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06 February 2024

PISTE white paper: Experimenting migrant participation in small and medium-sized towns

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The AMIF project Participation in Small- and Medium-Sized Towns: Experiences, Exchanges, Experiments (PISTE) published its final white paper. The paper represents the final policy and research on the participation of people with migration backgrounds in small and medium-sized towns (SMSTs), and is relevant to both researchers and policymakers.

The first part of the paper addresses four key aspects of migrant participation in SMSTs: bridging figures creating links with the community, spaces of visibility, local capacity building, and preconditions for participation. These central articles combine PISTE research results with 'lessons learned' and provide notes to be easily used by policymakers.

In the second part of the paper, PISTE policy experiments in the four partner municipalities are presented, highlighting the strengths, weaknesses and potential for applicability of good practices. Finally, the publication includes a policy brief, collecting all recommendations relevant to policymakers of SMSTs willing to foster the civic and political participation of people with migration backgrounds.

The 2-year PISTE project is funded by the European Commission (EC)'s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and aims to improve the quality of civic and integration policies by promoting the participation of migrants in the design, implementation and evaluation of integration policies and their peer assessment in small and medium-sized towns. The project partners, based in Belgium, Germany, Greece and Italy, include the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, the University of Antwerp, the University of Applied Sciences of Erfurt, Human Rights 360, as well as the municipalities of Bebra, Fermignano, Ninove and Voios.

Experimenting migrant participation in small and medium-sized towns: white paper of the PISTE project:
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