Due to the current situation concerning the challenge with Covid-19, SiforREF project partners have unanimously decided to cancel the upcoming meeting in Bologna. 

We are currently discussing an alternative date as well as other viable possibilities to  proceed with the project's research and dissemination timelines. 

In this work package we design a method (which includes defining specific indicators) for measuring the social innovative approaches of policies and pilots to foster the integration of refugees (this is the output). Since the evaluation of the impact of migration policies on the integration of refugees is rarely implemented, we believe that it is crucial to begin our project with the development of an evaluation tool. 

This work package aims to develop a toolbox to support policy makers, practitioners and NGOs as operators in the design and implementation of measures for the integration of refugees on the level of societal and economic participation.  We will examine measures which indeed adopt a social innovative approach. We have chosen not to provide top down guidelines, but instead to co-create open guidelines with a diverse pool of actors engaged in the issue of refugee integration.

In this phase of the project we will test the toolbox developed in work package - where open guidelines have been produced on how to design social innovative approaches for integrating refugees. Furthermore, we will determine if these can be successfully translated into actual projects. The output of this WP is the implementation of 7 pilots: 2 in Italy (one in Bologna and one in Parma), 2 in Austria (both in Vienna), 2 in Germany (both in Berlin); 1 in Slovenia (Ljubljana).

During this phase  we  aim to achieve two main outputs: 1) Local agreements among key public and private actors. These agreements recognise the relevance of refugee integration for the promotion of social cohesion and have been conceived to jointly address this challenge through the practice of virtuous governance and social innovative approaches that were gained during the pilot activities. 2) A Transnational Memorandum of Understanding. 

In this work package we design a method (which includes defining specific indicators) for measuring the social innovative approaches of policies and pilots to foster the integration of refugees (this is the output). Since the evaluation of the impact of migration policies on the integration of refugees is rarely implemented, we believe that it is crucial to begin our project with the development of an evaluation tool. 

This work package aims to develop a toolbox to support policy makers, practitioners and NGOs as operators in the design and implementation of measures for the integration of refugees on the level of societal and economic participation.  We will examine measures which indeed adopt a social innovative approach. We have chosen not to provide top down guidelines, but instead to co-create open guidelines with a diverse pool of actors engaged in the issue of refugee integration.

In this phase of the project we will test the toolbox developed in work package - where open guidelines have been produced on how to design social innovative approaches for integrating refugees. Furthermore, we will determine if these can be successfully translated into actual projects. The output of this WP is the implementation of 7 pilots: 2 in Italy (one in Bologna and one in Parma), 2 in Austria (both in Vienna), 2 in Germany (both in Berlin); 1 in Slovenia (Ljubljana).

During this phase  we  aim to achieve two main outputs: 1) Local agreements among key public and private actors. These agreements recognise the relevance of refugee integration for the promotion of social cohesion and have been conceived to jointly address this challenge through the practice of virtuous governance and social innovative approaches that were gained during the pilot activities. 2) A Transnational Memorandum of Understanding.