About the project

VET Trainer Toolkit for Digital Entrepreneurship and Employability of Refugees

The challenge

Why RefugeeAI?

Across Europe, more and more refugees take part in continuing vocational education and training (CVET), vocational activation and bridging programmes. Many still struggle to move into employment or self-employment: they may lack job-relevant digital skills, know little about the local labour market, face language barriers or have a small professional network.

VET trainers are expected to deliver entrepreneurship and employability training to these diverse groups, but often lack ready-to-use, competence-based materials, assessment tools and practical guidance for inclusive delivery with modern digital and AI tools.

RefugeeAI strengthens VET capacity, not only learner outcomes. We co-design a toolkit with trainers, test it with refugee learners in three countries and share it openly with VET providers across Europe.

Project facts

Full title: VET Trainer Toolkit for Digital Entrepreneurship and Employability of Refugees
Programme: Erasmus+ · Small-scale partnerships in vocational education and training (KA210-VET)
Project number: 2026-1-EL01-KA210-VET-000449367
Duration: 1 November 2026 – 29 February 2028 (16 months)
EU grant: €60,000
Coordinator: INFIMIA O.E., Greece
Partners: metalaxis s.r.o. (Czechia) · Deinde sp. z o.o. (Poland)
National Agency: IKY – State Scholarships Foundation (Greece)

What we want to achieve

Objectives

Train and support VET trainers and staff to deliver inclusive, work-task-based training on digital entrepreneurship and employability.

Produce a modular toolkit with learning outcomes, lesson plans, learner resources, practical assignments and assessment tools.

Integrate practical, “AI-aware” digital literacy into entrepreneurship and employability training.

Pilot selected units with refugee learners and validate the toolkit with VET trainers and stakeholders.

Improve refugees’ access to the labour market with vocationally relevant skills and clear progression pathways.

Who it is for

Target groups

Primary target group

VET trainers and VET staff

Trainers, in-company trainers, counsellors and coordinators working in CVET, vocational activation and bridging programmes with refugee learners. They gain practical methods, ready-to-use materials and a trainer CPD pathway aligned with EQF levels 5–6.

Secondary target group

Refugee VET learners

Refugees enrolled in vocational activation, bridging or employability-oriented training who aim for employment or self-employment. Learning outcomes are aligned with EQF levels 3–4 to suit mixed starting levels.

How we work

Activities and work plan

Five activities over 16 months, from co-design to a final dissemination and sustainability workshop.

2026

2027

2028

A1 Project management, coordination and reportingLead: INFIMIA

Nov 2026 – Feb 2028

A2 Development of a tailored toolkit for VET trainersLead: metalaxis

Dec 2026 – May 2027

A3 Training of VET trainers (Lublin, Poland)Lead: Deinde

Jun – Aug 2027

A4 Self-paced workshops for refugeesLead: INFIMIA

Sep 2027 – Jan 2028

A5 Dissemination and sustainability workshopLead: Deinde

Dec 2027 – Feb 2028

MS1 · Nov 2026

Project kick-off and initial planning

MS2 · May 2027

Completion of the tailored curriculum

MS3 · Nov 2027

Launch of the self-paced workshops

MS4 · Feb 2028

Project completion and final dissemination

Erasmus+ priorities

Priorities and topics

Inclusion and diversity in all fields of education and training (main priority)
Increasing the flexibility of opportunities in vocational education and training
Digital transformation: digital skills, readiness, resilience and capacity

Entrepreneurial learningIntegration of refugees and migrantsArtificial Intelligence and data usage

Expected impact

What will change

VET trainers who feel confident delivering inclusive, digital and AI-aware entrepreneurship and employability training
Refugee learners with stronger digital, employability and entrepreneurship skills and clearer routes into work or self-employment
A ready-to-use toolkit that VET providers can embed in short courses, bridging and activation programmes
A small European network of VET practitioners that keeps the resources in use, updated and shared after the project