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Sustainability

Inclusivity & Participation

Does the practice ensure that its services are accessible and responsive to diverse groups?

One of the core aims of Cepaim’s strategic plan is to build an intercultural, equitable, just, and inclusive society. These principles form the foundation of all its projects, including New Paths. The New Paths project ensures that its services are accessible and responsive to all target groups, with the flexibility to meet specific needs and make reasonable adjustments when necessary to ensure access for specific individuals.

Inspiring tools:

Inspiring tools: Cepaim’s Strategic Plan.

Good practice checklist

✓ Adopt a participatory, gender mainstreaming, age sensitive, inclusive approach and secure equal opportunities for beneficiaries.

✓ Make sure to provide precise and accessible information on how to access services in different languages, formats and through different communication channels

✓ Ensure that equality and diversity are an essential part of how services are delivered, taking into consideration different needs and capacities.

✓ Make reasonable adjustments to service delivery in order to take into account particular needs of the target group.

Does the practice involve the active participation of the receiving society?

The practice follows a programme of active engagement with local authorities, communities and beneficiary families in order to ensure their participation. The entire local community is involved in promoting social inclusion through the sponsoring of migrant families.

Good practice checklist

✓ Consider integration as a two-way process, and aim for change on the side of the receiving society.

✓ Foresee an active role for the receiving society in the design and implementation stages of the practice, and involve actions that encourage native communities and beneficiaries to work together.

Does the practice consult its beneficiaries and involve them in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the action?

Individuals and families are involved in the design of their own participation strategies, in order to promote their successful involvement. Flexible and interculturally appropriate approaches are taken for the training, and a comprehensive feedback mechanism is in place by which beneficiaries can share their opinions on project design, quality and evaluation.

Good practice checklist

✓ Organise consultation activities with migrant beneficiaries in order to co-create actions where possible and secure their feedback on the design and evaluation of the action.

✓ Provide appropriate feedback mechanisms by which beneficiaries can safely express their opinions on service quality.

✓ Use flexible and interculturally-adapted formats and compensate participants for their contribution.

Relevance & Complementarity

Are the objectives of the practice relevant to the needs of the migrants?

Through this project, Cepaim aims to provide a two-way response to the problem of depopulation of rural areas, as well as to the social and employment difficulties faced by many migrants, who are also at risk of social exclusion in urban environments. The project is designed around an interview process in which beneficiaries are given all the information needed to take the decision to move to a rural municipality. The project is evaluated and adjusted accordingly on an annual basis.

Good practice checklist

✓ Identify and analyse the needs of the relevant migrants and prioritise methods which directly ask them about their needs.

✓ Identify and analyse gaps in integration support and design actions to fill these gaps.

✓ Aim for systemic improvement, satisfying the needs of the majority of target groups in the target area.

Is the practice relevant to the empowerment of migrants, the strengthening of their autonomy and the support of their long-term integration?

This project furthers integration by increasing the ‘employability’ of its participants. It is built on an understanding of migrant family units as agents of rural community revitalisation, and an assumption that employment will promote their longer term integration. Extensive work is carried out to inform migrants about and prepare them for insertion into their new rural communities.

Good practice checklist

✓ Devise actions with the overarching goal of providing positive feedback and making migrants more confident, autonomous and independent.

✓ Contribute to migrants’ engagement with the community for the common good.

✓ Ensure that services contribute to the strengthening of the capacities of migrants/migrant communities.

✓ Include (or create the preconditions for) actions that facilitate long-term integration.

✓ Address discrimination and information gaps as obstacles to long-term integration.

Does the practice align with the priorities, strategic goals and policies of other relevant stakeholders, and contribute to the wider integration framework?

The project applies annually to a national call for proposals within the broader integration framework. In addition, it is co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) and therefore ensures its actions comply with the ESF integration guide. As well as working with local authorities, Cepaim advocates at regional and national level for better funding for integration and improved integration policies.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure that all actions are in line with international and European human rights standards.

✓ Employ regional/local, national and EU/international level integration-related guidelines and tools.

✓ Make sure that the services offered contribute to the strengthening of the capacities of relevant institutions to support future development.

Effectiveness

Is the practice adequately planned and based on a comprehensive design?

The project has a strong, comprehensive strategic framework which has been extended to multiple regions. It includes achievable and observable outcomes, as well as clear and organised activities that meet SMART indicators. Moreover, in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Labour’s call for proposals, Cepaim has developed a solid staff management plan. It also has a strong communications plan, designed to meet the requirements of its ESF+ co-funding.

