The EMSIV Project, “Empowerment of Ethnic Minority Students in Vietnam”, in line with the EU overarching priority “Sustainable Growth and Job”, is intended to promote a comprehensive dialogue on ethnic minorities in higher education in Vietnam by enhancing the networking among national stakeholders in order to promote their commitment for a successful inclusion of ethnic minority students into the labour market.
Vietnam is a multi-ethnic country consisting of 54 different ethnic groups, where, despite a progress in better education than their parents’, ethnic minority youth still experience discrimination and multiple difficulties in employment. Reducing the barriers faced by ethnic minorities’ students in labour market inclusion and promoting their empowerment thanks to the provision of effective tools for increasing their employability potential and social inclusion are core objects of the initiative.
EMSIV project specifically aims at analyzing the self-perception of Vietnamese minority students when they enter the labour market as well as the attitude of firms towards minority graduates and at apprehending the employment situation and characteristics of ethnic minority graduates. Such activities are compounded by capacity transfer in favour of beneficiary universities’ staff so to foster the employability and social inclusion of students belonging to ethnic minority with EU partners sharing their strategies and tools developed in the field of protection, empowerment and inclusion of ethnic minorities.
The initiative aims at raising the awareness of civil society, stakeholders and policy makers on the issue of ethnic minority students’ inclusion in society and into the labour market leading to the establishment of a permanent forum on ethnic minority youth. The set-up of the forum will promote a continuous and systematic dialogue on the actions, needs and priorities to be addressed to foster ethnic minority youth inclusion and empowerment in Vietnam.