Multi-level governance for migrant integration
Policy instruments from Austria, Canada, France, Germany and Italy
Comprehensive and coordinated action across levels of government responsible for different
policy domains (labour, education, housing and welfare/health) as well as across local
actors is crucial to migrant integration. To respond to this need for co-ordination,
different policy instruments are mobilised by countries. This paper presents six of
them, to illustrate three categories of practices supporting migrant integration through
better multi-level co-ordination:
Reinforcing co-ordination (financial, human, technical) between levels of governments
and private actors such as businesses or non-governmental organisations to foster
migrant integration and retention: The Canadian Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) and
the French Territorial Contracts for the Reception and Integration of Refugees (CTAIR);
Resolving information and evaluation asymmetries: Vienna (Austria) Integration and
Diversity Monitor and the German Network IQ;
Illustrating the positive externalities of territorial development and investment
programmes on migrant integration and social cohesion: The Italian Inner Areas Strategy
and the French Urban Policy.
Published on February 02, 2022
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