Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Date of latest update: 2023-11-06

Description

Description (EN):

After undergoing profound political transformations, the Danube region is now facing diverse demographic, labour market and migration challenges, yet lacks the appropriate multi-level governance support structures, especially in the field of migrants economic integration. With the goal of achieving cohesion and economic development in the Danube region, DRIMs objective is to enhance the capacity of public institutions for promoting migrants’ economic integration, understood as fair access to employment, work and skills enhancement. The main result of DRIM – the improved capacity of public institutions to respond to the needs of newly arrived as well as resident migrants through effective information sharing – will be a corner stone of an information infrastructure that will facilitate economic integration in the Danube region. DRIM will achieve this goal through the following activities and outputs: a) conceptual framework for information sharing and the development of an info tool – DANUBE COMPASS; b) info tool testing (pilot action); c) learning interactions and evaluations to mainstream and disseminate DANUBE COMPASS; d) a strategy that promotes and mainstreams information sharing as a necessary step for migrants access to employment. The outputs, especially DANUBE COMPASS, are an innovative attempt to respond to the transnational challenges with a transnational approach instead of national information infrastructures. The expected short-term impact is a better response of main target groups (local and national authorities) in supporting migrants economic integration as well as migrants – the secondary target group – easier access to employment and renewed trust in public authorities. The long-term change is expected to be the construction of an effective information infrastructure for migrants throughout the Danube region, with corresponding improved capacities of public institutions ensuring smoother integration and through that social change.

Achievements (EN):

AFTER THREE DECADES OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION, THE DANUBE REGION HAS EMERGED AS THE NEW DESTINATION FOR LABOR MIGRATION. HOWEVER, WITH POLICIES TO INTEGRATE FOREIGNERS ABSENT OR UNDERDEVELOPED, THE ECONOMIC MIGRATION TO THE COUNTRIES IN THE REGION POSES MANY CHALLENGES. DRIM PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF MIGRANTS BY COLLABORATION AND INFORMATION-SHARING AMONG ALL KEY ACTORS. With sustained economic growth, new economic opportunities in the Danube region have attracted economic migrants, especially from outside of the European Union. Once in their new home, migrants are often faced with difficult situations to access basic services or to find employment. According to the DRIM project, the lack of information on different aspects of work and life, has been one of the main barriers to successful integration of foreigners in the eight countries of the Danube region. A NEW ONLINE TOOL HELPING NEWCOMERS: To address the issue with a transnational approach, the project partners responded by developing the Danube Compass, an online platform which gathers information from diverse sources in each participating country—Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Germany, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia. It provides both migrants from within the EU and third-country nationals with information featured in six main sections—work, arrival and stay, education, health, daily life and language learning. Besides, the platform also servse as a reliable source of useful documents and contacts. It is avialable in several languages, according to the destination country. Thanks to its transnational character, the platform helps local and national authorities and organisations working with migrants to share information among themselves, ensuring smoother integration process accross eight different countries.“The seed of this project was laid back in 2012 when my colleague Nataša Rogelja and I collaborated with the Employment Service of Slovenia on their large scale project providing a one stop shop for migrant workers in Slovenia. We then prepared a list of services that would be useful for migrants in Slovenia and were thinking even then to expand this into the wider information platform. A tool that would be useful for migrants coming to Slovenia as well as for the public authorities that are meeting migrants on a daily basis,” says Martina Bofulin, researcher at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, who coordinated the project. TRAININGS FOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DECISION-MAKERS: Besides the Danube Compass, now available in 21 languages, a handbook for organisations and institutions involved in the integration of newly arrived migrants as well as Catalogue of Best Practices in the Field of Migrants’ Access to Information were developed. In addition, numerous meetings and training with representatives from more than 500 hundred public institutions were organized to support the change in how public institutions disseminate and migrants receive information on a systemic level. According to Martina Bofulin, partnerships created amongst the relevant actors involved in the network, such as local and international stakeholders, contribute to improved capacities of public institutions, which would ensure smoother integration of migrants in their new communities. POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM STAKEHOLDERS: The transnational appraoch of the project met with a very positive response. In the life course of the DRIM project, it has been featured in a number of prestigious events such European Week of Cities and Regions and the Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for Baltic region, BLED Strategic Forum or Polish National Migration Network Conference. It has also been honoured with several recognitions, including Constantinus International Award, Prize by Slovak Academy of Sciences in the field of international scientific and technological cooperation.

