Pledging initiative – Submission form: Submission #2298

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Nombre del Estado o agente que presenta el compromiso (sírvase indicar el sitio web, si lo hay): The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Boston
Pledging entity: Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Is the country of the pledging entity a GCM Champion country?: {Empty}
Nombres y apellidos: Pablo Mariani
Puesto que ocupa: KMO
País: Estados Unidos de América (248)
Other country of implementation: Global (23641)
Region of implementation: {Empty}
Dirección de correo electrónico: pmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
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Título del compromiso: Immigrant Professionals Fellowship
Tipo de compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Individual (un solo Estado Miembro/ una sola parte interesada)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?: {Empty}

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Naturaleza del compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Financiero (p. ej., contribución al Fondo Fiduciario de Asociados Múltiples para la Migración); Participación en los procesos (p. ej., organización de procesos plenamente consultivos para elaboración de informes nacionales para el Foro de Examen de la Migración Internacional); structured

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Sírvase indicar el (los) objetivo(s) del Pacto Mundial para la Migración que este compromiso pretende promover: 7. Abordar y reducir las vulnerabilidades en la migración; 15. Proporcionar a los migrantes acceso a servicios básicos; 16. Empoderar a los migrantes y las sociedades para lograr la plena inclusión y la cohesión social; 17. Eliminar todas las formas de discriminación y promover un discurso público con base empírica para modificar las percepciones de la migración

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Sírvase indicar qué principio(s) rector(es)1 es (son) particularmente pertinente(s) para este compromiso:
Centrada en las personas (738); Cooperación internacional (739); Soberanía nacional (742); Estado de derecho y garantías procesales (741); Desarrollo sostenible (740); Derechos humanos (259); Perspectiva de género (258); Perspectiva infantil (257); Enfoque pangubernamental (737); Enfoque pansocial (736)


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Sírvase describir el compromiso:
In a direct effort to address racial and economic disparities in the healthcare field, this pilot program placed 10 talented, diverse, and multilingual professionals with local hospitals for a three-month paid fellowship. Foreign-trained professionals face various challenges to work in healthcare in the United States. Many have previous education and experience in their home countries, however, due to regulatory and degree validation barriers and lack of US work experience, they are unable to work in their same careers here. Often these individuals are unemployed or underemployed. The longer they work in unrelated industries, the more difficult it becomes for them to break into the US healthcare industry. 
At the same time, the healthcare industry needs the skills and diversity of immigrant professionals to reduce racial disparities and improve care. In Boston, the healthcare industry has shown active interest in improving their workforce's ability to respond to the multicultural needs of its growing diverse patient population. Attracting highly qualified immigrant candidates with healthcare experience who can not only bring their training and knowledge, but also their cultural and linguistic competencies will improve the world class standard of care for which Boston is renowned.

This innovative fellowship helps bridge the gaps noted above. The purpose of this pilot program is to prepare and place highly skilled immigrants into paid fellowships with leading hospitals in Greater Boston. Participants are provided with work-readiness training, career coaching, US work experience, and the opportunity to grow their resumes. Employer partners benefit from connections to qualified individuals as well as stipend support. Hospital partners have either hired, or are planning to recruit participants to “train to hire” positions after the fellowshing ends.
Fellowship Details:
•	Fellows first go through a four-week pre-placement training with the African Bridge Network at no cost to the participants
•	Fellows are then assigned a paid, three-month position with a leading hospital in Greater Boston that is jointly funded by the Office of Workforce Development and the employer partner
•	The placements pay the fellow $20 an hour for up to 30 hours a week.
•	Due to COVID-19, hospital placements may be in-person, hybrid, or remote.
•	The hospital placements are mainly in non-clinical positions and build off of the foreign training and expertise the immigrant professionals bring to the Boston healthcare community.


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Sírvase señalar un plazo indicativo para el cumplimiento del compromiso: 31 Jan 2023

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