EPIM I - ENAR seminar 2008
EPIM first phase (2005 – 2007) :
As part of the first phase, 5 consultations were held in different European countries during 2006 and early 2007. The first EPIM consultations were held in Portugal and Belgium. Other consultations took place in the UK, Ireland, and in Germany for a joint Franco-German consultation. In parallel the grants scheme was launched in March 2006. An independent Jury of experts reviewed the applications and selected 11 grantees: 6 at the European-level and 5 at the national level.
A grantees’ workshop was organised in December 2006, followed by a concluding roundtable with policy makers on June 12th 2007 on the theme « towards a Common European Framework for Migration and Integration Policies: perspectives from European institutions and civil society organisations ».
EPIM synthesized the recommendations of the grantees into a final report (EPIM I Synthesis Report of the First Phase 2005 -2007). Building on this report, and on the findings of a mapping exercise on the funding needs of European Civil Society Organisations in the field of immigrants’ integration, EPIM identified the areas of intervention for its second phase. Following the successful first phase of the programme, and building on the lessons learnt, the second phase of EPIM has been launched. This second phase takes a broader perspective and runs from 2008 until 2011.
