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Involve : migrants' involvement in voluntary and civic activities as a means of integration

This European project was supported by the European Commission in the framework of the INTI Programme , Directorate General Justice and Home Affairs, Direction B : Immigration , asylum and borders. Eight countries involved : Belgium, Germany, Austria, Spain, France, Hungary, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Presentation

The topic of this project was migrants' involvement in voluntary and civic activities as a means for better integration. The project addressed : the lack of knowledge about migrant volunteering including third country nationals' concepts of, and attitude towards, volunteering and national policies & actions that facilitate these activities ; nurtured a trans-European network; allowed for increased dialogue between stakeholders; enhanced identification, exchange and dissemination of knowledge and best practice; and made recommendations for policy changes.

Context

The project could emphasized the role of migrant in "self" organisations, the barriers that prevent migrants from volunteering, the role of national and EU policies & programmes to support migrant volunteer involvement, the role of the media, the role of local host communities. It offered a partnership models between stakeholders and explainbed an attitude of migrants towards volunteering and barriers preceived by themselves

Objectives

The project allowed : an increased visibility of third country national volunteers and volunteering organisations; a networking between all stakeholders involved in migrant volunteering and integration of third country nationals; a dialogue between stakeholders and mutual understanding across European borders on this issue; a greater cohesion amongst migrant organisations, and their improved access to mainstream volunteering resources and activities; an identification of transferable examples of good practice in this field; an increased awareness of all stakeholders of the value of volunteering to integration; and a recognition that in order to achieve results, the stakeholders must cooperate.

Project outcomes

1. a Report on the role of volunteerism in the integration of migrants across Europe identifies transferable models of good practice in policies, programmes, infrastructures & partnerships ;
2. recommendations for governments and operational recommendations for organisations ;
3. informaiton among the national sub-groups and their associated networks, as well as to appropriate EU actors.
4. an electronic version of the final report, the research that supports it and the three concise reports from the information seminars ;
5. 3 seminars in Wolverhampton, in Valence and in Deventer
6. a project website www.involve-europe.eu

Planning

June 2005- December 2006

Partners

Ten organisations in eight countries.

Allemagne INBAS - Sozialforschung Susanne Huth et Duygu Yücel Nonnenpfad 14, D-60599 Frankfurt am Main Tel.: +49-69-65302061, Fax: +49-69-655096 www.inbas-sozialforschung.de	Autriche Institute for Socilogy, University of Vienna Christoph Reinprecht et Patrizia Gapp Dr Karl Lueger Ring 1 A-1010 Vienna Tel.: +43-1-42770 www.univie.ac.at
Belgique Centre Européen du Volontariat Markus Held Rue de la Science 10 B-1000 Brussels Tel.: +32 2 511 75 01, Fax: +32 2 514 59 89 www.cev.be	Espagne FSCV Cristina Garcia, Cristina Gomez et Carolina Rodriguez Avenue Louise, 113 Tel.: +32 2 640 12 59, Fax: +32 2 647 73 28
France IRIV - Institut de Recherche et d'Information sur le Volontariat Bénédicte Halba 26 boulevard Raspail, F-75007 Paris Tel.: +33-1-42840825, Fax: +33-1-42840825 contact@iriv.net www.iriv.net	Hongrie Menedek Luca Varadi et Andras Kovats Rakoczi ut 80, 1074 Budapest Tel.: +36 1 322 1502, Fax: +36 1 479 0272 www.menedek.hu
Pays-Bas Community Partnership Consultants Angelika Münz et henk Kinds Huddestr. 3, NL-1018 HB Amsterdam Tel.: +31-20-6261208, Fax: +31-20-6261167 www.community-partnership.net CIVIQ Willem-Jan de Gast P.O Box 12080 3501 AS Utrecht Tel.: +31-30 750 9070, Fax: +31-30 7509001 www.civiq.nl	Royaume-Uni Volunteering England Ruth Wilson et Christopher Spence Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, GB-London, N1 9RL Tel.: +44-20 7520 8908 www.volunteeringengland.org Institute for Volunteering Research Steven Howlett Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, GB-London, N1 9RL Tel.: +44-02-75208903 Fax: +44-20-75208910 www.ivr.org.uk

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