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Chapter V - Resettlement in Europe: Rising Slowly but Surely
As envisaged in the Joint EU
Resettlement Programme, common
EU resettlement priorities will be established,
most probably every two years
by the European Commission as the
outcome of a political process involving
the European Parliament and the
Council, as well as UNHCR and EASO. 85
9.2. Partnerships to promote
more and better resettlement in
Europe
The EU plays an important role in
promoting the growth of European
resettlement through the provision
of funding and financial incentives.
However, in view of the global total
of some 181,000 refugees in need of
resettlement for 2013 alone, it is crucial
that the financial incentives offered to
Member States concretely result in
an increased number of resettlement
places. The ‘quality’ of European
resettlement, meaning appropriate
and timely reception and integration
services and arrangements, is equally
important in making resettlement a
truly durable solution for those refugees
who benefit from it.
Together with the EU, international
organisations, Member State governmental
authorities (national, regional
and local government) and civil society
actors all have a role to play in building
85 At the time of writing, negotiations on how to
define resettlement priorities are still ongoing.
both the quantity and the quality of
European resettlement. The transnational
initiatives described below
demonstrate joint efforts in this area
by many different resettlement actors,
including in advocacy, campaigning,
practical cooperation, research and
networking.
9.2.1. The European Resettlement
Network
Since 2009, ICMC, IOM and UNHCR
have worked in partnership to promote
practical cooperation and exchange on
resettlement in Europe, and to build a
network of resettlement practitioners
and policymakers both within and
outside of Europe. This work has been
undertaken in the framework of the
ERF-funded projects ‘Promotion of resettlement
in the EU through practical cooperation
by EU Member States and other
stakeholders’ (2010-11) and ‘Linking-In
EU Resettlement - linking the resettlement
phases and connecting (local)
resettlement practitioners’ (2011-12).
In early 2012, the three partner
organisations formalised their