Across Europe, many migrant women face significant barriers when entering the labour market, even when they already have valuable qualifications, professional experience, and strong motivation to work. Challenges such as language barriers, unfamiliar workplace cultures, limited professional networks, and a lack of tailored support can make the transition into employment difficult both for employees and employers. Through the EmpowerHer project and our newly designed Onboarding Toolbox, employers, trainers, HR professionals, and community organisations are working together to create practical and inclusive pathways into employment for migrant women. The EmpowerHer Onboarding Toolbox is a practical collection of tools, activities, and guidance materials designed to support employers and HR professionals in creating ...

Empowering Adults and Family Figures through Collaborative DIY and Digital Skills What happens when practical creativity meets digital learning within family life? What if parents and children could strengthen their relationships while learning together through hands-on activities, repair skills, and responsible technology use? These are the ideas at the heart of the European project DIY Parents, an initiative that promotes active parenting through collaborative DIY experiences and digital learning. The project was created in response to two growing challenges faced by modern families: the gradual loss of practical everyday skills and the increasing dependence on digital technologies in children’s lives. DIY Parents aims to help parents rediscover the value of ...

Migrant women bring valuable skills, experience, and perspectives to the workforce. When they enter employment in a new country, effective onboarding can help them quickly understand workplace expectations, build professional relationships, and apply their abilities with confidence. This process works best when different stakeholders collaborate to create clear and supportive pathways into employment. Starting a job in a new environment often involves learning new procedures, communication styles, and organisational cultures. A structured onboarding process helps make this transition efficient and positive. It provides practical guidance, encourages teamwork, and supports professional growth from the very beginning. When onboarding is well designed, migrant women can fully contribute their knowledge and talents to ...

Cyprus Piloting COMCY completes the first piloting sessions of the VRCARE project – bringing immersive VR-based training to childcare professionals, teachers, students, and elderly care teams across Cyprus. What does it look like when innovation meets real-world care? Over the past weeks, COMCY brought the answer into focus – piloting the VRCARE immersive training scenarios across three distinct settings in Cyprus. The sessions marked a pivotal milestone for the project: taking carefully designed virtual environments out of the lab and testing them where they matter most, with the people who work and study at the heart of care. Kindergarten Classrooms Step Into a New Dimension The first piloting session took ...

Multilingual Sports for Holistic Preschool Development What if children could learn languages while running, jumping, and playing? What if physical activity became a natural pathway to communication, confidence, and curiosity? These are the questions at the heart of the European project PLAY, an initiative that reimagines early childhood education through movement, interaction, and joy. Designed for children aged 1 to 6 years, PLAY brings together education, sport, and language learning in a way that feels natural to young learners. At this early stage of life, children explore the world primarily through movement and play. The project builds on this instinct, transforming everyday physical activities into meaningful opportunities for learning, social ...

Virtual Reality in healthcare education is rapidly transforming how social and healthcare training is designed and delivered. As digital technologies evolve, new opportunities are emerging to create immersive, practice-based learning environments. The VRCARE project explores how VR can be integrated as a complementary methodology in healthcare education, with a particular focus on childcare and elderly care settings. Supporting experiential learning in care environments Traditional training approaches in social and healthcare education often struggle to fully address complex aspects of care practice, such as ethical decision-making, meaningful interaction, sensory awareness, and emotional responses. These elements are difficult to teach through theory alone. VRCARE responds to this challenge by introducing practice-based, immersive ...