Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Département Seine-<br />
Saint-Denis (FR)<br />
1,645,000 inhabitants<br />
Local coordinator: Project Manager for international solidarity and stakeholder<br />
coordination with ANVITA<br />
Coordinating a reception and integration strategy informed by human rights<br />
Historically and demographically, Seine-Saint-Denis<br />
is a land of immigration.<br />
Diversity is in the départment’s<br />
DNA, as illustrated by the 130 different<br />
nationalities and 177 languages<br />
spoken. It is also a land of contrasts,<br />
with, on one hand, the highest number<br />
of new jobs created in the whole Paris<br />
region, and, on the other hand, social<br />
polarisation, where many residents<br />
face problems in accessing housing,<br />
healthcare and social support.<br />
The dense superposition of various<br />
administrations (cities, département,<br />
region and state) with their respective<br />
services, and the rich landscape of<br />
associations represent an asset. But it<br />
can also be difficult to understand and<br />
navigate for newcomers and therefore<br />
represent an obstacle in accessing<br />
their rights.<br />
Building on its long-standing commitment<br />
to providing unconditional<br />
welcome, the département wants to<br />
improve the coordination between<br />
all actors to develop a joined-up<br />
approach to reception and integration.<br />
In doing this, it also plans to work<br />
directly with migrants as experts by<br />
experience to better adapt the services<br />
to the diversity of needs and<br />
life situations that characterise this<br />
territory.<br />
Preliminary focus of the integrated action plan<br />
▷ Set-up a stakeholder<br />
coordination mechanism on<br />
migrant reception and inclusion.<br />
▷ Building an innovative strategy<br />
for migrant reception and<br />
inclusion that brings together all<br />
stakeholders.<br />
▷ Develop a guide to refugees’<br />
rights and practical procedures<br />
(residence permits, housing,<br />
work, health, etc.), produced in<br />
several languages by refugees.<br />
▷ Create a “Maison de<br />
l’hospitalité”: a third-place “onestop<br />
shop” bringing together<br />
all those involved in migration<br />
(migrants, public bodies,<br />
associations, vocational training,<br />
students, researchers) and<br />
offering legal and social advice,<br />
vocational training, spaces<br />
for associations, cultural and<br />
creative space.<br />
▷ Carry out an in-depth<br />
quantitative and qualitative<br />
analysis of the situation with<br />
the help of researchers from the<br />
local group.<br />
▷ Improve professional training on<br />
migrants’ rights and needs.<br />
Partner profiles 49
Change language