Enhancing and building-up national capacity of migration and asylum strategic planning

About this project

<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The project will contribute to ensuring an effective coordination among competent authorities and to develop strategies, action and contingency plans. The project will improve the effective monitoring of the various aspects of migration, the establishment of a knowledge sharing mechanism and the capacity building among the first line and supportive personnel. Through the project, qualitative and quantitative data on the area of migration and asylum will be produced, risks will be identified, contingency plans for high-influx situations developed and evaluations and statistics will be produced. The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security, as well as the Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI) and the Ionian University, will support the project by providing experience and expertise.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The project will include the following main activities:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Establishing and operating a Migration and Asylum Observatory, including a feasibility/maturity study and legal framework ahead of the establishment;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Developing action plans and contingency plans;</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Establishing and operating a national registry of interpreters, including a maturity/feasibility study.</span></li> </ul>

Bilateral cooperation results

During the implementation of the project the Project Promoter worked closely with both Donor Project Partners (Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security and Directorate of Integration and Diversity - IMDi). Their involvement included: • Exchange of visits • Presentations • Regular teleconferences • Sharing of expertise, especially on the field of interpretation (IMDi) but, also, on the field of using reporting, prognosis and data analysis for the purposes of Public Administration (Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security). • Comments and observations on various texts produced during the project. • Networking with other entities in both countries that could benefit the project (e.g. our Donor Country Project for the “Registry of Interpreters” introduced us to the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpretation of the Ionian University, who became our partner and contributed to the design of a qualification and accreditation system for the “Registry of Interpreters”. The participation of the Donor Project Partners in Predefined Project 3 led to an exchange of know-how and experiences, transmission of knowledge and expertise, the building of closer professional relationships, and, ultimately, to a better mutual understanding of how the systems in both countries work, which, apart from the immediate results for the project, may have wider positive consequences for future bilateral activities in the context of the EEA Grants. The cooperation with both Donor Project Partners is scheduled to continue as part of the EEA Grants-Bilateral Relations Fund. Both activities have been designed to build on results and experiences gained during the previous projects.

Project partners

• The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security Donor project partner· Norway
• Directorate of Integration and Diversity (IMDI) Donor project partner· Norway
• Ionian University Project partner· Greece