EU Projects

Project duration: 30 months, 2020-2022

The project aims at exchanging and transferring knowledge, experiences and best practices on integration between 9 UnionMigrantNet (UMN) members and 8 local authorities from five EU countries, namely Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Slovenia. Building on the already existing European network of trade unions providing services to third country nationals, the project will seek to enhance the network by fostering partnerships with local authorities, key actors in the reception and integration of migrants and refugees.

The UnionMigrantNet & Cities Together for Integration project is based on three main pillars:

- National integration activities where UnionMigrantNet members and local authorities will undertake targeted measures aiming at fostering migrant’s integration in the labour market.

- Mutual Learning Programmes (MLP) between local authorities and UnionMigrantNet members in five EU countries.

- Update of the UnionMigrantNet Portal to facilitate its use for migrants by improving the on- line access to UMN structures and enhancing the digital networking of contact points. Besides, new IT tools will be developed to improve the exchange of information among contact point operators, as well as UnionMigrantNet’s visibility in the social media.

Greek partners: Athens Labour Unions Organization (EKA), Generation 2.0 for Rights, Equality and Diversity (G2RED) & Municipality of Athens are the three partners for Greece with EKA being the coordinator of country’s activities. The three organizations are going to cooperate in the delivery of:

- National Hub Desk operated by Migrant Point EKA

- Εmployability training for refugees and asylum seekers

- Αwareness-raising event on the TCNs labour market integration

- Α digital guide of good practices on TCNs’ labour market integration in Greece

- Dissemination materials such as newsletters and videos

- A final conference

The multi-national project UnionMigrantNet and Cities Together for Integration is funded by the European Union’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, under the call AMIF-2018-AG-INTE (Transnational actions for Integration of Third-Country Nationals in the EU Member States and supporting legal migration).