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The Power of Contact: Designing, Facilitating and Evaluating Social Mixing Activities to Strengthen Migrant Integration and Social Cohesion Between Migrants and Local Communities

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The Power of Contact: Designing, Facilitating and Evaluating Social Mixing Activities to Strengthen Migrant Integration and Social Cohesion Between Migrants and Local Communities

Rooted in the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this publication aims to provide project managers and developers, as well as event organizers and facilitators, with guidance in developing, facilitating and evaluating a wide range of “social mixing” activities. It draws from IOM’s emerging programming on migrant integration and social cohesion and extensive research on intergroup contact theory, which posits that increased interaction and mixing of people from different backgrounds can cultivate trust and decrease prejudice under the right circumstances. It provides key principles and evidence-based recommendations that project managers and event facilitators can leverage to ensure maximum positive impact in the communities. 

Date of Publication
Type of Resource
Other
Target Audience
Academia
Civil Society
General Public
Government
Intergovernmental Organization
Journalist
Migrant Association
Private Sector
Source / Publisher
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Language
English
Geographic Scope
Global
Workstream Output
No
Regional Review Process
No
GCM Objectives
Cross Cutting Theme
People-centred
Human rights
Whole-of-society approach
SDGs
SDG.10 - Reduced Inequalities
Keywords
Integration policies
Status
Published

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