Introducing SALAM: Project Video 1

In this video, learn about the SALAM project (June 2024) .

 

 

Interviews with partners

SALAM is an important project that involved many key players: regional and local authorities, businesses, education providers, and of course, migrants and foreign-born citizens themselves. On this section, discover the video interviews with project partners.

Tuscany Region

 

In the video, meet Sabina Steffani, head of the continuous training planning unit at the regional government of Tuscany, who explains why Tuscany is involved in SALAM and how they believe developing their entrepreneurship instrument will address their needs.

 

Region Västra Götaland

In the video, meet Therese Ydrén, Project coordinator, Region Västra Götaland, who explains why the region is involved in SALAM and how they hope the project will address their needs.

 

Khotyn City Council

 

In the video, meet Liubov Petrova, Head of the Economic Development Department and International Cooperation at Khotyn City Council, who explains why the city is involved in SALAM and how they hope the project will address their needs.

Public Employment Service of Catalonia (SOC)

 

In the video, Susana Díaz, Deputy Director of SOC, shares why the SALAM project is significant from a regional perspective and how it can support Catalonia in tackling key challenges.

Interviews with stakeholders

 

In the video, meet Mosab Tato, Support Group Network Germany who explains how their organisation is working towards the integration of migrants into the job market

 

In the video, meet Ayse Özbabacan, City of Stuttgart, explains the City of Stuttgart migration policies and her lessons learnt from SALAM Conference in their city.

 

In the video, Marta Cañellas, Head of Employment Opportunities Programmes at SOC, explores the ACOL Programme and explains why it is an important policy instrument for promoting inclusion and access to the labour market.

Bilateral exchanges insights

Led by the University of Florence and the European Association of Regional & Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning (EARLALL), this phase of the SALAM project has fostered rich and productive exchanges among partners. Through a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings, regions have been learning from one another, sharing experiences, and identifying good practices to adapt to their local contexts.

In the interviews below, participants reflect on what they’ve learned, what inspired them, and how the SALAM project is helping shape more inclusive and responsive regional policies.

Mark Municipality (Sweden) 

In this interview, Pia Kittilä Andersson from Mark Municipality (Sweden) shares how they learned from two SALAM good practices: the Tübinger Modell – The Workplace as a Language Learning Space (Germany) and Next Diversitat (Spain).

Association of the Folk High Schools in Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

 

In this interview, Andrea Bernert-Bürkle from the Association of the Folk High Schools in Baden-Württemberg share how they learned from two SALAM good practices: “Job Matching from Day 1" from the Municipality of Mark (Sweden).