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• cedefop
• PEER LEARNING EVENT
• Labour market integration of immigrants in
  Europe
• Thessaloniki, 29-30 September 2011

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Starting point

• EU COM launched call to support transnational
  cooperation in the ESF and exchange through
  mutual learning
• Transnational 'Learning Networks' are run by ESF
  Managing Authorities and Intermediate Bodies,
  they focus on specific thematic and governance
  issues
• IMPART Increasing the Participation of Migrants
  and Ethnic Minorities in Employment will be
  running until April 2012

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Relevance

• Major issues on exclusion, discrimination and
  integration of migrants and ethnic minorities in
  the EU
• Persistent labour market inequalities encountered
  by migrants and ethnic minorities
• Skills and labour shortages in the EU rising age
  profile of the population -gt shrinking of
  the workforce
• Prospect of economic downturn in the EU
  individuals with lowest levels of qualification
  and skills most vulnerable to lose their jobs

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12 Partners from 7 EU-MS

• Berlin (Coordination)
• Germany
• Baden-Württemberg
• Greece
• England
• Estonia

• Spain
• Aragón
• Andalucía
• Flanders
• Scotland
• Sweden

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IMPART goals approach

• To give the European Commission a concrete input
  to the design of employment strategies, including
  the future targeting of ESF to increase MEM
  participation in employment for the long term
• 12 EU Partners look for critical success factors
  that make the difference in getting the good
  practice of ESF-funded projects fully implemented
  and mainstreamed
• With the Peer Review method we facilitate
  learning across ESF Managing Authorities and
  Member States

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Network Structure
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IMPART themes TWGs

• Assessment and Validation of Migrant Competences
  -gt projects where migrants are helped to get jobs
  by getting recognition for their skills and
  abilities
• Fostering the Development of Anti-Discrimination
  Skills -gt strategies to help intermediaries and
  employers reduce discrimination and other
  barriers to employment
• Integrated Territorial Approaches -gt focuses on
  how local or regional strategies and
  co-ordination enhance migrants employment
  chances

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IMPART Peer Review

• Intensive preparation and guidance
• Study visits Peers look critically at selected
  ESF projects which tackle aspects of migrant
  employment
• Benchmarking tool and baseline report Framework
  for inquiry
• Study visits are arranged 2010 2011, interim
  results and findings reports are available

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Recommendations

1. Monitoring The scope of monitoring should extend
   beyond immediate outcomes for individual
   participants
2. Migrant voice The specific voice and views of
   migrants and ethnic minorities should
   systematically inform design, delivery and
   evaluation of programmes and projects

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Recommendations

• Employer engagement should have higher priority,
  greater attention to reducing barriers on the
  employer side
• Investing in networks Funding to projects should
  be sufficient not just to disseminate results,
  but also to prepare a basic infrastructure of
  stakeholder networks

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Recommendations

• Involving key stakeholders in development and
  evaluations of programmes and projects, also as a
  step in preparing for long-term legacy
• Aligning projects with national policy frameworks
  to strengthen projects chances of sustained
  funding and mainstreaming

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Finally - some numbers

• IMPART conducted 3 training sessions for peers
  and 8 study visits
• 39 peers and 11 projects from participating
  states and regions have taken part in this peer
  review process
• They completed 110 interviews and 17 workshops
  with almost 200 people
• 7 peers participated in two study visits and were
  able to share their experience with new
  participants
• By the end of 2011 around 60 peers will have
  taken part in the IMPART peer review, promoting
  learning

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• Thank you!
• For further information please visit
  www.impart.eu or send an email to
  cigdem.ipek_at_intmig.berlin.de