Skills to Maximize Inclusion through Interpretation and Mediation was a KA2 Strategic Partnership for Vocational Education and Training co-funded by Erasmus+. The project was led by Dacorum CVS (UK) and brings together partners from Bulgaria (Runi Center), Germany (Iberika), Greece (Active Citizens Partnership), Italy (CSC Danilo Dolci) and Sweden (SwIdeas).

Central to all initiatives to create community cohesion and harmony is the role of the interpreter and cultural mediator, who form an important role in bridging the divide between the public sector, civil society and the individual migrant and refugee. SMIIM aimed to help reduce the social barriers and economic obstacles faced by immigrants or refugees through providing interpreters and cultural mediators with improved training so that they are better placed to reduce communication barriers and draw public services and citizens closer together. 

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