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European Web Site on Integration - Newsletter no.35 - July 2012

 

Highlights

WELCOME! This is the 35th issue of the European Web Site on Integration's monthly newsletter. Every first Wednesday of the month, the editorial team of the European Web Site on Integration sends you a selection of content recently published on the Site.

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News

In an interview to Le Monde, the French Minister of the Interior announced today its priorities for immigration and integration policies. These include the creation of a three-year residence permit, as well as more generous criteria for naturalisations. Read more...(FR) Read more on changes to the law on naturalisation...(FR)...  

 

The aim of this call for proposals is to co-finance a partnership that can promote greater awareness of demographic and societal challenges and possible policy responses in the European Union among policy makers and lay audiences. For this purpose, grant funding will be offered to one project managed by a partnership made up of not-for-profit research bodies, public institutions and civil society …

 

The Swedish ESF Council has launched the 2013 call for proposals for the Integration Fund. Read more at the ESF Council Website.

 

  This year the Austrian Integration Fund, together with the Ministry of Interior, invites schools, NGOs, clubs, communities and individuals to participate for the prize for sports. With the integration prize projects and initiatives will be awarded which promote the integration of people with immigrant backgrounds in Austrian society through sport. Further information (in German) … …

 

Integration practices

Campaign desined by the City of Barcelona whose main goal is to combat negative and unfounded rumors that have an adverse effect on living in diversity, based on working in conjunction with different social actors and organizations and introducing the figure of an "Anti-rumor Agent".

 

  The counseling center Yasemin is aimed with its offering to migrant women in the age between 12 to 27 years and trusted persons such as teachers, social workers, doctors, employers and friends. We advise and accompany girls and young women within crisis and conflict situations, such as difficulties with their families, relatives and the social environment, domestic violence, violence in th…

 

The StepTogether – Migrant Children in School project follows the European Council’s recommendation for improving the education of migrant children and young adults from third countries, and for preventing their low school performance and dropping out from schools. The project team at the University of Miskolc, Hungary developed a content-based L2 Hungarian teaching aid package for mi…

 

  The project Escolhas Vivas (Living Choices) is a community intervention project being developed at the municipal level whose goal is to host, to do the follow-up, to support and to guide youngsters living in situations of disadvantage with the goal of promoting their social and school integration and / or vocational training. The purpose is to contribute to set up equal opportunities of ac…

 

Documents and publications

The Swedish Agency for Public Management has published an evaluation of the reform on faster integration of newly arrived migrants that entered into force in December 2010. Authors concludes that goals of the reform have only been partially met and that involved authorities need to strengthen coordination of their activities. The report

 

In this manual CIBA tries to cover all the administrative aspects of obtaining Residence and Working permits for EU Citizens and Third Country Nationals and their families, employed by International Business Companies as Executive Directors, Executive Staff, Key Personnel or Supporting Staff. Download the document...

 

This book is the result of the research program "Observatory to combat discrimination" and attempts to contribute to the body of information developed in recent years in Greece and the European Union on issues of equality and discrimination. The texts encourage public dialogue on issues of discrimination, of promotion of the key issues for successful implementation of policies and to identify poli…

 

The Integration Centre has compiled this resource to provide a snapshot of immigration and diversity in Ireland. Published in celebration of International Refugee Day, this publication challenges prevalent myths in existence surrounding immigrants, expecially asylum seekers and refugees. Download the document...

 

This publication was prepared to share the results of the Grundtvig workshop: ‘Multicultural Europe - are we really united in diversity? Anti-discrimination training’. The main goal of the workshop was to strengthen cultural sensitivity and deepen the knowledge on the issue of discrimination and anti-discriminatory practice. We present exercises that were used along with trainers&rsqu…