Involved Actors & Resources
| Governmental body: Yes / No | Yes. RIN Berlin, coordinated by the Dept. of Integration, Labour / Social |
| If yes, explain by filling in the name(s) of the governmental body | Services. Financial partners are: Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, |
| Other public actors: Yes / No | European Social Fund (ESF), Dept. of Integration, Labour /Social Affairs Berlin |
| If yes, explain by filling in the name(s) of the public actors and describe which sector and explain their role, briefly: | Employers seeking labour |
| Private for-profit actors: Yes / No | Indirectly. These are firms and institutions seeking labour. |
If yes, explain by using types of private for-profit actors such as
public engagement consultants, companies etc. | Public administration, care takers, hospitals, and private businesses. |
| Private not-for profit actors: Yes / No | 8 exemplary training projects and 4 supporting projects |
| If yes, explain by using types of private not-for-profit actors such as associations, informal networks etc. | Training projects experienced in the field of environmental |
| Civic actors: Yes / No | Renewable energy, digitalisation. Mentoring courses. |
| If yes, explain on the heterogeneity of the participants with respect to gender, age, educational qualification, place of residence etc. | Participants originate from diverse migrant mcultures, sexes and age groups. |
| Other actors: Yes / No | No |
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| Funding/financial resources for the particular best practice example | Budget of 8,4 million EUR for 3 years (2023-2025) -50% Federal |
| If yes, specify e.g. amount of funding/year | Services. Financial partners are: Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs |
| Participatory process: Yes / No | Yes, insofar as diverse migrant organisations and specific training orgs. for women are partners. |
| Deliberative process: Yes / No | No |
| Other forms: if yes, specify | No |
| Top-down | The initiator has been the Regional Integration Network with mixed membership. |
| Bottom-up | Insofar that there is Mixed membership in RIN (Migrant and womens training orgs. as well) |
| Others: if yes, specify |
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| Cost reimbursement (e.g., for public transport, compensation of working hours): if yes, describe | N/A |
| Provision of care services: if yes, describe | N/A |
| Provision of mediators (e.g., linguistic, cultural): if yes, describe/specify | Mediators are the not for profit migrant and specialized womens orgs. |
| Frequency of activities within the best practice: How often and for how long did participants involve in best practice (e.g., in general friendly towards employed people or people with care responsibilities)? | Each training program, e.g. health care, public administration and environmental, etc. varied. |
| External inclusion referring to who is invited or allowed to take part from the invitation = ideal situation | People with a migrant background professional qualifications from abroad. |
| Internal inclusion referring to the participation of all participants within = real situation | N/A |
| Internal exclusion referring to certain participants who are overly dominant | Evaluation is not completed to respond. |
| Vulnerable groups were specified in the designed plan of the best practice: Yes / No | Yes, since all migrant groups face barriers entering a qualification adequate profession. |
| If yes: Who in particular, e.g. migrants, people in precarious work-situation etc.? Specify |
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| If yes: Special attention towards young people, women, elderly people: Yes / No | Special attention is given to migrant women in two cases, otherwise independent of gender. |
| If yes, specify |
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| Did vulnerable groups participate in the best practice: Yes / No | By definition migrant groups are vulnerable with respect to barriers experienced within labour market integration |
| If yes: Who in particular, e.g. migrants, people in precarious work-situation etc.? Specify |
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| If yes: Participation of young people, women, elderly people: Yes / No | Two projects are specifically for women. |
| If yes, specify |
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| If yes: Did special training and empowerment activities support these groups within the participatory process? | Yes |
| Information documents (e.g., flyer, brochures, invitation letters): Yes / No | Yes |
| If yes: multiple languages available: Yes / No |
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| If yes: non-technical language used: Yes / No | Yes |
| Social Media (e.g., facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, websites, blog): Yes / No |
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| If yes: please specify |
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Way of Communication
| Way of Communication | Multiple |
| Website and social media postings: Yes / No | Yes |
| Information documents distributed in the post box: Yes / No |
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| Information documents distributed on streets and public spaces (during events): Yes / No |
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| Press releases in “traditional” public media (e.g. linear TV, daily newspapers etc.): Yes / No |
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| Special-target activities (e.g. through gate-openers, community workers etc.): yes/no | Yes |
Monitoring
| Monitoring process on the best practice available? Yes / No | Available to Network members |
| If yes: Continuous information on monitoring results provided to the participants: Yes / No |
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| If yes: How? How often? | To be further examined |
| Integration of participants in the monitoring process? Yes / No | Own evaluation |
| If yes: Did they have the opportunity to suggest changes to the process? Yes / No | Feedback process |
| Continuous information on monitoring results provided to network partners (public and non-public actors)? | To be further examined |
| If yes: How? How often? |
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Impact Assessment/Evaluation
| Did an impact assessment (e.g., achievements, challenges) or evaluation (standardized success measurement) take place: Yes / No | Yes |
| If yes: Who evaluates? What? How? At which point of process? | Focus groups are applied for intergroup feedback |
Citizen Empowerment & Representation
Structured Decision-Making
| Explanation of objectives and methods, at the beginning of the process? Yes / No | Yes |
| Do the participants make final decisions? | No it is a training program to supplement needs |
| If no: Why? Who decides instead? | Reauirements for occupational preparation |
| If yes: What kinds of decisions? |
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| If yes: Is there a veto right by the citizens (i.e. if they are against a specific option this is not implemented?)? Yes / No | No does not apply |
| At the end of the participation process: Final document on the decisions that were taken? Yes / No | Unknown…still in process |
| If yes: publication of this document available? Yes / No | Not at this time |
| If yes: publication of this document sent to participants and/or affected community? Yes / No | Feedback process to training orgs& migr. Orgs in Network |
| Clear definition and communication of mutual commitments, decision-making roles and any limits on the decisions? Yes / No | Unknown, potentiall yes, process continues |
| Are specific tools available to participants (e.g., regular meetings or trainings, apps)? | N/A |
| If yes: What kind of? |
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| If not: Why not? |
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| Integration of empowerment tools in multi-level-governance-system? | N/A |
| If yes: Where [in the sense of at which level in the multilevel-governance (vertical)]? |
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| If yes: For whom in particular (horizontal)? |
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| If not: Why not? What results from that (e.g., disconnection etc.) |
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| Involvement and Tasks of Participating Groups |
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| Which groups are involved at which stage of the participatory process? | Migrant and womens organiziations. Belonging to network. |
| What are the tasks of the groups? Describe for each group. | N/A |
