This document was prepared as part of the project FORWARD. The aim of this draft of the Theoretical Framework is to identify the key elements for the development of the Forward model, incorporating the experiences of the various different partners in a common and shared conceptual framework.

We will also present some reflections on specific issues that may provide additional input for the project activities.

Needless to say, the way in which the issue of migrant women’s competences has been structured does have a rather comprehensive and articulated theoretical-political background, in which the most important issues are those of the knowledge society, lifelong and life-wide learning as well as of human resources enhancement that respects differences.

Therefore, we think it would be useful to briefly revisit some of these issues, which form the basis of the Theoretical Framework of the Forward Project.