@NCLUSION - AMIF

Asylum, migration and integration funds

The Fund aims to further boost national capacities and improve procedures for migration management, as well as to enhance solidarity and responsibility sharing between Member States, in particular through emergency assistance and the relocation mechanism.

PROJECT’S START DATE: 01/04/2024
PROJECT’S END DATE: 31/04/2027
TOTAL BUDGET: 1.430.071.05 €
FUNDING: 1.287.063.95
PROJECT CODE: 101141076
NAME :Fostering inclusion of LGBTQI+ migrants at local level

Description & Objectives

The @nclution project focuses on LGBTQI+ migrants and refugees, bringing together local authorities, civil society organizations (promoting the rights of migrants and LGBTQI+ persons) and migrant-led organizations from diverse EU regions (Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland & Spain). The aim of the project is to increase the effectiveness of the inclusion of LGBTQI+ migrants at local level, by implementing local integration strategies and measures based on the cooperation and coordination among local authorities, migrants’ organizations and communities, LGBTQI+ organizations and other CSOs supporting the rights of migrants and LGBTQI+ persons. The project focuses on LGBTQI+ migrants and refugees as they have specific needs and vulnerabilities and will propose a targeted approach addressing their needs. For the implementation of this approach the project involves three main target groups and namely migrants’ organizations and communities, LGBTQI+ organizations and local authorities. The cooperation of the target organizations is essential for effectively identifying, understanding and addressing the needs of this vulnerable group, with a view of improving all aspects of their integration.

In view of the above, the proposed project aims at increasing the inclusion of LGBTQI+ migrants’ at local level, by promoting the cooperation between local authorities, LGBTQI+ organizations and migrants’ organizations.

Target groups

Target groups can be divided:

Principal:
- LGBTQI+ migrants
Secundary:
- Migrants
- Locals

Specific objectives:

Develop and implement local integration strategies for LGBTQI+ migrants
Increase awareness and know-how, among local policymakers, on challenges faced by LGBTQI+ migrants, as well as on existing good and bad practices on this issue
Increase synergy and cooperation between LGBTQI+ organizations and migrants’ organizations
Enhance the understanding and sensitization of migrant communities and organizations on including LGBTQI+ migrants (and LGBTQI+ issues in their dialogue with policy makers)

Enhance the understanding and sensitization of LGBTQI+ organizations on including LGBTQI+ migrants (and LGBTQI+ migrants’ issues in their dialogue with policy makers)
Create intersectional methodological tools to support the work of local authorities, LGBTQI+ organizations and migrants’ organizations
Better inform LGBTQI+ migrants & refugees about practices in the host country.

First Step: Kick Off Meeting- Nikosia, Cyprus

Two members of the IDEA Alzira department of Ajuntament d’Alzira have attended the first meeting in Nikosia, Cyprus of the @nclusion project, of the European program AMIF, in which the European projects office, Alzira On Europe, participates. The proposed project aims to increase the inclusion of LGBTQI+ immigrants at the local level by promoting cooperation between local authorities, LGBTQI+ organizations and immigrant organizations

Second Step: LGBTQI+ Inclusion Training for Alzira City Council

Pau Sapiña, a technician from Alzira on Europe, led a key training session for the technicians of Alzira City Council as part of the @nclusion Project, funded by AMIF. The workshop focused on the specific challenges faced by LGBTQI+ migrants and refugees and how local authorities can contribute to their effective inclusion within the community.

The course covered topics such as raising awareness about the needs of this group, training on diversity, and developing local strategies to improve integration. Such actions are essential to ensuring that our public policies foster an inclusive and respectful environment for all.

Third Step: Collaboration with Asociación Gailes

The Alzira City Council will collaborate with the Asociación Gailes de Alzira on the @nclusion project. Asociación Gailes is an LGBTQI organization that works to fight for healthy activism for equality. 🏳️‍🌈
During the initial meeting, the foundations for the collabroation were agreed upon and expectations were discussed.

Partners

More about:

The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) is set up for the period 2021-2027, with a total of EUR 9.88 billion. The Fund aims to further boost national capacities and improve procedures for migration management, as well as to enhance solidarity and responsibility sharing between Member States, in particular through emergency assistance and the relocation mechanism.

The four AMIF objectives

AMIF will contribute to the achievement of four specific objectives:

to strengthen and develop all aspects of the common European asylum system, including its external dimension
to support legal migration to the Member States, including by contributing to the integration of third-country nationals
to contribute to countering irregular migration and ensuring effectiveness of return and readmission in third countries
to enhance solidarity and responsibility sharing between the Member States, in particular towards those most affected by migration and asylum challengs

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.