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This Project is co-financed by the European Refugee Fund
Refugee Integration and the Use of Indicators: Project
Report
Nancy Polutan-Teulieres, Regional Integration Officer
Alin Chindea, Consultant/Project Assistant
UNHCR Regional Representation for Central Europe
This Project is co-financed by the European Refugee Fund
Outline History
• Project• IET
Methodology• Developing Indicators • Data collection
National Integration Evaluation
Mechanisms
• Background• Examples• A model
Recommendations
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Refugee Integration: Capacity and Evaluation project
Kicked off on 1 August 2012 for an
18-month period
Implemented in Bulgaria, Poland,
Romania, and Slovakia with ERF
co-funding
Aims to improve the quality and
effectiveness of refugee integration
Piloting an online Integration
Evaluation Tool (IET)3
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UNHCR Integration Evaluation Tool – a brief history
CE Regional stakeholders consultation
UNHCR partners
with MPG
Youngminds creates
web-based tool
Roundtable discussions for piloting
the tool
Countries outside the CE region
Four CE countries
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Developing indicators of refugee integration - Vision
Are policies for beneficiaries of international protection having an impact on integration?
Indicators can only be developed once there is an agreed vision of the direction of change
UNHCR and EU standards
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What is the UNHCR Integration Evaluation Tool?
Online tool with 231 indicators for authorities and other stakeholders to jointly gather and analyse data
A framework for authorities and
other stakeholders to compare and benchmark their
answers with peers in CE and
beyond
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IET evaluation areas
Integration
General Considerations
Legal
Socio-Econo
mic
Socio-cultural
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Types of Indicators
• Do beneficiaries of international protection who access and use these policies have greater participation and well-being in society?
• Does gov’t commit sufficient national resources and effectively use EU financial support?
• Has the government invested in the infrastructure to implement these policies & services in partnership with NGOs?
• Are laws and policies in place to implement integration principles?
Policy Administrative
OutcomeFinancial
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Goals of the IET
Are integration policies becoming more relevant, efficient, and effective for
beneficiaries of international protection?
‘Mainstreaming where possible, targeting where necessary’
A joined-up approach
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A “joined-up approach”
Different areas of expertise
Different types of expertise
Different types of
evidence
Different responsible
actors
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Data collection
Data availabilityLack of data Overcoming gaps
ResourcesVariety of resources Cross-checking
MethodsUse of experts Individual and group meetings
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National Integration Evaluation Mechanisms
• developing clear goals, indicators and evaluation mechanisms are necessary to adjust policy, evaluate progress, and make the exchange of information more effective
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• support the development of an evaluation-based culture in the area of home affairs through the design of a common framework for evaluation and monitoring as well as a system of indicators
AMF
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National Integration Evaluation
Mechanisms – examples
International
• Dutch integration barometer
• France – ELIPA• UK – Survey of New
Refugees• Norway - A
Comprehensive Integration Policy: Diversity and Community
Central Europe
• Bulgaria – review of the NPIR• Czech Republic- evaluation of
the integration programme• Hungary – OIN-led evaluations• Romania – Immigrant
Integration Barometer• Slovenia – MoI-led evaluation
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National Integration Evaluation Mechanisms – a proposal
Involve beneficiaries of
international protection
Data collection and analysis
Online database/
registry
Mainstreaming and policy
making
Managing institution
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Cross-cutting recommendations
Data collection
• Develop a data management system
• Continuously monitor and measure the integration outcomes
• Collect specific data
Mainstreaming
• Recognize beneficiaries of international protection
• Create and designate a specific mandate
• Mainstreaming mechanism
• Engage social partners15
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Recommendations by integration area - Education
Enrolment and placement
• Reduce the time between an asylum application and school enrolment
• Clear, state-level criteria for assessing a child’s prior learning
• Formal, specific, and systematic school orientation
Language and other educational support
• Increase the number of hours of language classes and improve their quality
• Targeted extra-curricular activities for children of beneficiaries of international protection
• Awareness of, guidelines and special training to schools and teachers
• Inform schools about the rules and regulations of relevant funding
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Recommendations by integration area – Employment and Lifelong learning
EMPLOYMENT• Seek ways to cut to a minimum and eliminate
the waiting periods• Encourage employment offices to provide
adequate job opportunities• Facilitate self-employment• Inform employers and service providers
about the rights and obligations of beneficiaries of international protection
• Organize awareness-raising sessions with human resources staff
LIFELONG LEARNING• Provide vocational training for asylum-
seekers in reception centres in partnership with an accredited lifelong learning
• Ensure flexibility in accessing vocational training for beneficiaries of international protection
• Empower NGOs providing VET to beneficiaries of international protection
• Ensure that vocational training and other employment-related education providers take into consideration the specific situation facing vulnerable persons
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Recommendations by integration area - Housing
Effective
access to
housing
• Lobby local authorities to exempt beneficiaries of international protection from any nationality, previous residence, and official registration requirements
• Work with NGOs and UNHCR to inform local authorities about the rights and obligations of beneficiaries of international protection
• Ensure that vulnerable groups are eligible for mainstream housing benefits
Housing
support
• Introduce targeted long-term in cash and/or in-kind housing support• Encourage partnerships between NGOs and law firms
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Recommendations by integration area – Family Reunification
Exercising the right to family reunification
• Expand the right to family reunification beyond the core family to account for special circumstances
• Enforce legislative clauses that exempt beneficiaries of international protection from the economic, housing, and health insurance requirements
• Expand the time limits for favourable treatment to a reasonable period
Procedure
• Accept other evidence of the existence of family relationships
• Set legal provisions and related funding for family tracing budget
• Aim to reduce the financial burden on beneficiaries of international protection
Facilitating integration of family members reunited
with their sponsor
• an autonomous and indefinite permit and/or status as soon as possible in order to avoid dependency on the sponsor
• include reunited reunited family members in state-provided orientation programmes or at least grant them access to general state-led integration programme
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