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Sustainability of Return
Among others, sustainable return programmes depended on long-term reintegration activities,
the approach of the individuals concern and economic difficulties and other instabilities
in the country of origin e.g. continued ethnic conflicts;
The most effective tool to achieve durable reintegration proved to professional training of
selected returnees;
Social reconstruction and enhancement of civil society are important for creating a conciliatory
and peaceful environment conducive to return.
Lessons Learned and Best Practices
The development of an information campaign throughout reception centres to promote
assisted voluntary return, with emphasis on dignified and secure returns;
The elaboration, when necessary, of updated information on the conditions in the country of
origin, including security/risk zones;
The designing of training modules for civil servants, social workers and cultural mediators
(local administrations, reception centres, Prefecture, Police offices, NGOs, associations, etc.)
on the assisted voluntary return programme;
The importance of providing reintegration grants and monitoring the effectiveness of reintegration
schemes after arrival in close cooperation with IOM and local representatives in the
country of origin.