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EPIC-UP project
EPIC-UP at a glance
Programme
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF)
Duration
1 May 2024 – 30 Apr 2027
Coordinator
European Association for Local Democracy (ALDA)
Consortium
12 partners, 13 associated partners
Budget
€ 2M
The project
EPIC-UP project aims to improve migrants’ integration and inclusion at local level in both rural and urban areas, by designing an enhanced model of multi-actor collaboration.
This methodology fosters partnerships among stakeholders, including migrants and migrants-led organisations, public authorities, and civil society organisations, so that the integration strategies are user-centred and more effective.
Expected results
- Establish Communities of Practices (CoPs) in six EU countries (Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland and Spain).
- Identify, map and benchmark good practices in local migrant integration strategies to clearly illustrate the wealth of effective approaches that can shape future interventions.
- Identify specific local needs and barriers to the development of certain integrating services.
- Implement a capacity building programme on how to promote migrants’ participation in the design of integration policies.
- Produce policy recommendations to make migration policies and initiatives better future proofed.
- Test, monitor and consolidate six new migrant integration services locally.
Work plan
Previous EPIC project
EPIC-UP will capitalise on the know-how generated by the previous EPIC project. The European Platform of Integrating Cities (EPIC) was a 3-year project funded by the AMIF programme that also worked to improve the integration of migrants at local level, by developing 8 pilot projects to test new integration services.
Read more about EPIC here.