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Chapter VII – Building a New Life in the Community
active role in the receiving
society.
CBP 6: Integration is facilitated by
equal and non-discriminatory
access to institutions, goods
and services for immigrants.
CBP 7: Frequent interaction between
immigrants and Member
State citizens is fundamental
to successful integration.
CBP 8: The practice of diverse cultures
and religions should be
safeguarded (except where
it conflicts with European or
national law).
CBP 9: Participation in the democratic
process, and in the
formulation of integration
policies and measures, supports
individual integration.
CBP 10: Mainstreaming integration
should be considered in the
formation and implementation
of all relevant public
policy.
CBP 11: Developing clear goals, indicators
and evaluation mechanisms
is necessary to review
and adjust integration policy
and to exchange information. 6
Subsequent communications have
expanded the CBPs by emphasising
the importance of the local context for
integration, and the role of local and
6 European Commission, ‘Common Basic Principles
(CBP) for Immigrant Integration Policy in the
European Union’ & ‘Communication on the
Common Agenda for Integration’, 2005
regional actors in facilitating the social,
political, economic and cultural participation
of refugees and migrants in the
EU. 7
The European Commission (EC) has
developed a number of instruments
and programmes to promote integration
through knowledge-sharing
and cooperation among different
actors in Europe. In the absence of a
common integration policy, the EC has
also mainstreamed integration principles
into many European legislative
and policy areas.
The EU supports programmes to
promote the integration of migrants
and refugees via two funds - the
European Integration Fund (EIF) and
the European Refugee Fund (ERF).
Both the EIF and the ERF are part of the
General Programme on Solidarity and
Management of Migration Flows 2007-
2013 (SOLID). The EIF funds integration
projects for newly arrived third-country
nationals (although not for asylum
seekers or beneficiaries of international
protection), while the European
Refugee Fund (ERF) focuses on projects
for asylum seekers and beneficiaries of
international protection.
In order to streamline financing for
projects with similar beneficiaries, the
forthcoming Asylum and Migration
7 European Commission, European Agenda for the
Integration of Non-EU Migrants, 2011