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MigrationWork Projects: Integration Strategies

CONSOLIDATE – Consolidating, innovating and disseminating effective integration practices in Europe

EU Eurocities Network

The CONSOLIDATE project, led by Eurocities and funded by the EU, aims to enhance integration strategies for local authorities across Europe through three thematic communities of practice: Employment, Housing, and One Stop Shop. It focuses on developing benchmarks, conducting peer reviews, and addressing cross-cutting challenges like data collection and women-centered approaches. MigrationWork is a key partner responsible for creating benchmarks, guiding peer reviews, and developing practical guides to support cities.

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CONNECTION – Connecting Cities Towards Integration Action

EU Eurocities Network

The EU-funded CONNECTION project promotes transnational learning about and implementation of integration policies. MigrationWork supports participating cities working in four communities of practice.

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IncluCities: Building Inclusive Cities with Migrants

The Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)

The INCLUCITIES project aims to improve the integration of migrants and refugees in small and medium-sized cities through city-to-city mentoring. Eight cities, with varying degrees of integration-related experience, and eight national associations of local and regional government participate in the project, led by CEMR and funded by the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF).

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VALUES: Volunteering Activities to Leverage Urban and European Social integration of migrants

EU Eurocities Network

VALUES utilised peer-to-peer knowledge exchange between 16 European cities, grouped into 4 thematic clusters, to build the capacity of city officials and volunteer organisations to facilitate migrant integration.

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CITIES GROW - Eurocities project

EU Eurocities Network

The CITIES-GroW project (integration of migrants through economic activity in cities) provides practical advice to municipal leaders and decision makers in Europe on how best to address migrant integration challenges and develop effective integration strategies.

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MiFriendly Cities

MiFriendly Cities

Urban Innovative Actions

The MiFriendly Cities project in the West Midlands has been awarded EU funding to test new and unproven solutions to address urban challenges. MigrationWork’s role is to help migrants and refugees to devise and develop grassroots initiatives in areas where they have identified greatest need: employment, housing, health care and active citizenship.

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Training and development in North England

Integration Up North

This project sought to improve the strategic work on migration done by statutory authorities in Yorkshire and Humberside. The project was carried out in partnership with Migration Yorkshire and Salford University.

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Welcoming refugees/Protecting rights

Amnesty International UK

Study commissioned by Amnesty International UK exploring the scope for building on the experience of Syrian refugee resettlement through local, participatory activity that can challenge and change public understanding and attitudes towards refugee and migrant rights.

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ImpleMentoring

EU Eurocities Network

MigrationWork CIC played a key role as a partner with EUROCITIES and 14 major cities of Europe in this innovative project, funded by the European Commission up to May 2014.

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MIXITIES: Making integration work in Europe’s cities

EU Eurocities Network

Funded by the European Commission and led by Eurocities, this project is designed to promote migrant integration in 16 European cities. MigrationWork is a full project partner, developing benchmarks and leading peer reviews on Anti-Discrimination and Introductory and Language Courses.

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Other relevant work done by members

MigrationWork’s consultants all bring strong track records to the company. Here are examples of work done by individual members – as freelancers or as staff of relevant organisations – before they joined MigrationWork.

Mayor of London

Richard Stanton

Refugee integration-preparing London regional strategy (2007).

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