fedasil community integration belgium mieke candaele

Fedasil COMMUNITY INTEGRATION BELGIUM Mieke Candaele

Fedasil grants material aid to asylum seekers and to other categories of foreigners. Together with its partners, the agency organizes quality reception and support services and also provides monitoring and guidance for unaccompanied foreign minors.

Fedasil coordinates the voluntary return programme.

Fedasil is responsible for the design, preparation and implementation of the reception policy.

Fedasil - MISSION

Fedasil – RECEPTION NETWORK

centresin Belgium

receptionplaces

COMMUNITY INTEGRATION PROGRAMME

To create public support for reception centres and to give the public an accurate, realistic picture of asylum seekers.

Integration.

Integration.

Institutionalisation.

Integration.

Institutionalisation.

Partnerships.

Integration.

Institutionalisation.

Partnerships.

Dialogue.

Integration.

Institutionalisation.

Partnerships.

Dialogue.

Information.

Integration.

Institutionalisation.

Partnerships.

Dialogue.

Information.

Raising awareness.

Integration

Open days, volunteers, workshops for both asylum

seekers and local population,...

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Structural cooperation with local authorities

Partnerships

Build a local partner network (sociocultural or sports clubs,...), participate in local partners’ activities (clean streets)

Dialogue

Local contact points for complaints and questions from neighbours, prevent nuisance (wifi in the centres,...), community integration workers.

Information

Press, newsletters, website,…

Raising awareness

Educational program for schools and visitors, national Campaigns on World Refugee Day, …

Fedasil – SOME FIGURES (2014)

1.800.000 € budget for community integration activities

About 1000 community integration activities were organised

More than 95.000 households get 3

newsletters a year in their mailbox from one

of the reception centres More than 700

volunteers who help on a regular basis in a

reception centre

An average of 70 schools a month visit one of the reception centres

http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/programmas/Karrewiet/1.2431585

mieke.candaele@fedasil.be

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