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MITI – Migrants´ Integration Territorial Index
The general objectives of the project were the development and implementation of a methodology capable of measuring the level of integration of migrants, both at the national and regional levels. Through the identification and comparison of different models the project aimed at a better comprehension of the concept of integration. Using a common framework of statistical indicators organised into thematic areas, for each of these areas every partner explored the possibility of developing an index. Namely, a ‘Polarisation Index’, a ‘Social Stability Index’ and, finally, a ‘Labour Integration Index’. The MITI project involved a comparative study of the different levels of socio-economic integration of immigrants from Third countries across different geographical areas (regions, and major metropolitan areas) in each partner...
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A better informed and assisted voluntary return of migrants – Portugal
The proposal aims at conducting mapping exercises in Portugal to identify the main channels of information and location of potential assisted voluntary return (AVR) beneficiaries from those communities mostly seeking IOM’s AVR support.
The main objective of this study is to better understand the specific channels of access to information of the migrant communities in order to promote a better informed and sustainable assisted voluntary return of migrants. Hence the project aims at developing a comprehensive database including the channels of access to information of migrant communities. This will ultimately improve and facilitate a privileged contact with these communities enabling the main actors working in the migration field to reinforce communication with the main migrant communities in Portugal. A very comprehensive analysis will be undertaken of...
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ACIDI – Evaluation of the National Immigrant Support Centres
IOM is currently conducting the 3rd Evaluation of the National Immigrant Support Services in Portugal (ACIDI). The evaluations have allowed to determine the relevance, the level of achievement of project objectives, and their impact. Another major feature of the evaluations is that they also feed lessons learned into the decision-making process of the project stakeholders and national partners. The first evaluation concerned only the National Immigrant support centres, but currently ACIDI decided to evaluate other support services, namely the Local centres, the SOS Immigrant Telephone Line and the Telephone translation service. Qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques have been applied, such as Interviews (immigrants associations; public agencies representatives) and surveys (immigrant’s users...
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Dialogue for Integration: engaging religious communities (DIRECT)
DIRECT is an EU-funded project that emphasizes two-way dialogue and integration, while employing a multifaith approach that seeks to include all religious denominations. Representatives of religious communities can play an important role in the integration of their communities’ members into new societies. The DIRECT project aspires at exploring this role in more detail by conducting research and through the promotion of an active dialogue between representatives of religious communities and host societies. DIRECT emphasizes two-way dialogue and integration, while employing a multifaith approach that seeks to include all religious denominations.
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A Multifaith Approach
Funded by the European Commission and implemented by IOM Helsinki in cooperation with partners in five EU countries, this pilot project tested the usefulness of multifaith training seminars for migrant religious leaders as a tool for integration. The seminars enabled religious leaders of various denominations to meet with their peers and host society representatives, including officials, policy-makers, and various experts. The project was based on the notion that newly-arrived migrants, who are unfamiliar with their new host society, often seek support from religious communities, whose leaders can therefore play a crucial role in how migrants relate to and integrate into their host communities. The training seminars provided participants with a greater understanding of the values as well as the history, culture, and laws of their...
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Istanbul, capital of cultures
The central position of Istanbul in Turkey has resulted in attracting migrants from far and wide and all in search of the economic, cultural, and social opportunities as well as from other parts of Turkey and the picture grows more complex with returns of Turkish migrants from abroad. Although the number of foreigners living in Istanbul has increased in last decades, there is little information on their potentials, transnational ties and their contributions to the society and so far the international migration has only been associated with problems. However, the orientation toward problems has been concealing the potentials and possibilities of diversity, multiculturalism and trans-nationalism for social, cultural and economic development, innovation as well as value creation. The project thus aims to identify what these potentials and...
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Supporting the Capacities of Local Municipalities on Migration Management in Turkey
This initiative, funded through IOM’s 1035 facility, aimed to contribute to the development of local migration policies and to enhance welfare officers in a better understanding of international migration. It strengthened their ability to deal with humanitarian needs of migrants in line with the Turkish framework and international best practices. Over an eight-day training, a group of 25 selected welfare officers have been exposed to techniques for the design and delivery of social services to migrants. The training, which will be extended throughout the country, also included migrant community leaders who provided information on migrants' access to basic services and this provided participants with a unique insight into problems and living conditions of migrants directly from themselves. Moreover, a training manual entitled “Delivery of Basic Social...
