International projects
Empowering Migrants to Be Representative Actors in Community Engagement
Researchers (1)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
50974 |
Asja Pehar Senekovič |
Sociology |
Head |
2022 - 2023 |
0 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
EMBRACE will increase migrants' participation in decision-making and policy implementation processes in host societies through the
testing and modelling of a carefully designed pathway. It is the result of collective work that has led to the synthesis of successful
experiences at local level in several MS. These have evolved into an organic and coherent EU model of political participation of migrants,
able of enhancing the peculiarities of each territory.
The project stems from the need to meaningfully involve newcomers in decision-making and is based on the testing of pilot activities in 11
territories, across 6 European countries. A two-pronged training path will be developed, aimed at building the capacity of migrants to
engage socially and politically, and at developing in local governments the competences needed to include them in policy development.
Listening sessions and co-projecting workshops between migrant communities and policy-makers will bring these groups together in
moments of cooperation and negotiation of proposals, in order to practically implement new policies. The framework will be completed by
the establishment of local groups of migrants, who will undertake experiences of public leadership to embody representative positions
towards the local structures in place.
The project builds its strength on the close cooperation between NGOs working in the field and local/regional public authorities, without
whose involvement all efforts to include migrants in public affairs would hardly translate into concrete actions.
A monitoring system will be developed to ensure the effective implementation of the project and to assess its results and impact. The careful
scientific evaluation combined with strategic dissemination activities will allow the model to be validated for replication in other contexts.
This will not only benefit the target groups involved in the pilot activities, but also other institutions and migrant communities at the wider
EU level.
