Tag: integration
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Co-designing Policies: New Approaches Towards Inclusivity
What makes a city truly inclusive? How can it be assured that local policies are accommodating towards newcomers, refugees, and migrants and offer opportunities for them to participate? The traditional, hierarchical policy-making process often separates expertise from experience: policies are made by experts, for the people living the experience. When it comes to integration policies,…
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Reforming the Common European Asylum System
State of play of the New Pact on Migration and AsylumThe New Pact on Migration and Asylum was proposed by the Commission in September 2020. Two years from that date, where do we stand with European migration policy? This article takes stock of the advancements made by the European Institutions in negotiating a reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) through the New Pact…
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“The secret of integration is to work hard”. The story of Gurung
The New European has entered a partnership with the IOM and its program Skills2Work. In the course of some weeks, these pages will showcase some of the success stories from the EU countries participating to the program and taken from the digital platform FromSkills2Work. The second article of the series is dedicated to Gurung, from…
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Fostering the long-term employment of refugees: the Danish perspective. Interview with QVARTZ.
QVARTZ, a Danish consultancy firm, has published a “7-steps Game Plan” aimed at companies for the successful integration of refugees into the job market. The report, based on the Danish job market, contains nevertheless relevant information for all wanting to do the same. The New European interviewed the authors of the report in order to…
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From refugee to self-employed: the story of Ferry
The New European has entered a partnership with the IOM and its program Skills2Work. In the following weeks and months, these pages will showcase some of the success stories from the EU countries participating to the program and taken from the digital platform FromSkills2Work. The first article of the series introduces the story of Ferry,…
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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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“A chain is just as strong as its single links” Interview with Osman Kimil
Osman Kimil, founder of Unipack, has taken the initiative to start a program of hiring refugees in his company in Germany: thanks to his New European background, he was able to quickly grasp what refugees have gone through in their lives. We interviewed him to know more about this project and his life.
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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’s support to migrant entrepreneurship. Interview with Lowri Evans, European Commission.
The European institutions are dedicating increasing attention to how to foster migrant and inclusive entrepreneurship at the EU level. To know more about this support, The New European talked to Lowry Evans, Director-General at DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and Growth (DG GROW).
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Refugees and migrants in the labour market. Interview with Liam Patuzzi
Labour market integration is not easy for refugees and migrants. Liam Patuzzi gave some insights about the best ways to address the challenge of integrating migrants and refugees into the labour market.