The Integration Evaluation Tool (IET), developed by MPG for the UNHCR, aims to develop effective, reliable, and sustainable data collection methods and internal review mechanisms, to identify gaps and good practices as well as to build the capacity of and partnerships among the various actors involved in refugee integration. To this end, it covers four major areas labelled general considerations, legal integration, socio-economic integration, and socio-cultural integration. Each of these contains a series of strands and each strand is defined by a list of indicators (see the methodology section for information on the types of indicators utilized and the annex for the list of indicators and questions used to collect the data). Taken together, 231 indicators will clarify policy goals and the data that decision-makers need to know in order to evaluate whether policies are working to achieve these goals. The indicators are closely linked to the EU Common Basic Principles on Integration and thus the tool aims to connect refugee integration with the wider EU debate, cooperation and support on indicators nd migrant integration.
To date, the IET has been tested during a pilot phase in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Specifically, data were collected regarding certain areas, namely access to education, employment and lifelong learning, housing, and family reunification (118 indicators in total). Based on the data collected, the project provides expertise, awareness, training, and support to the various ministries and service providers responsible for refugee integration.
Results can be viewed on an interactive website, where users can generate their own charts according to their research interests:
