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The European Commission launches calls for a public consultation and an expert migrant group Have a say in the next Action Plan on integration and help the development and implementation of integration policies!
Migrant key workers and COVID-19 See who are the migrant workers who provide vital contribution to the EU's response to the pandemic.
Analysis: measures for the long-term integration of migrants Have EU countries been able to go beyond meeting migrants’ basic needs? What measures are in place to ensure their full social and economic inclusion? The new EWSI analysis answers here.
COVID-19 and migrant communities How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected migrants' lives across the EU? EWSI has been tracking the impact on migrant communities in a number of key integration areas. Explore here.
New collection of local and regional good practices EWSI features a new collection of specially-gathered local and regional good practices - click to explore!
Migrant health across Europe: Little structural policies, many encouraging practices This new analysis of the European Web Site on Integration maps out initiatives taken by Member States to close the health gap between migrant and non-migrant populations. Results suggests that although most define migrant health as a separate policy field, none has put in place a comprehensive migrant health policy.
New on EWSI: interactive funding pages The European Web Site on Integration (EWSI) launched its new funding pages. The update features the latest calls for proposals on migrant integration and provides a simple guide to the complexity of EU funding.
The EU's role in migrant integration An updated European Web Site on Integration (EWSI) tells more about how the EU influences the integration of migrants across the Member States and links to numerous initiatives and resources.
Analysis: The new European Parliament and migrant integration The European Parliament is now back in session, but how will this new class of parliamentarians approach the integration of migrants and refugees? Read the special EWSI analysis!
Integration of migrant women The integration of migrant women is a critical issue that deserves more attention. This new EWSI analysis looks at how governments and civil society are tackling this challenge.

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06/08/2020

Call for applications: online democracy summit for migrant and refugee leaders

Applications are now open for the Transatlantic Migrant Democracy Dialogue's (TMDD) digital Helsinki 2020 Democracy Summit: Alliance Building, designed for accomplished migrant and refugee leaders living in Europe.

The Transatlantic Migrant Democracy Dialogue (TMDD) is a network of diverse migrant and refugee leaders and community organisers from Europe and the United States working together since 2016.

TMDD's Democracy Summits aim to connect migrant organisers and leaders across the Atlantic to share good practices and learn from each other. This year's overarching theme is alliance building. The Summit will kick off online with workshop sessions to be held between 15 -18 September and the closing will take place in November. The online discussions, working groups and keynote speeches will take place in the late afternoon Central European Time (CET). The sessions will last a maximum of three hours per day.

Why to apply?

You will become part of the TMDD network: a transatlantic network of migrant and refugee leaders in Europe and the US.
You will connect with migrant organisers and leaders across the Atlantic to share good practices and learn from each other.
You will benefit from one-on-one discussions with experienced community organisers and workshops on strategic communications, political participation and community organising.

The deadline to complete applications is 23 August 2020.

The application can be found on this Google Doc.

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Recently, the European Commission also asked experts of migrant background to have their say in the future EU integration policies - see more here.

inclusion

05/08/2020

Microcredits: Barcelona's self-funding community of migrant women entrepreneurs

Run by the Servei Solidari Foundation since 2016, the Microcredits project strives to alleviate the social and financial vulnerability and foster the entrepreneurial ambitions of migrant women based in or around Barcelona . The initiative achieves this through the provision of microcredits,…
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labour migration labour inclusion

04/08/2020

SPEAK – A global community for language learning and community building

SPEAK is a programme to share linguistic and cultural knowledge . Through the programme, anyone can volunteer to teach a language and culture as well as participate as a student in learning a new language and culture. It started as a pilot project of the Association Fazer Avançar…
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culture community local level

04/08/2020

Dutch survey: 55% of applicants face job market discrimination

A survey conducted by Motivaction on behalf of the Dutch National Job Board (Nationale Vacaturebank) reveals that discrimination is still a prevalent issue for people working in the Netherlands. Age, sex and racial discrimination in particulqr remain a major issue on the labour market, according to a survey among 2 100 respondents.

New research has revealed that 55 percent of people in the Netherlands have faced discrimination at some point throughout or after the job application process. The percentage rises to 85 among the unemployed, RTL adds.

The researchers also looked into whether job applicants were questioned about issues other than their work and educational experience, finding that questions about pregnancy and skin colour were relatively common. One respondent recalls he was asked if he felt 'more Dutch than Surinamese'; others were asked why they were not married.

At the same time, six out ten employers included in the survey say they did not think it was necessary for their companies to follow specific policies to increase workforce diversity.

This autumn, a law requiring employers to tackle discrimination will go through a final revision. If adopted, employers turning a blind eye to discrimination could face a fine of up to 4 500 euros.