Topic 1: Promoting community sponsorship schemes and integration of persons in need of international protection

• projects fostering the complementarity of state- and community-run schemes;
• raising awareness;
• improving the processes matching donors and beneficiaries;
• involving local communities;
• attracting donors;
• creating and evaluating pilot projects.

Topic 2: Integration and inclusion at regional and local level

• designing and implementing local integration strategies to speed up access to services, help find employment, etc.;
• providing various forms of training;
• running volunteering, 'buddying' or mentoring activities;
• training cultural mediators or interpreters;
• creating know-how and best practices;
• creating rural partnerships ensuring migrants' inclusion in rural areas.

Topic 3: Support to integration in education of migrant children and young adults

• mobilising local support and building partnerships between key stakeholders;
• organising conferences and workshops to develop relevant methodology and exchanges of good practices;
• running pilot projects and upscaling of good practices;
• coaching or mentoring activities with or without a linguistic component;
• dissemination and network-building among stakeholders;
• organising trainings for service providers;
• involving migrant communities as a facilitator;
• activities directed at migrant parents.

Topic 4: Multi-stakeholder initiatives for migrant integration into the labour market

• strengthen the cooperation between labour market actors and migrants;
• advance the effective inclusion of migrants in the labour market early and at a level adequate to their qualifications;
• contribute to a better matching of the skills of migrants already in the EU and the needs of the EU labour markets;
• promote inclusive workplaces, including by raising awareness about and tackling discrimination.

Proposals may include activities including and not limited to:

• developing of innovative approaches to labour market integration;
• upscaling of established good practices;
• providing trainings to stakeholders;
• running workshops, conferences and other activities to create and strengthen partnerships.

Proposals are encouraged to take into account the specific needs of migrant women.

Topic 5: Promoting complementary pathways linked to work

• engaging national authorities to fill information gaps and create closer cooperation across policy for faster and simpler admission procedures;
• mobilising support and building strong partnerships between key stakeholders;
• developing and providing training to stakeholders, especially to companies and employer organisations and building on good practices;
• organising conferences, workshops and awareness-raising activities;
• engaging companies to take part in complementary pathways in both urban and rural settings;
• mobilising diaspora communities;
• improving the processes of matching  companies and job offers with people in need of international protection;
• training companies to ensure their sustainable commitment and support to workers;
• running pilot projects on work-related complementary pathways leading to actual admission and job placement;
• supporting programmes for skilled people in need of international protection;
• providing information within third countries hosting refugees.

Topic 6: Transnational actions to support Member States in the field of protection of children in migration

• organising conferences, workshops, seminars, thematic meetings;
• organising study visits;
• creating exchange programs;
• developing sustainable training modules;
• developing practical support applicable in different contexts;
• providing training to public or private actors who provide support to guardians.

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