Advocacy workshop - June 2009
It is very important to EPIM that the organisations it supports have the appropriate skills to produce the best outcomes for their projects. EPIM dedicates a variable portion of the grant to support the core costs of each organisation, committing to build grantees’ organisational capacity.
Additionally, as part of the grants scheme, a capacity-building programme for EPIM grantees has been initiated according to grantees’ needs. A set of collective thematic workshops are spread along the programme timeframe. The workshops represent an opportunity for grantees to learn, exchange knowledge on issues and strategise.
| Workshop Theme | Dates |
| First grantees’ workshop | 24/25 September 2008 |
| Advocacy | 10/11 June 2009 |
| Partnership, networking and cooperation at EU level | 23/24 September 2009 |
| Media and Communication | 15/17 March 2010 |
| Evaluation and Impact assessment of public campaigns and advocacy | 22/23 September 2010 |
| Messaging, Media & Online Communication | 7/8 April 2011 |
| EPIM Final Workshop and EPIM-EPC Conference | December 2011 |
Furthermore, Joint Learning Initiatives (such as NGO visits or exchanges, coaching, training or consultancy for groups of grantees in a specific area) are supported to provide an opportunity to further develop knowledge and skills within and between the grantee organisations. Grantees work together to develop and implement proposals for joint learning, thus helping to strengthen not only the EPIM-funded projects, but also of the grantee organisations themselves.
| Joint Learning Theme | Participant Organisations |
| Fundraising skills | Migreurop, APL, ICI, LICHR |
| Media policies and practices for the promotion of diversity | COSPE and PIN |
| Power Analysis, Peer Review and Toolkits methodologies | ENAR, EWL, JRS, GRC, MRC, PICUM |
In addition, EPIM has set in place for all grantees:
• A regular Policy Update on the Integration and Migration fields at the EU level and EU agenda prepared by EPC (European Policy Centre), a Brussels based think tank.
• A joint Newsletter on Integration/Migration Policy issues between EPIM and the Diversity Migration and Integration Interest Group (DMIIG) of the European Foundations Centre (EFC).
• An EPIM system-wide learning process through the EPIM repository and knowledge sharing tools such as the website and intranet.