Good practice checklist

✓ Aim for actions that achieve observable outcomes among the target group or contribute to changes during the implementation of the action.

✓ Make sure that the objectives and planned results of the activity are feasible and clear.

✓ Develop a communications strategy during the design phase of the action and pay attention to communication with host communities and local authorities.

✓ Ensure the practice is based on indicators that are measurable, achievable, and relevant.

✓ Develop a staff management plan to identify team members with the right skills to work with beneficiaries, and their needs for training and further qualification.

Does the practice regularly monitor implementation and evaluate its results?

The practice has in place a clear monitoring and evaluation process that includes mechanisms for gathering beneficiary feedback. In addition, risks are anticipated and identified through various mitigation measures. Training courses are continually improved as needed, and a magazine is also published regularly which promotes the project and shares relevant outcomes. Cepaim conducts follow-up activities with programme beneficiaries to ensure the sustainability of its outcomes.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure regular monitoring of action implementation and compare actual performance to goals set during the design phase.

✓ Anticipate obstacles that might occur and plan alternative scenarios during the design phase of the action.

✓ Ensure achievement of intended outputs / outcomes.

✓ Determine whether practice outcomes are considered successful by beneficiaries, the host and practitioner communities, funders, and policymakers.

✓ Assess whether interventions contribute to long-term sustainable change.

Sustainability

Is the practice prepared to sustain its positive effects after completion?

The project is designed to be sustainable in the long term, and relies on partnerships with relevant stakeholders to ensure this. Adequate training of the technical team also ensures its continuity.

Good practice checklist

✓ During the design phase, anticipate opportunities to continue the intervention after completion.

✓ Prepare and apply a well-defined sustainability plan to ensure the continuation of positive effects / outcomes.

✓ Devote resources to building capacities during the implementation phase, in order to ensure that the necessary human resources, expertise and infrastructure are in place to sustain the services upon completion of the action.

Does the practice attract structural funding and support from new sponsors and individuals, or have the potential to develop a business model to generate its own resources?

Partnerships developed with relevant stakeholders are maintained and renewed each year to ensure structural support. Diverse funding is one of the strengths of the project, as it is co-funded by the Spanish Ministry of Labour and the European Union. It is a project with a long-term perspective.

Good practice checklist

✓ Develop partnerships and relations with relevant stakeholders at the early stage of the action to ensure that the practice has strong support and potential partners for after the primary funding terminates.

✓ Identify new EU and national funding opportunities for long-term integration (e.g., shifting from project-based initiatives that are limited in time or dependent on one (external) donor to a comprehensive, multi-year strategy based on secured funding or diverse funding opportunities).

✓ Diversify funding opportunities and identify options for self-financing through business activities or social entrepreneurship.

Partnership & Collaboration

Does the practice establish communication and coordination with other relevant actors to foster the integration of migrants? (e.g., migrants, civil society, public authorities, businesses)

Nuevos Senderos ensures that key stakeholders – including a network of municipalities interested in receiving migrants and interested parties in the employment sector – are involved at every stage of the integration process.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure the involvement and participation of key stakeholders in the development phase and create strategies to involve them in the action.

✓ Include multi-stakeholder consultation with professionals, institutions, and citizens, in order to promote the meaningful participation of refuges and migrants and support a joint sense of ownership of decisions and actions.

Does the practice contribute to discussion on the improvement of integration support policies?

Building on the long-term success of the Nuevos Senderos project, the practice contributes to discussion around improvements to integration policies through advocacy and awareness-raising at European, national and regional level.

Good practice checklist

✓ Seize opportunities to contribute to the development of comprehensive integration strategies involving EU-level/national/regional/local authorities, service providers and civil society.

✓ Work with relevant partners to jointly review operations, practices, services, and integration outcomes.

Good Practice Criteria

Sustainability

Inclusivity & Participation

Does the practice ensure that its services are accessible and responsive to diverse groups?

The services of the practice are accessible and responsive to diverse groups, mainly migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, as well others including the LGBTQI+ community and women. Efforts are made to ensure that equality and diversity are an essential part of all activities.

Good practice checklist

✓ Adopt a participatory, gender mainstreaming, age sensitive, inclusive approach and secure equal opportunities for beneficiaries.

✓ Make sure to provide precise and accessible information on how to access services in different languages, formats and through different communication channels

✓ Ensure that equality and diversity are an essential part of how services are delivered, taking into consideration different needs and capacities.

