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How the MEIC methodology has been developed in Rome?

90 socio, economic and political actors have been mapped and divided into four groups: housing, education, training and job, culture and sport, institutions and trade unions.

The MEIC methodology is developed in 5 steps:

1. Network activation = potential partners are targeted
2. Arranging interaction = definition of rules for the collaboration to avoid a free-rider behaviour
3. Brokerage = matching problems, solutions and actors
4. Facilitating interaction = common activities, scheduling of meetings and a steady monitoring of the dialogue among the members of the network
5. Mediation and arbitration if conflicts emerge

The two focus groups and the interviews among key socioeconomic stakeholders led to the identification of the following networks:

1. Cooperative networks = informal relationships between the LIME partners and the organizations that work in similar sectors to activate informal practices of information and expertise sharing.
2. Coordinated networks = between the LIME partners, public institutions and the actors working in the sectors complementary to the labour integration of TCNs to coordinate with organisations providing reception services, legal support, psychological support and cultural mediation in the broadest sense.
3. Collaborative networks = among the actors interested in participating in the project that will define not only traineeships but also innovative policies to solve local significant issues.

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How the MEIC has been developed in Madrid?

Through a qualitative methodology based on in-depth interviews with the partners of Spanish territorial cluster, Pinardi and Guaranì, and and Grupo VIPS, in order to explore the structure of each organisation and their cluster’s activities in the local community.

The Spanish Territorial Cluster Working Group decided to test the effectiveness of the “First Professional Experience” programme on the vulnerable target of young TCNs (aged 18-29) and to monitor and evaluate its impact on two levels:

1. The impact of vocational and training programme on social integration of beneficiaries
2. The impact of network dynamics on the territorial cluster itself.

They have activated a coordinated network focused on the integration of services for solving the problem of TCNs’ economic integration.

The action has been developed in three phases.

1. Pre-recruitment: the profile of beneficiaries (aged 18-29, having an asylum renovation request opened) was shared with Pinardi’s platforms and other organisations in order to spread the call in the community of Madrid.
2. Vocational guidance: Pinardi and Guaranì have defined two informative paths, one aimed to orientate beneficiaries towards market trends and active labour market policies, the other aimed to introduce beneficiaries to the labour rights and duties.
3. Training programmes: during each cycle, Pinardi, Guaranì and VIPS activate training programmes, according to the assessment of skills and training needs and their matching with labour market needs analysis.

This plan will contribute to the:

1. Promotion of a multi-stakeholder approach since a coordinated effort is essential to meet TCNs’ needs;
2. Improvement of the exchange of information and training courses on the evolution of migration phenomenon to make civil society organisations able to offer adequate services to TCNs;
3. Encouragement of the dialogue with local governments to provide feedback on specific challenges faced in the economic integration process of TCNs.