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Podcast

Podcast "La Yourte Cocon Solidaire"

Listen to the podcast produced by young people on civic service from the Lyon Development Cooperation Service as part of the Projet PrODDige on the themes of migration and the challenges of receiving and housing migrants.

Catherine Mercier-Suissa and Noémie Dominguez present the innovative solutions developed as part of the MERGING project.

In French

Publication of the brochure with recommendations for policy makers

Publication of the brochure with recommendations for policy makers

Our aim is to highlight the factors that help or hinder the integration of migrants through housing, and to put forward practical recommendations for local, national and European decision-makers.

Publication of the handbook for pilot replication

Publication of the handbook for pilot replication

This manual aims to identify regulatory guidelines to assist stakeholders, citizens, academics, political representatives and every potential actor who wishes to implement housing initiatives dedicated to social integration.

Daniel Millor Vela awarded the Princess of Girona 2024 social prize

Daniel Millor Vela awarded the Princess of Girona 2024 social prize

The jury decided to recognise the trajectory of Daniel Millor Vela for "his vital commitment as an architect and social and solidarity activist; promoting the community regeneration of vulnerable neighbourhoods, empowering their inhabitants in the development of their own wellbeing and improvement of their health".

Daniel is the coordinator of the Asertos desde Quatorze and Arquitectura Sin Fronteras programmes.

COCON pilot

COCON pilot

Tuesday February 13, 6:30 - 8pm at the MJC Laennec Mermoz 21 rue Genton 69008 Lyon

An aperitif meeting to gather opinions and testimonials and conduct an initial assessment of the project, inform about progress and give residents the opportunity to take part in the creation of a welcoming, open space that will enable harmonious links to be developed between local residents and those being cared for.

MERGING FINAL EVENT

MERGING FINAL EVENT

HOUSING INITIATIVES AS DRIVERS OF SOCIAL INCLUSION

We cordially invite you to join us as we unveil the outcomes of the MERGING Housing project, a three-year interdisciplinary research initiative funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. 

 If you plan to attend, please confirm your attendance by sending an email to: alexandra.cogels@cota.be  

Festival identités croisées #2

Festival identités croisées #2

From 5 to 17 February 2024 - Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 - France

A festival to change the way we look at migration

Exhibitions - Conferences - Projection - Cultural evenings

15 February 12h-13h15: Catherine Mercier-Suissa presents "How housing can facilitate migrants integration"

Auditorium Malraux, 16 rue Rollet, Lyon 08

Visiting researcher

Visiting researcher

Professor Carles Simó-Noguera hosted by the Magellan - iaelyon Laboratory of Université Lyon 3 from November 11 to December 15, 2023 to work on the valorization of MERGING results.

MERGING presented at the week of hospitality 10 October in Lyon

MERGING presented at the week of hospitality 10 October in Lyon

Discover the MERGING project, a European experiment to facilitate the integration of refugees through local social inclusion. A moment of conviviality and music with the residents.

Organized by  Foyer Notre Dame des sans abris, Quatorze and Université Jean Moulin

11h-18h Cocon Bataille - 173 rue Bataille - 69008 Lyon

Public meeting in Lyon on Septembre 21st

Public meeting in Lyon on Septembre 21st

New public meeting organized on September 21, 2023 at 6pm at MJC Laennec Mermoz,
21 Rue Genton, 69008 Lyon to present the progress of the project.

Please confirm your attendance at: pauline.mugnier@fndsa.org

Progress in COCON the pilot in Lyon

Progress in COCON the pilot in Lyon

18 September:  The participative construction site for the yurt has just been completed in Lyon's Mermoz district.

Read the article in the local newspaper (Le Progrès 17th Sept)

 Une yourte installée à Lyon pour une étude européenne sur l'intégration des exilés (francetvinfo.fr)

Participative workcamp
MERGING at the Gothenburg Festival

MERGING at the Gothenburg Festival

Anna the MERGING prototype in Gothenburg is exposed at the festival Prototype Gothenburg happening for the jubilee of the city celebrating the 400 years of existence from the 2nd of June to the 3rd of September 2023.

