Working Together for Local Integration of Migrants and Refugees in Rome

Description

This report focuses on the local level integration of migrants in Rome, and provides information on the national framework for integration in Italy. While the study assumes that local authorities are at the forefront of migrant integration - providing information and essential services, ensuring access to education and the labour market, overcoming the barriers for full inclusion in the host society, and managing conflicts - local authorities are not alone. This report stresses the importance of multi-level governance of migrant integration, highlighting the key role of third sector enterprises, NGOs, business, faith-based organisations and unions. It identifies and shares selected local actions and governance practices to manage the short- and long-term effects of migration flows, and provides an international comparative of practices implemented by other EU cities, highlighting the most effective measures and lessons learned. Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations and acronyms Executive summary Key findings Some of the remaining challenges What is already being done and what could be improved Best practices that could be replicated Chapter 1. Key data on migrant presence and integration in Rome Key Statistics Migration flows National level The Metropolitan area of Rome The City of Rome Migration legal framework (See page 75) Notes Chapter 2. The Checklist for public action to migrant integration at the local level applied to the city of Rome Block 1: Multi-level governance: Institutional and financial settings Objective 1: Enhance effectiveness of migrant integration policy through vertical co-ordination and implementation at the relevant scale National and local visions of integration National-level integration measures National actors involved in integration-relevant policies Lazio Region The intermediate and municipal level Allocation of competences across levels for integration-related matters Multi-level co-ordination mechanisms/initatives relevant for integration Objective 2: Seek policy coherence in addressing the multi-dimensional needs of, and opportunities for, migrants at the local level. City vision and approach to integration Institutional setting for migrant integration coordination at the city level Utilise consultative mechanisms with migrant communities at local level Objective 3: Ensure access to, and effective use of, financial resources that are adapted to local responsibilities for migrant integration Multi-level governance of the reception and integration mechanisms for asylum seekers and refugees The legal framework for asylum seekers and refugees National reception system for asylum seekers and refugees The evolution of the reception system for asylum seekers and refugees The current reception system Reception system in the city of Rome The passage from refugee reception to integration in the City of Rome Block 2. Time and space: Keys for migrants and host communities to live together Objective 4: Design integration policies that take time into account throughout migrants’ lifetimes and evolution of residency status Use integrated approaches from “Moment Zero/Day One” and entry points throughout migrant lives Objectives 5: Create spaces where interaction brings migrant and native-born communities closer Encourage bottom-up initiatives for creating spaces that foster integration Block 3. Local capacity for policy formulation and implementation Objective 6 Build capacity and diversity in civil service, with a view to ensure access to mainstream services for migrants and newcomers Objective 7: Strengthen co-operation with non-state stakeholders, including through transparent and effective contracts Set up co-ordination mechanisms with NGOs, migrants organisations and business operating in the sector Set clear contracts and standards in the delivery of services to migrants Objective 8: Intensify the assessment of integration results for migrants and host communities and their use of evidence-based policies Evaluation at the national level Evaluation at local level Block 4: Sectoral Measures Objective 9: Match migrant skills with economic and job opportunities Migrants’ position in the labour market in Italy and Rome Responsabilities across levels of government Labour orientation services in Rome Measures for refugees’ integration in the labour market Objective 10: Secure access to adequate housing Access to housing in the private market Access to Public housing Temporary housing solutions Access to housing for refugees and asylum seekers Objective 11: Provide social welfare measures that are aligned with migrant inclusion Health services Legal access to health is guaranteed by law to all Health Services targeting migrants in Rome Objective 12: Establish education responses to address segregation and provide equitable paths to professional growth Learning Italian for adult migrants Italian language classes for migrants are offered in Rome by: For adult asylum seekers and refugees: Education for children enrolled in public schools Key indicators National policies for children with migrant background in public schools Offer of education for pupils with a migrant origin in the City of Rome Public education for adult migrants: Notes References Additional Reading Annex A. List of participants to the interviews with OECD delegation field visit March 22-24 2017 Annex B. National legislative framework for Migration and Asylum Annex A. List of participants to the interviews with OECD delegation field visit March 22-24 2017 Annex B. National legislative framework for Migration and Asylum