✓ Make reasonable adjustments to service delivery in order to take into account particular needs of the target group.

Does the practice involve the active participation of the receiving society?

There is active participation in the project from individuals, institutions and organisations, including many volunteers. Those that complete the MigraCode course find themselves more appealing to recruiters and employers, and in a stronger position for labour market participation.

Good practice checklist

✓ Consider integration as a two-way process, and aim for change on the side of the receiving society.

✓ Foresee an active role for the receiving society in the design and implementation stages of the practice, and involve actions that encourage native communities and beneficiaries to work together.

Does the practice consult its beneficiaries and involve them in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the action?

MigraCode includes both its volunteers and students in the development of the course. Volunteer teachers are consulted on the inclusion of a new element or module, for example, to ensure it fits the curriculum. A feedback form is also made available at the end of every module for both teachers and students.

Good practice checklist

✓ Organise consultation activities with migrant beneficiaries in order to co-create actions where possible and secure their feedback on the design and evaluation of the action.

✓ Provide appropriate feedback mechanisms by which beneficiaries can safely express their opinions on service quality.

✓ Use flexible and interculturally-adapted formats and compensate participants for their contribution.

Relevance & Complementarity

Is the practice relevant to the empowerment of migrants, the strengthening of their autonomy and the support of their long-term integration?

Participation in MigraCode gives migrants a stronger profile in the labour market and secures them more opportunities to secure work at tech companies. Apart from the coding course itself, MigraCode offers psychosocial, legal and mentoring support that contributes to their long-term integration, and raises awareness of racism and discrimination through social media and events.

Good practice checklist

✓ Devise actions with the overarching goal of providing positive feedback and making migrants more confident, autonomous and independent.

✓ Contribute to migrants’ engagement with the community for the common good.

✓ Include (or create the preconditions for) actions that facilitate long-term integration.

✓ Address discrimination and information gaps as obstacles to long-term integration.

Does the practice align with the priorities, strategic goals and policies of other relevant stakeholders, and contribute to the wider integration framework?

As the goal of many similar institutions and organisations is to promote the integration of migrants, MigraCode aligns well with these stakeholders. The project also implements various tools and methods that are in line with EU human rights standards, and could encourage institutional and legislative reform through setting a precedent for migrant involvement in the tech sector.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure that all actions are in line with international and European human rights standards.

✓ Employ regional/local, national and EU/international level integration-related guidelines and tools.

✓ Make sure that the services offered contribute to the strengthening of the capacities of relevant institutions to support future development.

Effectiveness

Is the practice adequately planned and based on a comprehensive design?

MigraCode promotes upskilling for vulnerable communities to help them find new and better labour opportunities. This not only strengthens migrant communities as a whole, but also meets the demand for skilled talent in the tech sector and thus contributes to a more inclusive and diverse society.

Good practice checklist

✓ Aim for actions that achieve observable outcomes among the target group or contribute to changes during the implementation of the action.

✓ Make sure that the objectives and planned results of the activity are feasible and clear.

✓ Develop a communications strategy during the design phase of the action and pay attention to communication with host communities and local authorities.

✓ Ensure the practice is based on indicators that are measurable, achievable, and relevant.

✓ Develop a staff management plan to identify team members with the right skills to work with beneficiaries, and their needs for training and further qualification.

Does the practice regularly monitor implementation and evaluate its results?

MigraCode monitors the implementation and results of every course cycle. During team meetings, challenges are discussed and activities correspondingly adjusted. Jobs and other opportunities secured as a result of a migrant’s participation in the project are kept track of, feedback is requested from students and teachers, and student progresss is monitored through homework and final project results. Specific goals are set to measure student, volunteer and labour market success. The project also keeps in touch with those who ultimately hire their students, in order to measure the impact of the course on both the host society and on the integration of former students.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure regular monitoring of action implementation and compare actual performance to goals set during the design phase.

✓ Anticipate obstacles that might occur and plan alternative scenarios during the design phase of the action.

✓ Ensure achievement of intended outputs / outcomes.

✓ Determine whether practice outcomes are considered successful by beneficiaries, the host and practitioner communities, funders, and policymakers.

✓ Assess whether interventions contribute to long-term sustainable change.

Sustainability

Is the practice prepared to sustain its positive effects after completion?

MigraCode has a stable sustainability plan, developed through analysis of past courses and expectations for the future. As the project is run by the Open Cultural Centre, it is financially sustained by the centre’s budget. At the same time, due to the technical aspects of the programme, MigraCode can also strongly rely on stable CSR funding.