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migraSEARCH
"migraSEARCH" is the latest online-tool of the Austrian Integration Fund. The optimized Google search engine scans about 750 websites which cover relevant topics on integration and migration. The ÖIF migraSEARCH allows a more efficient and faster research and an elimination of spreading loss whilst providing more accurate results. To optimize the results one can also choose certain file-types and dates of publication...
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Migration statistics for effective integration policy
One must be aware of the facts in order to discuss integration. The figures and data compiled in the 2009 Statistics Yearbook for Integration are key to developing effective integration policy. The ÖIF and Statistics Austria's brochure "Migration & Integration 2009 Data.Facts.Figures" establishes a knowledge base from which many people can benefit. Statistics should be used to understand the issue of integration. One must know the facts in order to talk about integration and be able to develop effective political integration measures. With the brochure "Migration & Integration 2009 Data.Facts.Figures" the ÖIF and Statistics Austria create a sound knowledge base that benefits everyone involved in and interested in this field. The Austrian Integration Fund and Statistics Austria developed this publication...
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Banlieues d’Europe
Blanlieues D'Europe is a European wide network, a forum for investigating the fundamental human concerns and issues within Europe (alienation, exclusion, social divisiveness especially within urban neighbourhoods. As regards these issues, Arts has a vital role to perform. Acting as a european exchange platform, the network meetings enable Culture, Town Policies, Social Work, Town development and research professionals to meet together and to reflect in depth on the problems linked to their practices...
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Social cohesion and Banlieues: compared European and American perspectives
In his article “Bringing in the Banlieues”, Patrick Weil compares the chances of professional success of non-European and non-white people between the USA and Europe. P. Weil highlights differences in the opportunities for ethnic minorities and reflects on the notions of pluralism and transculturalism as tools to redefine identity in a way more adapted to [...]
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Turning challenges into concrete opportunities: the Austrian Integration Fund
The ÖIF works toward the linguistic, occupational, and social integration of people who have been granted asylum or subsidiary protection and migrants, based on their responsibilities and rights in Austria...
Mentors share their business expertise with migrant mentees
"Mentoring for Migrants" is a joint initiative of the Austrian Integration Fund, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, and the AMS job market service. The goal is to bring together experienced individuals from the business world - mentors - and people from a migrant background - mentees - and support them in their integration into the Austrian job market. Mentors work with their mentees for about six months to develop activities related to entering the job market. As well-networked figures in the business world, mentors can provide their protégés with valuable assistance, advice, and contacts. The "Mentoring for Migrants" project is aimed at people from a migrant background who have completed a minimum of an apprenticeship or a higher level of training, demonstrate sufficient German skills, and have access to the Austrian labor...
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ÖIF JOB CENTER
The Job Center at the Vienna Integration Center is a project financed by the Austrian Integration Fund. Anyone granted asylum or subsidiary protection can benefit from the ÖIF Job Center's services and can take advantage of professional counseling and support, including training on application and motivation and support in contacting employers.The integration center’s job coaches provide support in the preparation of application material and help in contacting potential employers. The Job Center also offers special support for adolescents in the search for an apprenticeship, advanced schools, and specific career training. The ÖIF Job Center also offers advantages to employers, with effective placement based on individual qualification surveys and preparing clients for the Austrian labor market...
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A media platform providing info on migration and integration themes
The purpose of this magazine is to make an objective, clear, and solution-oriented contribution to the discussion on migration, refugees, and integration. Focus on Integration is a media platform providing information about new projects, research, and initiatives for those working in the field of integration and migration. Focus on Integration is published quarterly for partners, NGOs, key communicators, employees, and others interested in the subject of integration. There are also special editions, such as the "European Funds" issue. Focus on Integration is an informational magazine aimed at the meeting users' needs: current reports on the ÖIF's plans and projects, experts, NGOs, and others working in the field of migration and integration can publish material on their projects and expertise, following the international and...
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Intermarriage in Germany: a key indicator of integration
The rate of intermarriage has been increasing recently in Germany - it is a key indicator of integration.
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The Integration Award for Sports
State Secretary, Dr. Reinhold Lopatka, initiated the "Association to Encourage Integration through Sports" and created the "Integration Award for Sports" in cooperation with the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF). Successful integration is combined with positive images in sports, contributing to an increased sense of "togetherness". When people of different nationalities, religions, or with different worldviews meet through sports, there is generally no room for reservations; skills like tolerance, fairness, team spirit, and solidarity can be explored and shared. A jury comprising individuals from the fields of sports, business, and social affairs selects the best projects. They look closely at qualities like sustainability, originality, working method, visibility, and the level of volunteerism. The only condition is that the projects must have already...
