Introduction

The erasmus+ project, “Educating Social Partners towards Ethnic Diversity in SMEs” (MigrAID) addresses ethnic diversity in the workplace of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in order to facilitate the smooth integration of migrant workers. Ethnic diversity, inclusion, workplace diversity, inequality, discrimination and conflict resolution are themes highlighting all activities of the project.

MigrAID ultimate aim is to strengthen the skills and competencies of social partners and migrants to understand, handle and deal better with the above themes. The main project’s deliverables are: two interconnected research studies on Ethnic Diversity in SMEs, two seminars for social partners and immigrants, a five-day training activity for social partners, the development of a training e-platform and the creation of a conflict resolution simulator.

More specifically, the main objective of this Output, the “Ethnic Diversity Guide for SMEs”, is to help social partners to better identify the most appropriate principles, tools, and procedures for enabling SMEs to promote ethnic diversity in the workplace. This Guide has been constructed based on the previous work, knowledge, and expertise of the MigrAID team work.

Ethnic Diversity Guide for SMEs is addressed to Social Partners (employers’ associations and trade unions), SMEs, and Employees in SMEs in order to:

• Improve the understanding of social partners on ethnic diversity. 
• Improve their skills on managing conflicts at the workplace.
• Promote migrants' integration.
• Provide existing best practices on ethnic diversity in SMEs and managing conflicts.

Interested individuals can access the Project's web-site for more detailed information at: www.migraid.eu

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