{"id":2446,"date":"2018-11-13T19:47:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/?page_id=2446"},"modified":"2023-05-30T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:56:09","slug":"mpg-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/index.php\/mpg-history\/","title":{"rendered":"MPG History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MPG History<\/span><\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text color=”#ffffff”]\n

The Migration Policy Group is committed to achieving lasting progress towards more open and inclusive societies. Since MPG\u2019s establishment in 1995, we have played a pivotal role in shaping European laws and policies. Many original MPG initiatives have become established features of the European Union\u2019s legal and policy landscape.<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1542142504529{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/history_img.jpg?id=2474) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”240px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1542138754069{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

We have consistently come up with innovative solutions based on sound research and extensive consultations. Examples range from our ground-breaking campaign for EU-wide anti-discrimination laws to our imaginative programmes and reports on migrant integration.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

Working with partner organisations throughout Europe and beyond, we maintain durable relationships with activists and watchdogs, researchers, civil society, academics, opinion formers and policymakers.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” el_width=”30″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1537212010783{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

MPG's impact<\/span><\/h1>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1537212010783{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

1990-2000<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG led the Starting Line Group<\/a>
\n1998<\/em> <\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG helped to create the European Network Against Racism (ENAR)<\/a>
\n2001\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG\u2019s experts have been monitoring the implementation of EU law as an official European Network<\/a> since 2004
\n2002<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG created and helped run the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet)<\/a>
\n2013\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG helped to put equality data on the agenda across Europe<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]On anti-discrimination<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Most European countries\u2019 laws and practices were created as a direct result of MPG\u2019s work for the adoption and implementation of EU law and national equality bodies. MPG, its partners and experts are changing practice in the fight for equal treatment on the grounds of age, disability, race\/ethnicity, religion\/belief and sexual orientation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1537212010783{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

1996\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG facilitated mutual learning with the Council of Europe, and, since 2014, with its Intercultural Cities Network<\/a>
\n1998\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG puts citizenship and political participation on the agenda of migrant leaders and political actors
\n2001\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG puts migrant entrepreneurship on the agenda of major businesses and local authorities
\n2003\u2014Today<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/em> MPG facilitated mutual learning through the European Commission<\/a>\u2019s European Integration Network, European Migration Forum and Urban Agenda
\n2004\u2014Today<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nMPG created the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX)<\/a> and expanded it across the developed world
\n2007\u2014Today<\/span><\/em><\/strong>
\nMPG created and runs the European Website on Integration<\/a>, Europe\u2019s one-stop-shop for information and good practices
\n2009-to-Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG leads on integration of beneficiaries of international protection
\n2010\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG helped Eurostat to use and expand the EU\u2019s Integration Indicators to new areas at national, regional and local level
\n2012\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG founded and led the SIRIUS network<\/a> to put migrant and refugee pupils on the agenda of mainstream education stakeholders<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

On integration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Policymakers and practitioners have innovated and learned from each other thanks to the EU standards and tools developed by MPG. With our support, a new generation of practitioners from all corners of Europe are working for effective integration policies to secure equal opportunities for everyone.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1537212010783{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

1983\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMigration News Sheet<\/a> has been the reliable source for information on major EU developments on migrants and refugees.
\n1994\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG helps to convene the quarterly meetings of the EU NGO Platform on Asylum and Migration (EPAM)<\/a>
\n2000<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG facilitated the \u201cAmsterdam Proposals<\/strong>\u201d\u2014the first set of standards proposed by migration NGOs and experts for EU legal migration policies
\n2012\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG puts focus on family reunification<\/strong> of migrants and beneficiaries of international protection
\n2016\u2014Today<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nMPG supports stakeholders to design, communicate and mobilise for the first European Citizens\u2019 Initiative on migration: \u201cWe are a Welcoming Europe\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\n

On migration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MPG has provided a wide variety of stakeholders with the facts and the networks they need to get involved in migration policy debates.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” el_width=”10″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1539713293663{margin-bottom: -40px !important;padding-top: 40px !important;background-color: #cc6632 !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text color=”#ffffff”] MPG History [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text color=”#ffffff”] The Migration Policy Group is committed to achieving lasting progress towards more open and inclusive societies. Since MPG\u2019s establishment in 1995, we have played a pivotal role in shaping European laws…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t