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Migrants are offered private counseling at their apartments
The Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) offers mobile integration support based at their integration centers and integration houses. Integration counselors regularly visit recognized refugees and people granted subsidiary protection in the communities in which they live. The integration counselors are local contacts for their clients and community residents. ÖIF mobile integration support provides concrete advantages for recognized refugees, people granted subsidiary protection, and communities. Mobile integration support is not a project, but rather an organizational concept of the integration centers and integration houses. Mobile support is currently being offered in Styria in the following areas: Judenburg, Leoben, Trofaiach, Eisenerz, Kapfenberg, Graz, Wagna and other select communities. The purpose of mobile support is to...
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A network that pairs up migrants and local Danish women
KVINFO's Mentor Network is a programme that pairs up refugee and immigrant women with women who are firmly established members of the Danish society. Taking the needs and wishes of the individual into account, the programme opens doors for these women and helps them become better acquainted with all aspects of Danish society. The mentoring relationship provides the opportunity for one-on-one meetings between mentee and mentor in which both parties are treated as equals. Mentor and mentee are paired up according to the mentee's educational and professional background and her personal wishes and goals. Built upon mutual respect and trust, the aim of the relationship is to assist the mentee in fully realizing her potential, in turn enabling her to progress successfully with her life in Denmark. Today, the...
Polish educational system for migrants
As the Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of National Education, Krzysztof Stanowski has the responsibility to open Polish educational system for migrants, national minorities as well as providing educational support to Polish migrants abroad. Krzysztof Stanowski is also the leader of the Education for Democracy in Warsaw and vice-chair of the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy. These organizations have implemented dozens of projects in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Mongolia empowering national minorities and displaced persons...
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Migrants and forced marriage
The City of Zurich has published a study on the phenomenon of forced marriages. The authors of the study, Janine Dahinden and Yvonne Riaño, from the University of Neuchatel, explain the recent increase by differences and conflicts between first and second generations of migrants. The study recommends mediation rather than lawsuits.
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The use of art as a civic engagement
Graphic designer & active citizen, the artist Estelle Tijou is playing an avant-garde role in delivering powerful visual messages for a better dialogue between people of different cultures and religions. In using art as a way to empower people through the image, Estelle gives a voice to migrants living in France in addressing key themes related to integration, human rights or identity. The aim of her artworks is to challenge the French society and to change the public perceptions in regards to migrants and refugees better integration in their host country...
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Poll on Swiss public perceptions about Integration
47% recommend integration measures to reduce tensions between host people and newcomers, 39% consider that reducing immigration would be the most effective.
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Fundación CEAR-Habitáfrica
Fundación CEAR-Habitáfrica combats the uprooting and mitigates the causes and consequences of the forced migration of vulnerable populations or at risk of exclusion in Africa. It is a development NGO, whose mission is to combat the uprooting and mitigate the causes and consequences of the forced migration of vulnerable populations or at risk of exclusion in Africa, through the promotion of stable, sustainable, safe and productive human settlements and the accompaniment of the development dynamics induced by migration...
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Articulated Space of Codevelopment Spain-Morocco (EACEM)
The “EACEM” is a transnational experience of network reinforcement between Morocco and Spain. The aim is to reach the integral human development of the communities in the Nord of Morocco, and to consolidate the links between the Spanish society and the Moroccan society. The activities include the following: creation of six co development committees in Morocco and Spain (around 80 associations involved); constitution of a Rifain Initiatives Transnational Centre, in Madrid, as a centre of meeting, realization of activities and projects’ dynamization for the rifain (North of Morocco) diaspora, annual transnational meetings between all working groups; creation of the EACEM platform; realization of a Research Action Participation (RAP) Process, in a transnational way, by the Madrid Autonomous University (UAM); utilization of the new...
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Migrant women in the eye of the public and political opinion
The Swiss Federal Commission on Migration has published a report on Women and Migration in Switzerland. Conducted by the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies of the University of Bern, the study analyses public and political perceptions of migrant women. Read the report (French version) Read the report (German version) How useful was this information? Users [...]
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Migration and diversity challenges in Europe
The EMILIE project concentrates on legal, educational and political challenges posed by cultural and ethnic diversity in European societies.
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The integration of Muslim migrants in Europe
This new book explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in different European countries.