A great opportunity for the MERGING prototype and the project to be more visible.

Presentation

Article in the French National Museum of Immigration History magazine

Article in the French National Museum of Immigration History magazine

An article in the magazine hommes&migration N°1338 July-September 2022 mentions the work of migration education and the programme developed by E-graine which goes against prejudices in collaboration with UJML and the MERGING project and presents the activities organised in the framework of the festival "identités croisées" organised in September at Lyon 3 University.

 

MERGING at 32nd AEMI Conference, City of Fafe, Portugal, September 28th – October 1st, 2022

 

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UVEG presented two communications 

 Title: Non-assimilationist integration models: opportunities and challenges for cultural mediation.

 Authors: Simó-Noguera, Carles; Giner-Monfort, Jordi; Velasco-Mengod, Jorge. 

 

Title: Analysis of the International Protection Reception System in Spain: configuration, modifications and pending challenges.

 Authors: Bañuls Millet, Alicia; Sales Ten, Ana; Sánchez Estellés, Isis María.

https://aemi.eu/32nd-aemi-conference-call-for-papers/

22 September Conference

22 September Conference "From Housing to home making"

The conference was organised by the Centre on Global Migration of the University of Gothenburg .

It presented insights of social inclusion of refugees from research and practice.

Five communications of MERGING partners were presented.

MERGING at X Congreso de Migraciones, Madrid, Spain, 14 th - 16 th September, 2022

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UVEG communication accepted at the thematic line on integration.

Title: Housing as the backbone of integration.

Authors: Sales Ten Ana, Velasco-Mengod Jorge, Bañuls Millet Alicia.

 https://congresomigraciones2022.com/

MERGING at RC21 Conference Athens, August 24-26

MERGING at RC21 Conference Athens, August 24-26

Two communications presented:

UGOT: “Refugee integration through housing innovation: Under what conditions do local responses on refugee integration succeed in a multilevel governance context?” 

UNIBO: "The right to housing as preliminary step for migrants’ integration process: findings from an Italian case study"  

MERGING communication at UGI-IGU 2022 Paris 21st July 2022

MERGING communication at UGI-IGU 2022 Paris 21st July 2022

Quatorze involved in the  session " L'Hébergement Et L'Occupation Temporaires : Une Institutionnalisation De La Précarité Temporelle Dans La Fabrique Urbaine ?" with a communication called "De la fabrique du chez soi dans l'incertitude du temporaire"

Four communications presented at XIV Congreso Español de Sociología 30 June-2 July 2022

Four communications presented at XIV Congreso Español de Sociología 30 June-2 July 2022

UJML and UVEG presented the findings for the case studies in four communications

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Colloque GIS Hybrida May 19th 2022 - Rennes

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Communication of the team from Rennes "Professionnel·le·s et bénévoles de l’accompagnement des personnes exilées : affrontements et alliances dans le domaine de l’hébergement/logement " (Professionals and volunteers supporting exiled people: clashes and alliances in the field of accomodation/housing)

Authors: Patricia Loncle, Emmanuelle Maunaye and Fransez Poisson

 https://hybrida-2022.sciencesconf.org/

Link to the communication

Exhibition

Exhibition "Sans Titre"

The exhibition « sans titre » was created within the framework of the MERGING project by the University of Rennes, the association "Un Toit est un Droit", and a Photography firm.

The idea of ​​this exhibition was born after the realization of the case study in the WP3 in which it was asked to take pictures. By taking photos with the pinhole technique, it was possible to take artistic photos while preserving the anonymity of the residents.

Exhibition booklet

https://uncabinetphotographique.fr/2021/12/14/exposition-sans-titre/

Working paper of UNIBO presented at the HEC Paris Society and Organizations 7th Research Day

Working paper of UNIBO presented at the HEC Paris Society and Organizations 7th Research Day

On 12th May 2022, Daniela Bolzano presented a working paper (co-authored with Chiara Pagano) based on the Housing First Co.Bo case study.

(Dis)organized for inclusion: integrating refugees through housing in the context of Bologna

17 March 2022 Presentation of the Swedish case study

The results  on the Swedish case will be presented by Alexandra Bousiou , Olga Stepanova and Andrea Spehar (UGOT) at the Swedish Research Council, NFP-MI conference - Migration and Super-Diversity: Theory, Method and Practice

Refugee integration through housing innovation: Under what conditions do local responses on refugee integration succeed in a multilevel governance context? 

https://www.gu.se/en/event/nfp-mi-migration-and-super-diversity-theory-method-and-practice

 

Think about the place of accompanied people in projects: why and how ?

Think about the place of accompanied people in projects: why and how ?

15 March 6:30PM in Lyon

Animated by Catherine Mercie-Suissa and Noémie Dominguez, Nancy Ottaviano and le Foyer Notre Dame des Sans-Abri

Poster

Link

Podcast https://youtu.be/UBz5ebnHFcU

Photo exhibition until 18th March 2022

Photo exhibition until 18th March 2022

With the support of the University of Lyon 3, a dozen portraits are exhibited on the railings of the Manufacture des Tabacs in order to highlight the Passagers and social workers of the Foyer Notre-Dame des Sans-Abri who act daily to get out and fight against precariousness and exclusion.

OECD 11th Conference on immigration 13-14th December 2021

OECD 11th Conference on immigration 13-14th December 2021

The on-line conference will examine the economic aspects of international migration in OECD countries by mapping the migratory flows and analyzing their socio-economic determinants and consequences.

Homelessness among mobile EU citizens: on line event on 9th December

Homelessness among mobile EU citizens: on line event on 9th December

Homelessness among mobile EU citizens: New data from four European cities

Thursday 9th December 2021
11:00 - 13:30

Online event
Interpretation available in English, Spanish & German
 

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Expanding Durable Solutions for Refugee Youth through Higher Education – series of virtual sessions Oct-Dec 2021

Expanding Durable Solutions for Refugee Youth through Higher Education – series of virtual sessions Oct-Dec 2021

The Global Community of Practice (CoP) on Third Country Education Pathways, will launch a series of virtual sessions to share knowledge, and build the capacity of state entities, post-secondary education institutions, associations, foundations, NGOs, INGOs, refugee networks and other stakeholders to design and implement legal pathways for refugee youth through higher education programmes in third countries.

Sessions will take place between October and December and are open to everyone who is interested in learning more about higher education as a complementary pathway for refugees. For the full schedule and to register, please follow the below link.

Hospitality Week from 13 to 23 October in Lyon

Hospitality Week from 13 to 23 October in Lyon

Participation of MERGING in the session "Making hospitality in the 21st century" on 14 October from 8:30 to 12:30

This session will examine what hospitality means in terms of both public policy and civil practice and will initiate a research process to develop responses to these issues.

ISIRC conference Milan September 8th – 10th, 2021

ISIRC conference Milan September 8th – 10th, 2021

One abstract of the University of Bologna accepted at the 13th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) hosted by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Conference web site

List of accepted abstracts

Summer School

Summer School "The Migrant Issue in the Pandemic Context: Flows, Work, Integration"

Ravenna 30th August- 3rd September 2021

Prof. Morena Cuconato,  coordinator of the inter-departmental MERGING team of the University of Bologna, has been invited at the annual Summer School on Migration organised by the municipality of Ravenna (Project and Services for Migration Department)  together with Unibo and coofinanced by EU and the italian Ministry of Interior to focus on the importance of housing initiatives -  at individual, meso (regional) and macro(European) level - as driving factors of  wider migrant integration policies.