Focus Integration

Objective

The Focus Integration project endeavored to identify the initiatives and contributions of migrants’ self-help organizations in promoting their integration to their adapted country.

Activities

Based on this identification and a conference held among practitioners and migrants themselves, the project has put forward recommendations to strengthen the participation of self-help organizations in integration of migrants. Focus Integration has focused on the role of self-organizations of migrants as a means of promising approaches for integration and capacity building.

Partnership

Partners in this project:

• Verein Niedersäcnsischer Bildungsinitiativen e.V. (VNB), Germany
• PARSEC - Cooperativa Sociale a.r.l.onlus, Italy
• Society of Citizens Assisting Migrants, Czech Republic
• ARCA - Romanian Forum for Refugees and Migrants, Romania
• INTEVAL Ltd., England
• SUR - Slovenská utečenecká rada, n.o., Slovania
• VIFIN, Denmark (Coordinator)

Funding

This project was financed by the European Commission, Integration of Third Country Nationals (INTI) Programme. It was implemented from 2007-2009.

More information

Download the publication FOCUS INTEGRATION – Self-organization as a Means to Integration of Third Country Nationals in Europe.