Empowering Migrant Communities Through Policy Integration
This presentation explores the synergies between policies and EU funds to support individuals with a migrant background. It emphasizes the importance of strategic investments in economic growth, social cohesion, and empowerment. The discussion covers positive interactions, institutional architecture, coherent intervention logic, leverage effects, and synergies in administrative processes. The goal is to enhance integration, empower immigrants, and build inclusive communities through effective utilization of resources.
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Panel 1: Synergies between policies and EU funds Creating dynamics and impacts Grzegorz Gajewski DG Migration and Home Affairs EU Funds for integration How can we better support people with a migrant background? European Economic and Social Committee 24 Janaury 2018
Funds as important policy means To ensure sustainable dynamics of economic growth To expand effective social cohesion To develop empowerment capacities of actors Investments are not only a question of committing budgetary resources Costs and impacts of insufficient investments to meet challenges 2
Building positive interactions 4 Ps interrelation Policies as basis for targeting actions Potential offered by the migrants Partnership between relevant actors Performance of the funding Coordination interventions ensured by Complementarities of funding of structures to build Coherence of Impact empowerment of immigrants and inclusive communities of empowerment of administrations on 3
Designing institutional architecture of action Cooperation between policy makers and administrations Coordination with/among authorities managing funds Partnership with implementing actors Dynamics between various levels of institutional competence local, regional, national 4
Achieving impacts through coherent intervention logic 5
Increasing leverage effect Optimal combination of inputs (legal, operational, technical, informative instruments) to deliver right outputs (operational and tangible deliverables) EU funds as important inputs to achieve great impacts without "cherry on the cake" approach Multiplication effect - local projects with national/European dissemination Added value to achieve performance of use of EU resources 6
Ensuring synergies in administrative processes Research, studies and other forms of mapping of challenges and needs related to migrants Programming of funding orientations and application procedures Information and communication of potential beneficiaries Awards and commitments Controls and audits Monitoring of progress and evaluation of results and impacts 7
Considering major specificities of Asylum Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) Available resources in 2014-2020 EUR 7.1 billion Wide scope for support of management of migration flows Specific focus on asylum, early integration/reception and return related actions Limitations regarding target groups National programmes of funding priorities and national level of implementation No possibilities of blending with other EU funds 8
Examples of actions to ensure synergies and apply 4Ps approach Reception and early integration Information, awareness raising and cultural actions towards local communities before/upon arrival(AMIF) establishing social housing (ERDF) provision of other well-being/social assistance services (ESF) Healthcare and assistance Developing tools of information, models of intervention; individual assistance for target groups (AMIF) developing service units (ERDF) training for healthcare staff (ESF) Employment Mapping of skills and migrants' potential, language courses and information sessions (AMIF) - basic skills and vocational trainings (ESF) support to business creation (ERDF, EAFRD) 9
Thank you for your kind attention Grzegorz Gajewski DG Migration and Home Affairs grzegorz.gajewski@ec.europa.eu +32.473.177.215 10
