FOCUS: A research project on integration
How to live well together
FOCUS in a nutshell
FOCUS is an EU funded research project running from January 2019 to December 2021, led by the Red Cross’s Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support hosted by the Danish Red Cross with partners from nine countries (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark France, Germany, Ireland, Jordan and the United Kingdom).
Its aim is to make an impact on both research and practice by understanding and improving the dynamics of integration in Jordan, Croatia, Germany and Sweden. A special emphasis is put on identifying and capitalising on the psychological and social factors that foster successful integration and really help us to live well together.
FOCUS will
- Map integration policies and practices and carry out major field studies at four research sites;
- Identify and pilot-test innovative practices for social and labour market integration and pilot-tests;
- Engage with policy makers to provide guidance on policy development and programme design.
A new 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 by the European Commission actively involves #migrants, #asylum applicants and refugees to make #migration, asylum and #integration policies more effective. Interested in participating? Apply until 21 September: https://t.co/jHb5PzLeyL. Check out our second Research Brief: https://t.co/sbdmqJzwbc. Our second research brief is out: https://t.co/cTYrzqdjCB! #FOCUSforRefugees #MigrantResearch #refugees #integration #whatmatters #whatworks #EPICnewsletter | June edition is out https://t.co/yK6qxEVDOh with the latest project updates in 🥳 We're launching the FOCUS #YouTube channel: https://t.co/qnQXQ78jAD! You will find our project video and much more content to dive deeper into our approach. Watch what our understanding of #integration looks like! #FOCUSforRefugees #MigrantResearch To all the emergency staff / volunteers and health care professionals out there: How are you really doing? Researchers from @uniinnsbruck conduct an online survey on the psychosocial and #emotional well-being during the #COVID__19 #pandemic: https://t.co/115QFLIsSV. This report by the Immigrant Council of Ireland outlines the current situation with local #migrant integration plans in Ireland: https://t.co/vtju1VsbcM. The report makes numerous recommendations for effective #integration. Well done, @immigrationIRL! #FOCUSforRefugees 📽️🎞️The storytelling in this short film by award-winning stop motion animation director @CProwseAnimator is so powerful that words are dispensable: . @refugeecouncil #FamiliesTogether #FOCUSforRefugees #MigrantIntegrationEU #displacement Medically qualified #migrants needed: The German website @match4health_ created by students and hackers, seeks to match healthcare workers and volunteers to clinics and care homes needing support: https://t.co/3MYASd3s4g. #FOCUSforRefugees #COVID19 #LancetMigration is promoting a migrant-inclusive #COVID19 response 🌎 by 1) encouraging action on our #LancetMigration 3 asks in our Global Call to Action 2) linking with regional partners to advocate 3) forming a knowledge platform 🙌 Join us here —> #WHO has released safe #ramadan practices in the context of the #Covid_19 – an interim guidance: https://t.co/jTtO5aKYm0. Whilst staying physically distant the faithful can still reflect, pray, share and care. #FOCUSforRefugees Photo by T Foz on Unsplash We're in a race against time.
The #FOCUSforRefugees newsletter June edition is out
https://t.co/YW1ZbaUimK
❗ Two briefs on what matters and what works in #integration
📽YouTube channel to discover the FOCUS approach
🎡How to engage with us
Subscribe now: https://t.co/I6SDy52UxK
📊Surveys and focus group to map #migration & #integration practices
🎧#Hatespeech prevention webinar
...and many more #MigrationEU
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Refugees, displaced people and migrants depend on fragile incomes which are the first to disappear in situations of lockdown. #COVID19
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Do you share our interest in fostering integration with a strong focus on agency and inter-group relations, and on emotional and social capability? Sign up to the FOCUS community to receive updates on project results and activities and get involved!
