills of people with a migrational background living in Europe by making  those skills more visible and more effectively used in education and in the labour market. It also aims to improve the perception and status of migrants within the host country by raising awareness of their linguistic competence

Key words

 Migrants, language skills, linguistic competence, labour market,

Link to the project website

 http://www.showmiproject.eu/drupal/

Other interesting information

Interest for the project (Note.1)

 5

Full document uploaded in Crocodoc (Note.2)

Notes
1. Score from 1 to 5, (1 low and 5 high)
2. YES if applicable, or leave blank