Integration: knowing, measuring, evaluating 17-18 giugno 2013

1. Knowing, Measuring, Evaluating
Integration, make it possible
Maria Assunta Rosa | Ministero dell’Interno
Daniela Ghio | Ministero dell’Interno | European Asylum Support Office

2. Defining evalution

3. Defining evaluation first reactions
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boring
not useful
forced by European Commission
technical issue
statistical matters
a meet-funding requirement

4. Defining evaluation European context
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• Hague Programme (2004) stressing the importance of
evaluating integration policies.
• Common Basic Principles on Integration (CBP) adopted
by the EU Council in 2004 stated the need to:
• "develop clear goals,
• indicators
• and evaluation mechanisms
• in order to adjust policy and
• evaluate progress on integration”

5. Defining evaluation European criteria
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• Zaragoza Declaration, adopted in April 2010 by EU Ministers
responsible for immigrant integration issues, and approved at the
Justice and Home Affairs Council on 3-4 June 2010
• a pilot project with a view to the evaluation of integration
policies, taking into account:
• the national contexts
• the background of diverse migrant populations
• different migration and integration policies in Member
States

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• Monitoring
• continuous process of
collecting data and information
• Comprehension
• process of understanding
interpretation of
available data and information
Evaluating What we need
Knowing&Measuring

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• The goal of public actions is
• to make integration possible
• enhancing interaction in social relationships
Evaluation Why we need
• Impact
• is the change in people’s lives
• changes can be
• positive or negative,
• intended or unintended
More than a model of immigrant integrationMore than a model of immigrant integration
>>integration policy >>

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Impact assessment
•operational needs
• to assist timely decision-making,
•strategic plans
• to provide management and
achievement of objectives,
measured against set indicators
and expected results
Evaluation Why we need
>>integration policy >> utility&usability
>> efficiency&efficacy

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Integration policy management
>>integrated system>>
Goals
• Support changes
• Generate learning
Key strategies
• Understanding territorial needs
• Dialogue among stakeholders
• Stakeholders’ participation in
• decision making process

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Integration policy management
>>integrated system>>

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Integration policy activities
>>integrated system>>

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Integration policy activities
>>integrated system>>

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Integration policy future perspectives
>>integrated system>>

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Linguistic policy
approach
>>integrated system>>

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Linguistic policy activities
>>integrated system>>

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Linguistic policy pilot project
>>integrated system>>
updating: 17th
April 2013
Total of applicants 359 852
Contacted applicants 299 798
Rate of pending cases 17%
Rate of withdrawals 20%
Rate of success 82%

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>>integrated system>>
Linguistic policy pilot project
Language: Italian
Citizenship Language
of origin %
spoken at
home
spoken with
friends
spoken at
work
China
Republic of
Chinese
(12 idioms) 95 7,1 28,1 51,1
Italian 4 65 94
Total 9,5 30,8 51,0
I Data source: Not definitive data - Conditions and social integration of foreign populations , 2011 – 2012 – ISTAT National Survey
Data elaboration:– Not definitive results - Ministero dell’Interno

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>>integrated system>>
Linguistic policy pilot project

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Conclusions