Website: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Intensity of cooperation of institutional actors and other stakeholders in the programme area in order to tackle major societal challenges (survey based composite indicator)

Expected Outputs (EN):

DRIM’s main result is the improved capacity of institutional actors to promote migrants’ economic integration in Danube region. DRIM's implementation of tool, pilot action and strategy is based on intensive institutional collaboration and coordination (learning interactions, workshops, peer reviews, trainings) that will enable knowledge transfer from more experienced regions to less experienced (1) and enhance the mutual exchange of information and good practice among public institutions involved in the project across the sectors and at various levels of governance (2). Moreover, the transnational character of the tool and the strategy, as well as the effort for their transferability (Handbook for transnational use of Danube Compass, transnational working groups and involvement into international networks and organizations, use of multiple languages) will enable its use in other territories of Danube region as well as outside program area and will benefit not only public authorities, but also different migrant groups (resident migrants, newly arrived migrants, refugees, posted workers, international students after finishing studies). The measures for this contribution are: No. of learning interactions related to the improving capacity to promote migrants’ employment (3), No. of representatives of public institutions included in learning interactions (min. 240), percentage of target group's satisfied users (min. 80 %), No. of DANUBE COMPASS visits (min. 1000 visits/month).

Thematic information

Demographic change and immigration

Specific Objective:

Improve institutional capacities to tackle major societal challenges (short title). Strengthen multilevel- and transnational governance and institutional capacities and provide viable institutional and legal frameworks for more effective, wider and deeper transnational cooperation across the Danube region in areas with major societal challenges

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti

Address: Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zrc-sazu.si/

Total budget: EUR 427 855.00

ERDF budget: EUR 363 676.75

Landeshauptstadt München, Referat für Arbeit und Wirtschaft, Kommunale Beschäftigungspolitik und Qualifizierung

Name: Landeshauptstadt München, Referat für Arbeit und Wirtschaft, Kommunale Beschäftigungspolitik und Qualifizierung

Address: Herzog-Willhelm-Strasse 15, 80331 München, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.muenchen.de/mbq

Total budget: EUR 176 372.50

ERDF budget: EUR 149 916.62

GS gain&sustain OG

Name: GS gain&sustain OG

Address: Kranzmayerstraße 61c/6, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.gainandsustain.eu

Total budget: EUR 149 977.20

ERDF budget: EUR 127 480.62

Ústav etnológie, Slovenská akadémia vied

Name: Ústav etnológie, Slovenská akadémia vied

Address: Klemensova 19, 81364 Bratislava, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.caritasakademie.at

Total budget: EUR 121 456.80

ERDF budget: EUR 103 238.28

SPF Group, s.r.o.

Name: SPF Group, s.r.o.

Address: Bozděchova 99/6, 400 01 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.spfgroup.org

Total budget: EUR 119 313.50

ERDF budget: EUR 101 416.48

Caritas Akademie der Diözese Graz-Seckau

Name: Caritas Akademie der Diözese Graz-Seckau

Address: Grabenstraße 39, 8010 Graz, Austria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.caritasakademie.at

Total budget: EUR 117 603.80

ERDF budget: EUR 99 963.23

Center za mirovne studije

Name: Center za mirovne studije

Address: Selska cesta 112a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.cms.hr

Total budget: EUR 106 702.00

ERDF budget: EUR 90 696.70

Komitet pravnika za ljudska prava

Name: Komitet pravnika za ljudska prava

Address: Kneza Miloša 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.yucom.org.rs

Total budget: EUR 101 392.00

IPA2 budget: EUR 86 183.20

Közép-dunántúli Regionális Innovációs Ügynökség Nonprofit Kft.

Name: Közép-dunántúli Regionális Innovációs Ügynökség Nonprofit Kft.

Address: Seregélyesi út 113 113, 8000 Székesfehérvár, Hungary

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.kdriu.hu

Total budget: EUR 101 184.50

ERDF budget: EUR 86 006.82

Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje

Name: Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje

Address: Cesta v Rožno dolino IX/6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ess.gov.si

Total budget: EUR 100 312.00

ERDF budget: EUR 85 265.20

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Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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City of Munich, Department of Labor and Economic Development, Local Employment and Qualification Policy

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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GS gain&sustain OG

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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SPF Group, Ltd.

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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Caritas Academy of Diocese Graz-Seckau

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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Center for Peace Studies

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency Nonprofit Ltd.

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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Employment Service of Slovenia

Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

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Summary

Project name (EN): Danube Region Information Platform for Economic Integration of Migrants

Project acronym: DTP1-183-4.1 DRIM

Project start date: 2017-01-01

Project end date: 2019-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 522 169.30

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 293 843.90

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 1 207 660.70.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 86 183.20.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Presentations

DRIM Infographic

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/drim

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Books

Info Booklet on Labour Market in Austria

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/drim

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Globe in motion: Patterns of International migration

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/drim

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Globe in motion: Multiple shades of migration

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/drim

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Danube Compass Health SI/ALB/RUS

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/drim

Publication date: 2020-01-27

Document date: 2019-06-30

Languages: sl

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Danube

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-09-22

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

155 / 155 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 582 / 1 582 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg-danube.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-10-06, 2023-01-10 and 2024-01-30.

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