EPIM 2012-2015 constitutes the third phase of the European Programme for Integration and Migration, whereby 10 grants amounting to 2,200,000 EUR have been awarded to the following NGO-led projects.
The EPIM 2012-2015 project descriptions are available in a pdf booklet here.
Project 1: European advocacy project to improve access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe
Led by: Médecins du Monde International Network
Duration: 3 years, from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2015
Project partners: Médecins du Monde in Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK
The overall objective of the European advocacy project to improve access to health care for undocumented migrants in Europe is to ensure the equal rights and effective access to health care of undocumented migrant. Read more…
Project 2: From awareness to commitment: advancing political, institutional and societal responses to the protection of undocumented migrants in Europe
Led by: PICUM – Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
Duration: 3 years, from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2015
Project partners: PICUM members, Platform of European Social NGOs, European Trade-Union Confederation, European Anti-Poverty Network, Migrant Forum in Asia
PICUM’s pragmatic and rights-based approach has enabled ground-breaking levels of credibility and recognition regarding the fundamental rights of undocumented migrants in Europe. At this opportune moment, PICUM’s EPIM project seeks to lead its expanded membership and strategic partners to transform these gains into improved realities at EU and national level. Read more…
Project 3: AIDA – Asylum Information Database
Led by: ECRE – European Council of Refugees and Exiles
Duration: 3 years, from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2015
Project partners: Forum Réfugiés, Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Irish Refugee Council
The deadline set for the establishment of the Common European Asylum System is 2012. With the adoption of recast EU asylum instruments, a “second phase” of transposition of the EU asylum acquis will start. In this context, the AIDA – Asylum Information Database project aims to provide advocacy tools to civil society actors, both at EU and national level. Read more…
Project 4: A Face to the Story: the issue of unreturnable persons in detention
Led by: Flemish Refugee Action (Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen)
Duration: 18 months, from 1 September 2012 to 28 February 2014
Project partners: France Terre d’Asile, MENEDEK, Detention Action, ECRE
This project aims to increase public debate on the detention of unreturnable migrants and whether governments should use detention as a last resort. Read more…
Project 5: Access to Protection: a human right
Led by: Italian Council for Refugees (Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati)
Duration: 18 months, from 1 September 2012 to 28 February 2014
Project partners: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, The People for Change Foundation, Greek Refugee Council, Pro Asyl, Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado, Portuguese Council for Refugees
The overall objective of the Access to Protection: a human right project is to bring national and EU policies and practices in line with the obligations set out by the European instruments on Human Rights and in particular by the Strasbourg Court in the Hirsi case, as far as the access to the territory and to protection is concerned. Read more…
Project 6: For Undocumented Migrants’ Rights in Central Europe
Led by: Association for Legal Intervention (Stowarzyszenie Interwencji Prawnej)
Duration: 28 months, from 1 September 2012 to 31 December 2014
Project partners: ARCA, MENEDEK, Society of Goodwill, Association for Integration and Migration (Sdružení pro integraci a migraci)
The For Undocumented Migrants’ Rights in Central Europe project focuses on monitoring the implementation and enforcement of provisions contained in the so-called Employers Sanctions Directive in five countries of Central Europe: Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Read more…
Project 7: Early Legal Advice for protection applicants
Led by: Irish Refugee Council
Duration: 18 months, from 1 September 2012 to 31 December 2014
Project partners: Asylum Aid, COMPAS, Estonian Human Rights Centre
The Early Legal Advice for protection applicants project combines research at an EU and national level (in three EU member states) on the understanding and practice of early legal advice for asylum seekers. Read more…
Project 8: Moving Beyond Borders – Protect undocumented migrants on either side of the European borders
Led by: MIGREUROP
Duration: 3 years, from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2015
Project partners: European Alternatives, European Network of Legal Experts, ChaChipe, Fédération Internationale des Droits de l’Homme, Migreurop network members
Two campaigns will be set up and developed within the Moving Beyond Borders project: one on the Frontex agency and the other one access to detention centres called “Open Access”. Read more…
Project 9: Invisible EU Migrants: Towards a European Policy Response
Led by: The AIRE Centre - Advice on Individual Rights in Europe
Duration: 3 years, from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2015
Project partners: Immigrant Council of Ireland, Association pour le droit des étrangers, Migrants Resource Centre, Norfolk Community Law Service
The Invisible EU Migrants: Towards a European Policy Response project aims to broaden the policy response of the European institutions, when dealing with the problems of EU citizens who exercise their free movement rights in other Member States, to focus on particularly vulnerable and marginalised migrants. Read more…
Project 10: Promoting the empowerment of Migrant Women in the European Union
Led by: ENoMW – European Network of Migrant Women
Duration: potentially 3 years
Project partners: ENoMW members
The project that ENoMW is proposing to undertake is to advocate for integration and inclusion of migrant women as economic and social actors, as well as to remind the EU of its human rights obligations towards this group. Read more…