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A comparison of migrant integration between the United States and Europe
The United States and Europe do not share the same set of political attitudes and policies on the integration of immigrant into their respective societies. This paper demonstrates different views and actions on integration and provide information from both sides of the Atlantic. Learn more about the paper How useful was this information? Users ratings [...]
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Managing diversity in Western democracies
How to better manage migrants arrival in order to increase the benefits of international migration and create a mutual outcome advantage.
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International Migration Law Training Course
The principle of universality implies that states of origin, transit, and residence are all responsible for the protection of migrants’ human rights.
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The line between border security and internal security on both sides of the Atlantic
The recent terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe have led to an increased awareness of connections between immigration, integration policies, and national security.
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Cities accommodating diversity – Dive project
Cities accommodating diversity – Dive project Led by Eurocities, the European city network, DIVE explores how cities like Amsterdam, Rome, Leeds, Berlin and London effectively promotes diversity in the areas of employment, policy making, service provision and procurement. Learn more about the DIVE project How useful was this information? Users ratings 3.00 out of 5
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Intercultural cities network
The Intercultural cities pilot developed a model for integration of migrants/minorities based on the analysis of innovative practice of cities across Europe and exploring the notion of diversity advantage (diversity can be a resource, not a threat, if managed properly). The pilot designed, tested and validated a comprehensive methodology and a set of tools to enable local authorities to develop intercultural policies and strategies in partnership with civil society, professionals and public services. These tools include a Policy assessment grid which outlines the main elements of a strategic approach to intercultural integration (10 steps to an intercultural city strategy), puts forward questions and criteria for assessing city policy and governance “through the intercultural lens” and examples from cities across Europe. The
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Eigse Laoghaire Multi-Cultural Arts
Eigse Laoghaire, translates as Artists Sharing, is a platform for expression to the wonderful range of cultures living in the community of Dún Laoghaire . Until 1999, the community of the town of Dún Laoghaire was made up intrinsically of Irish citizens; then with the expansion of the European Union many people came from Eastern Europe to live and work in our community, along with many people from the troubled parts of the World who came seeking refuge to Ireland. Eigse Laoghaire was determined to make all welcome. All our performances,exhibitions and publications are in aid of local community charities; thus, not only contributing to the cultural life, but to the quality of life of the community. When all the people seeking asylum were sent away from our community, the Combined Resident’s Association (umbrella committee for...
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Center for Sociocultural Developement
The Center for Sociocultural Development mobilizes, trains, build the power and capacity of African immigrants and support grassroots organizers and leaders to confront the challenges of social changes, multicultural diversity. CSD strengthens, connects and mobilizes grassroots groups to enhance their leadership, voice and power...
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Building Switzerland for All of us
CDS wants to contribute to a nation of communities. Through families, congregations, neighborhoods and friends, what will define Switzerland of tomorrow is how we come together as one today. In healthy communities, we feel safe, valued, welcome, happy. What makes a community vibrant also makes a vibrant nation. CDS wants to create these community values - their essential belief that we are all connected to each other and interdependent, that the Switzerland community includes everyone and leaves no one behind, that we care for each other and believe in shared responsibility and shared sacrifice, that we know everyone has inherent value and worth in the story. CDS wants to develop the campaign for community values a national coalition that will bring together over 360 grassroots community organizations that is...
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Migration Island
Migration Island promotes comparative research in the field of islands migration studies with a focus on Mediterranean islands and, currently, works on projects related to migrants' integration in collaboration with local authorities, NGOs, private businesses and schools in Sicily, Italy...
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Fighting racism through humour
Using humor and irony in public spheres to fight prejudices and stigma against cultural minorities reaching official, local levels and the general public. The goal is to reveal racist mentalities as absurd and harmful elements of the society that need to change. The means : creation of educative and informative contents broadcasted on the Internet and in the media. We seek to create and sustain a citizen-led movement that promotes awareness and consciousness of this problem and cultural diversity...
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The political, social, and economic participation of Muslims in 11 European cities
The Open Society Institute announces the publication of a major new report on the level and nature of integration of Muslims in 11 cities across Western Europe.
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How to foster trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities
Based on the results of this study, the ‘At Home in Europe’ project has developed a comprehensive set of recommendations for policymakers at the European, national, and local levels
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National Contact Points on Integration / European Commission
The network of National Contact Points on Integration is a forum for the exchange of information and good practice at EU level with the purpose of finding successful solutions for integration of immigrants in all Member States and to ensure policy co-ordination and coherence at national level and with EU initiatives...
Migrant Integration Compendium, 2010 – IOM