Good practice checklist

✓ During the design phase, anticipate opportunities to continue the intervention after completion.

✓ Prepare and apply a well-defined sustainability plan to ensure the continuation of positive effects / outcomes.

Does the practice attract structural funding and support from new sponsors and individuals, or have the potential to develop a business model to generate its own resources?

MigraCode attracts donations and funding from other organisations and the European Union. MigraCode Barcelona is part of a larger European network also organised by the Open Cultural Centre, which aims to develop long-term, shared funding opportunities and educational improvements through transnational collaboration.

Good practice checklist

✓ Diversify funding opportunities and identify options for self-financing through business activities or social entrepreneurship.

Partnership & Collaboration

Does the practice establish communication and coordination with other relevant actors to foster the integration of migrants? (e.g., migrants, civil society, public authorities, businesses)

Migracode collaborates with various tech companies, NGOs and civil society actors. For example, some students know of MigraCode because they were referred to it by their local government.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure the involvement and participation of key stakeholders in the development phase and create strategies to involve them in the action.

Does the practice contribute to discussion on the improvement of integration support policies?

Since MigraCode promotes the integration of migrants, it is also likely that it contributes to improvement of integration support policies.

Good practice checklist

✓ Seize opportunities to contribute to the development of comprehensive integration strategies involving EU-level/national/regional/local authorities, service providers and civil society.

✓ Work with relevant partners to jointly review operations, practices, services, and integration outcomes.

Good Practice Criteria

Inclusivity & Participation

Does the practice ensure that its services are accessible and responsive to diverse groups?

KIDEAK promotes the development of egalitarian relationships based on respect and good treatment. The programme focuses on issues relevant to its young (mostly male) participants in the prevention of sexist behaviour and aggression towards women, addressing among other topics the construction of new masculinities, diversity and equality, and egalitarian relationships. For young women participants, programme activities are designed to promote personal empowerment in the face of sexist behaviour and aggression. Intervention plans are tailored according to the needs and experiences of individual participants.

Good practice checklist

✓ Adopt a participatory, gender mainstreaming, age sensitive, inclusive approach and secure equal opportunities for beneficiaries.

✓ Make sure to provide precise and accessible information on how to access services in different languages, formats and through different communication channels

✓ Ensure that equality and diversity are an essential part of how services are delivered, taking into consideration different needs and capacities.

✓ Make reasonable adjustments to service delivery in order to take into account particular needs of the target group.

Does the practice involve the active participation of the receiving society?

The programme’s social mentoring activities are beneficial for the volunteer mentors – who are often members of the receiving society – in that through their participation they improve their communication and intercultural skills, increase their awareness of the reality of young migrants, and question the stereotypes they hold. The mentor-mentee relationship also encourages greater sensitivity towards the “other”, which promotes the young participants’ autonomy and contributes to greater mutual recognition between the receiving and migrant communities.

Good practice checklist

✓ Consider integration as a two-way process, and aim for change on the side of the receiving society.

✓ Foresee an active role for the receiving society in the design and implementation stages of the practice, and involve actions that encourage native communities and beneficiaries to work together.

Does the practice consult its beneficiaries and involve them in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the action?

Beneficiaries are involved in most of the programme development process, and their feedback is vital to its well-functioning. Mentoring is carried out in a cross-cutting manner during the 6-month matching phase, with face-to-face meetings being held once a week between the mentor and the mentee. Volunteers are trained in social mentoring awareness workshops.

Good practice checklist

✓ Organise consultation activities with migrant beneficiaries in order to co-create actions where possible and secure their feedback on the design and evaluation of the action.

✓ Provide appropriate feedback mechanisms by which beneficiaries can safely express their opinions on service quality.

– Use flexible and interculturally-adapted formats and compensate participants for their contribution.

Relevance & Complementarity

Are the objectives of the practice relevant to the needs of the migrants?

This practice addresses the needs of young migrants as they work to secure full autonomy under equal conditions within the receiving society. It employs an integral approach and personalised intervention plans to achieve this, aiming to fill gaps in integration support through its mentoring activities.

Good practice checklist

✓ Identify and analyse the needs of the relevant migrants and prioritise methods which directly ask them about their needs.

✓ Identify and analyse gaps in integration support and design actions to fill these gaps.

– Aim for systemic improvement, satisfying the needs of the majority of target groups in the target area.

Is the practice relevant to the empowerment of migrants, the strengthening of their autonomy and the support of their long-term integration?

