Category: Open Society
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COVID19 and its effects on mobility of migrants
Among the many changes the global pandemic COVID-19 has brought to the world, an important change is that hundreds of millions of people across the globe have encountered serious restrictions on their mobility. Although, associating mobility with the threat has adverse consequences in the long run. Such severe constraints on mobility negatively impact the situation…
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Young Entrepreneurs from the South, raise up! An interview with Amel Saidane
Amel Saidane is an entrepreneur, ecosystem builder and digital transformation expert. She is president of Tunisian Startups and the co-founder of BetaCube a venture builder in Fintech. She is an innovation and digital transformation activist acting for instance as a board member for the Digital Center of Excellence of the United Nations Economic Commission for…
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The European Agenda for Migration from a Global Perspective: An Interview with Mr. Eugenio Ambrosi, IOM Regional Director for the EU
The European Agenda for Migration aims on one side at stopping the human tragedies occurring at EU’s external borders, on the other side at ensuring a better migration management in Europe. What is the international context within which the European Agenda for Migration is being implemented? After 2015, the international scenario has witnessed a significant…
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#MigrantsDay: WHY DEDICATING AN INTERNATIONAL DAY TO MIGRANTS?
Since its appointment by the General Assembly of United Nations (UN) on 4 December 2000, the 18th of December has been celebrated as the International Migrants Day. The origins of this day date back to 1997, when some Asian migrant organizations started to promote 18 December as the International Day of Solidarity with Migrants, choosing…
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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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Legal pathways for migration. Interview with Eugenio Ambrosi, Regional Director of IOM’s Regional Office for the EU, Norway and Switzerland
Eugenio Ambrosi, Regional Director of IOM’s Regional Office for the EU, Norway and Switzerland discussed with The New European the tools to fight irregular migration and highlighted the importance of communication campaigns in the countries of origin.
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Harnessing the skills of migrant workers in Sweden: the case of Entry Hub and Randstad
One of the most recent initiatives sponsored by Randstad in the field of sustainability and integration is Entry Hub, a Swedish project that aims at creating physical spaces where refugees and immigrants can exchange knowledge and build new skills, while being in contact with potential employers. Read our interview to know more about the project.
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All «Together» for World Refugee Day
On World Refuge Day, held every year on June 20th, the world commemorates the strength and courage of these millions of persons forced to flee their homes and the compassion of those welcoming them. It is the perfect time to show that public opinion is behind these forcibly displaced families and to highlight the many…