Category: Editorials
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UNITEE participates to the Refugee Week 2020: A campaign to imagine and build new perspective
The Refugee Week was born in 1998 in the UK to celebrate the contribution of refugees and migrants to the host societies and, at the same time, to sensitize the local communities towards the challenges that refugees encounter when fleeing their countries. In these 22 years of life, the festival has become a global movement…
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Women and their mobile use: understanding the mobile gender gap in 2020
“In 2020, connectivity is more important than ever. Internet access is a gateway to critical information, services and opportunities available to many people for the first time. Growth in internet access has been remarkable in low- and middle-income countries, where 2.9 billion people now access the internet on their mobile phones”, as set forth in…
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Migration and Climate Change: the need for a legal protection framework
Up to 20 million people are displaced only as a result of natural disruptions, and this number is expected to increase over the coming years. “The environmental displacement can be identified as a legal protection gap”, as environmental refugees are currently not covered by any international law – noted Isabel Borges, Associate Professor in Norwegian…
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Diaspora organisations as development agents
Diaspora organisations can be an important tool in development cooperation. This is why more and more EU governments are adopting measures to engage them. Agreement on their effectiveness, though, is lacking.
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Fromskills2Work: good practices in labour market integration
Skills2Work is an EU-supported project focusing on labour market integration of recognized refugees in Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Employers play an essential role in the integration of refugees. The Skills2Work project explores the benefits and challenges of recognising migrants’ skills, knowledge and competencies; and subsequently recruiting…
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Mentoring for migrants: integration of migrants into the Austrian labour market
“Mentoring for Migrants” is a unique project launched by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber in 2008. To date, nearly 1.800 mentoring pairs have been formed, and numerous mentees have already gained a foothold on the Austrian labour market, not least thanks to support from their mentors.
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The EU at 60: becoming a community?
This weekend, the EU will celebrate its 60 years, in a moment of crisis. If it wants to survive, it should revive its vision and heal the division inside its society: it should become a community.
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United in Diversity?
Europe is a continent of deep historical differences, based on geography and religion. But what is on the way to destroy the European project is a new series of economy-based divides. The solution is more integration.
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New European entrepreneurs are key for our shared prosperity
New European entrepreneurs have a specific role to play in the Renaissance of the EU’s economy – it is important to consider their contribution fairly.
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The necessary steps in SME policy
The EU institutions have an important role in creating an environment favourable to SMEs. The Chair of the SMEs Intergroup at the European Parliament shares some suggestions on what has to be done.