Integration of Labour Migrants in the Czech Republic: Reinforcing the role of the Czech towns

Objectives of the Project:

The project aims to empower the role of the Czech cities in the area of integration of migrants in the Czech labour market
The core of the project lies in education of the Czech local infrastructures and state emplyees and their mobilization with respect toa dissatisfactory situation of labour migrants in the Czech Republic

Specific objectives of the project are:

To share experience in regards to local integration policies between European and Czech cities
Mutual learning between the Czech and other European cities (Berlin, Dresden, Brussels) and promotion of best practisess in regarding local integration policies
To build a network in support of migrants's integration and promoting cooperation between Prague and other European cities
To foster efficient communication and co-operation between local infrastructure and economically active foreigners in these cities
To support migrants' orientation in the Czech Republic's labour market
To increrase the qualification of local and state administration in the field of migrants' integration in the labour market

Activies of the project:

Research between the foreign employees and their employers in Czech republic about the current practise in employment of foreigners
Simulation workshops for office servants from Prague city districts, Prague City Hall and regional authorities in cooperation with our German partner organisation (Humanity in Action)
Integration workshops for office servants of local governments, municipalities and the state administration from regions
Integration workshops for office servants from Prague city districts, Prague City Hall and regional authorities in cooperation with our German partner organisation (Bertelsmann Stiftung)
Study visit of Czech office servants and representatives from the local governments and municipalites in Berlin, Brussels and Dresden focused on getting in touch with successful local projects for integration of citizens on the labour market
Creation fo help-desk for employees from local and state administration focused on the integration of foreigners
Creation of the template of integration manual for Czech cities

As an additional value of the project we see the capacity to prevent negative social effects related to unemployment and insufficient integration of foreigners.

Our project partners: CBAI (Centre Bruxellois d´Action Interculturelle asbl), Humanity in Action Deutchland e.V., Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Integrations- und Ausländerbeauftragte a Rejs e.V..

Duration of the project: May 2012 - April 2015

Project coordinator:
Jan Dítko
Phone +420 296 325 346
E-mail: jan.ditko@mkc.cz

This project, CZ.1.04/5.1.01/77.00030, is supported by the European Social Fund in the Czech Republic via the OP LZZ program.

Project outputs:

EU Migration Agenda and the much controversial quota system

29. 6. 15 Karolína Babická

The European Commission suggests an immediate increase of the budget for saving lives in the Mediterranean Sea and acknowledges that it is important to put more emphasis on solidarity and open legal paths to protection for refugees into the EU, such as resettlement. This can be understood as genuine effort to solve the current situation. On the other hand, the Commission proposes a number of rathe...

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Strategic approaches to integration

4. 6. 15

Approaches in Europe and the role of Czech cities

International conference | discussion | workshops

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Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy & Urban Space - Book Review

6. 5. 15 Vanda Černohorská

“One is not from where she was born, but from where she meets her expectations” (p. 75) states a common Turkish saying that Annika Marlen Hinze quotes in her book Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy & Urban Space.

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The EU is looking for its Smart Borders

14. 4. 15 Karolína Babická

The European Commission has proposed the so called “Smart Borders” package[1] in 2013. It includes two main legislative proposals, the Entry/Exit system (EES) and the Registered travelers Programme (RTP). The aim of this proposal primarily was to combat irregular immigration, identify overstayers, and speed up border checks.

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The ambivalent frame of French naturalization ceremonies

17. 3. 15

There are two directions to current French immigration policy: simultaneously restricting new arrivals and facilitating access to French nationality. In the recent period, the public authorities have focused closely on naturalization. This has led to a significant increase in number of persons naturalized French, and the development of a solemn ceremony for conferring on them the written certifica...

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Review of the 16, 2014, 2 issue of Urban People journal

5. 2. 15 Vanda Černohorská

The latest issue of the Urban People journal presents a selection of papers from the conference “Beyond Borders: Migration and (In)Equality in Central Europe in Comparison” organized by the Multicultural Center in Prague. It was held at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, in Jinonice on January 23-24, 2014 as the closing and most important event of an internati...

NGOs meet the European Commission to discuss family reunification

27. 8. 14 Karolína Babická

The very first event of the European Platform on Asylum and Migration (EPAM)[1] dedicated to family reunification was organised in May 2014. It brought together EPAM Members, national practitioners and the European Commission for a training and brainstorming meeting.
The author attended the meeting as a representative of one of the E...

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Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund

15. 4. 14 Karolína Babická

On 13 March, the European Parliament approved the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for 2014- 2020, which replaces the European Refugee Fund, the European Integration Fund and the European Return Fund. The commentary presents an overview of the main changes in resources allocation and discussion on 'partnership' principle.

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„No Country for Refugees". Greek EU Presidency and the (Anti) Migration Policy

3. 3. 14 Vanda Černohorská

Twelve dead. Those are the dismal statistics of the first weeks of the Greek EU Presidency. Nine children and three women lost their lives in the North Aegean Sea while trying to reach what they thought would be “a promised land”, the European Union. Sadly, their vessel capsized near a Greek island Farmakonisi while being spotted and then (allegedly) towed by the Greek coastguard back towards ...

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