Cities4Refugees

Cities4Refugees is a project consortium consisting of the European cities of solidarity Berlin, Villeurbanne and Zagreb as well as the NGOs Berlin Governance Platform, BBAG and Studio Rizoma. The two-year project aims to support strategic networking, best practice exchange and cooperation between European municipalities and civil society in the field of EU migration and integration policy .

"Cities4Refugees" was launched in 2023 and arranges for a series of analogue and digital events over a total period of 14 months. The 2023 project activities focused on networking between progressive European municipalities and civil society actors against the backdrop of the negotiations on the reform of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and the EU elections. This dialogue will continue in 2024 after the Pact negotiations and during the European elections in order to address the role of welcoming, progressive municipalities in the reformed EU migration policy and to include their needs and innovative initiatives in the implementation of the reform.

Among other things, the project aims to support the International Alliance of Safe Harbours (IASH), a European city network founded in June 2021 , in its strategic advocacy work and knowledge sharing.

As part of the project consortium, the Berlin Governance Platform is responsible for both organising the event and providing strategic advice to the municipal partners.

 

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A photo of the participants of a Cities4Refugees conference in Zagreb 2023. In order to promote networking & cooperation in the field of EU migration policy, cities & NGOs with CERV funding have joined forces as Cities4Refugees.

ACTIVITIES

1. Conference in Zagreb/Croatia from 19.4-21.4.2023

2. Online meeting "Cooperation for a welcoming Europe" , 27.6.2023 (Studio Rizoma)

3. Conference "Solidarity Cities Reshaping Migration in Europe" in Brussels/Belgium9.10.-11.10.2023 (Berlin Governance Platform in cooperation with Moving Cities)

4. Conference in Villeurbanne/France, November 2023

5. Best Practice Exchange (Online) "Local Innovation in Migration Governance: Exchanging Best Practices in Cities", 21 March 2024 (Berlin Governance Platform in cooperation with Moving Cities)

6. Online meeting27 June 2024 (Berlin Governance Platform in cooperation with Eurocities)

7. Conference in Berlin/Germany, September 2024

DURATION12/2022 - 12/2024
FUNDERSEuropean Union, CERV programme

WEBSITE

https://www.bbag-ev.de/project/c4r-cities4refugees/

TEAM

Lea Rau, Giulia Fellin

PARTNER

  • City of Berlin - Senate Department for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination, Germany
  • City Villeurbanne, France
  • City of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Studio Rizoma, Italy
  • BBAG Berlin-Brandenburgische Auslandsgesellschaft e.V., Germany

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