The idea behind the programme is that an initially artificial relationship, formed through the mentoring activities, will over time become an effective relationship outside the constraints of the programme. This develops broader “affective galaxies” for the young migrant participants. Through mentoring the practice increases migrant engagement with the local community, thereby strengthening their autonomy and promoting their long-term integration.

Good practice checklist

✓ Devise actions with the overarching goal of providing positive feedback and making migrants more confident, autonomous and independent.

✓ Contribute to migrants’ engagement with the community for the common good.

✓ Ensure that services contribute to the strengthening of the capacities of migrants/migrant communities.

✓ Include (or create the preconditions for) actions that facilitate long-term integration.

✓ Address discrimination and information gaps as obstacles to long-term integration.

Does the practice align with the priorities, strategic goals and policies of other relevant stakeholders, and contribute to the wider integration framework?

The entire practice was designed in line with international, national and local guidelines on integration.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure that all actions are in line with international and European human rights standards.

✓ Employ regional/local, national and EU/international level integration-related guidelines and tools.

✓ Make sure that the services offered contribute to the strengthening of the capacities of relevant institutions to support future development.

Effectiveness

Is the practice adequately planned and based on a comprehensive design?

The practice is well-designed and thoroughly planned. It has achieved observable outcomes in young migrants, who have developed self-confidence and self-esteem, as well as observable outcomes – in terms of improvements to linguistic and cultural competence – on the part of both young migrants and the host society.

Good practice checklist

✓ Aim for actions that achieve observable outcomes among the target group or contribute to changes during the implementation of the action.

✓ Make sure that the objectives and planned results of the activity are feasible and clear.

– Develop a communications strategy during the design phase of the action and pay attention to communication with host communities and local authorities.

✓ Ensure the practice is based on indicators that are measurable, achievable, and relevant.

✓ Develop a staff management plan to identify team members with the right skills to work with beneficiaries, and their needs for training and further qualification.

Does the practice regularly monitor implementation and evaluate its results?

The programme strategy includes an evaluation and monitoring system, and uses results from this to carry out necessary adaptation. Further evaluation and monitoring is carried out as part of reporting associated with receipt of both EU and national funds.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure regular monitoring of action implementation and compare actual performance to goals set during the design phase.

− Anticipate obstacles that might occur and plan alternative scenarios during the design phase of the action.

✓ Ensure achievement of intended outputs / outcomes.

✓ Determine whether practice outcomes are considered successful by beneficiaries, the host and practitioner communities, funders, and policymakers.

✓Assess whether interventions contribute to long-term sustainable change.

Good Practice Criteria

Inclusivity & Participation

Does the practice ensure that its services are accessible and responsive to diverse groups?

As part of the YES! project, ANKA targets young people aged 18 – 29 who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs). Anyone that fulfils these criteria is eligible for the programme, including those without a refugee background, asylum seekers, and refugees. Services are accessible in that they are adapted to the specific needs of participants, including those related to language and logistics. Information on the project is readily available thanks to its strong digital presence and online promotion strategy.

Good practice checklist

✓ Adopt a participatory, gender mainstreaming, age sensitive, inclusive approach and secure equal opportunities for beneficiaries.

✓ Make sure to provide precise and accessible information on how to access services in different languages, formats and through different communication channels

✓ Ensure that equality and diversity are an essential part of how services are delivered, taking into consideration different needs and capacities.

✓ Make reasonable adjustments to service delivery in order to take into account particular needs of the target group.

Does the practice involve the active participation of the receiving society?

The receiving society is actively involved in the mentoring, coaching and training elements of the project.

Good practice checklist

– Consider integration as a two-way process, and aim for change on the side of the receiving society.

✓ Foresee an active role for the receiving society in the design and implementation stages of the practice, and involve actions that encourage native communities and beneficiaries to work together.

Does the practice consult its beneficiaries and involve them in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the action?

Beneficiaries are involved in the design of project elements as much as possible. ANKA distributes a questionnaire to identify interest in specific services, such as training topics or types of entrepreneurship support, and finds trainers to match the stated interests. Training and coaching is offered in participants’ native languages.

Good practice checklist

✓ Organise consultation activities with migrant beneficiaries in order to co-create actions where possible and secure their feedback on the design and evaluation of the action.

✓ Provide appropriate feedback mechanisms by which beneficiaries can safely express their opinions on service quality.

✓ Use flexible and interculturally-adapted formats and compensate participants for their contribution.

Relevance & Complementarity

Are the objectives of the practice relevant to the needs of the migrants?

