CVEK

Building capacities of actors of local integration policies through networking and development of information base.

The project has been concerned with integration of migrants on local level. It is assumed that successful integration of migrants depends on the way this matter is perceived dealt with by local stakeholders. Local stakeholders in this project include not only regional and local self-governments and their subsidiary organizations but also various, civic associations and migrants living in particular municipalities themselves.

The project aimed to focus attention of the above mentioned stakeholders on the issue of migration and integration in the light of regional development. This goal has been achieved by collecting information on the issue (statistical data, information on legislation and public policies, interesting examples of integration on the local level from abroad etc.) and by providing information to the stakeholders on regular basis (bulleting and informational website).

The next step of the project has been concerned with selecting municipalities/towns (5 altogether) where info-points were established. Info-points serve as information providers but also to help network relevant actors of local integration policies. In the course of the project implementation several informational and coordination meetings were held in the selected localities. The meetings were conceptualized as a room for discussions of actors of local integration policies about integration of migrants in particular municipalities. Relevant stakeholders were offered individual consultations regarding issues of integration of migrants in their municipalities or integration related problems they might encounter.

CVEK launched a formal cooperation with following regional partners:
Bratislava – city borough Bratislava– Old City
Košice – ETP Slovakia
Martin – Municipal Office Martin
Trnava – Regional Development Agnecy for the Trnava Self-Governing Region
Zvolen – Municipal Office Zvolen

Based on the cooperation with the said regional partners and networking meetings on the local level a framework strategy of foreigners’s integration was drafted for each town. The strategies explore populations of foreigners in each town, their situation and needs, institutions concerned with integration of foreigners, availability of support services for migrants and the concept documents’ approach to migrants’ integration on the local level. The strategies conclude with challenges and recommendations aiming to improve the process of foreigners’ integration on the local level.

The project includes several informational materials serving as a source of information on migrants’ integration for local actors of integration as well as wider professional public:

Bulletin Integration of migrants on the local level/1
Bulletin Integration of migrants on the local level/2
Bulletin Integration of migrants on the local level/3

and the informational website www.integration.sk

Project was financed by European Integration Fund for Third Country Nationals within the programme Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows.