The National Integration Evaluation Mechanism
NIEM was a six-year-long (2016 to 2021) project that measured refugee integration policies in 14 EU Member States and established a framework for evidence-based policy-making.
Highlights
Biggest civil society-led project the European Commission has funded under AMIF and the only transnational AMIF project on integration.
The NIEM tool was designed by MPG based on its expertise with indicators and piloted with UNHCR from 2010 to 2013.
Project presentation
www.forintegration.eu
Contact
Alexander Wolffhardt
awolffhardt@migpolgroup.com
Partners
Bulgarian Council on Refugees and Migrants
People in Need
France Terre d’Asile
ANTIGONE
Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants
Fondazione Iniziative e Studi Sulla Multietnicità (ISMU)
Providus
Diversity Development Group
Maastricht University
IPA Institute for Public Affairs
University of Coimbra
Center for Public Innovation
Peace Institute
CIDOB – Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
Multi Kulti Collective
Being the largest European integration project ever led by civil society, the European Commission and Polish government supported MPG and partners to monitor refugee integration from 2016 to 2021.
The European Commission entrusted this project to key refugee-supporting organisations, leading think-tanks and universities in the integration field and MPG is one of them.
Project Deliverables
- Regular comparative reports on refugee integration policies written by MPG based on the contribution of partner organisations.
- Development of integration indicators (adapted from the MPG/UNHCR pilot IET Refugee Integration Evaluation Tool).
Latest Publications
- The European benchmark for refugee integration: A comparative analysis of the National Integration Evaluation Mechanism in 14 EU countries – First evaluation report 2020
- The European benchmark for refugee integration: A comparative analysis of the National Integration Evaluation Mechanism in 14 EU countries – Baseline report 2019
- Lost in transition? The European standards behind refugee integration
- New asylum recast may undermine the EU’s greatest impact on refugee integration
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