As access to the labour market is a key priority for migrants, the objectives of the YES! project are indeed relevant: the project works to fill gaps in integration support that relate to training and employment, including through the provision of entrepreneurship support. The regular use of questionnaires to secure participant feedback allows the project to take into consideration the needs of its target group, and to adjust delivery and objectives as necessary.

Good practice checklist

✓ Identify and analyse the needs of the relevant migrants and prioritise methods which directly ask them about their needs.

✓ Identify and analyse gaps in integration support and design actions to fill these gaps.

✓ Aim for systemic improvement, satisfying the needs of the majority of target groups in the target area.

Is the practice relevant to the empowerment of migrants, the strengthening of their autonomy and the support of their long-term integration?

The main aim of the project is to facilitate participants’ access the labour market and to promote their success in entrepreneurship, through the provision of services in training, employment and business coaching, access to finance, and mentoring. The project employs a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) approach in its service delivery, focusing on the present and the future and using gratitude exercises. This empowers migrants and refugees, encouraging their active participation.

Good practice checklist

✓ Devise actions with the overarching goal of providing positive feedback and making migrants more confident, autonomous and independent.

✓ Contribute to migrants’ engagement with the community for the common good.

✓ Ensure that services contribute to the strengthening of the capacities of migrants/migrant communities.

✓ Include (or create the preconditions for) actions that facilitate long-term integration.

✓ Address discrimination and information gaps as obstacles to long-term integration.

Does the practice align with the priorities, strategic goals and policies of other relevant stakeholders, and contribute to the wider integration framework?

The provision of employment/entrepreneurship support to young migrants is a goal of many relevant stakeholders (public, local, and private) engaged in the facilitation of access to the labour market. The project is developing a network with these actors, utilising the trust-based partnership model (TBPM) upon which YES! is based. The project aligns with European human rights standards.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure that all actions are in line with international and European human rights standards.

✓ Make sure that the services offered contribute to the strengthening of the capacities of relevant institutions to support future development.

Effectiveness

Is the practice adequately planned and based on a comprehensive design?

During the design phase of the project, internal indicators were decided upon to measure the quality of the services provided. These indicators include the completion rate of project participants, the extent to which it adheres to its original schedule, delivery of tangible materials to participants, and available human resources. Additional indicators were developed to assess the soft and hard impact of the project.

Good practice checklist

✓ Aim for actions that achieve observable outcomes among the target group or contribute to changes during the implementation of the action.

✓ Make sure that the objectives and planned results of the activity are feasible and clear.

✓ Develop a communications strategy during the design phase of the action and pay attention to communication with host communities and local authorities.

✓ Ensure the practice is based on indicators that are measurable, achievable, and relevant.

✓Develop a staff management plan to identify team members with the right skills to work with beneficiaries, and their needs for training and further qualification.

Does the practice regularly monitor implementation and evaluate its results?

Project participants complete a feedback survey both during and after their involvement. The survey helps project coordinators and partners to better understand the personal, educational and financial profile and characteristics of participant NEETs, their personality traits, and their needs. Through these surveys, for example, a need was identified for more mentors. ANKA therefore proposed that mentor training be conducted on a regular, systematic basis, to ensure that mentors remain engaged, and that more incentives be offered to encourage people to join the mentoring scheme.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure regular monitoring of action implementation and compare actual performance to goals set during the design phase.

✓Anticipate obstacles that might occur and plan alternative scenarios during the design phase of the action.

✓ Ensure achievement of intended outputs / outcomes.

✓ Determine whether practice outcomes are considered successful by beneficiaries, the host and practitioner communities, funders, and policymakers.

− Assess whether interventions contribute to long-term sustainable change.

Partnership & Collaboration

Does the practice establish communication and coordination with other relevant actors to foster the integration of migrants? (e.g., migrants, civil society, public authorities, businesses)

Communication and coordination with other relevant actors is welcomed and pursued within the context of the trust-based partnership model that the project is built upon.

Good practice checklist

✓ Ensure the involvement and participation of key stakeholders in the development phase and create strategies to involve them in the action.

Does the practice contribute to discussion on the improvement of integration support policies?

The project advocates for the improvement of integration support policies through its networking, its participation in EU level meetings and EU visibility events, and its activities.

Good practice checklist

✓ Seize opportunities to contribute to the development of comprehensive integration strategies involving EU-level/national/regional/local authorities, service providers and civil society.

✓ Work with relevant partners to jointly review operations, practices, services, and integration outcomes.

Good Practice Criteria

Sustainability