Pledging initiative – Submission form: Submission #2298

Section I
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Nom de l’État/acteur qui fait l’annonce (veuillez indiquer le site Web, le cas échéant): 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?: {Vide}
Nom et prénom(s): Pablo Mariani
Poste: KMO
Pays: États-Unis d’Amérique (248)
Other country of implementation: Global (23641)
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Courriel: pmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
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Section II
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Intitulé de l’annonce de contribution: Immigrant Professionals Fellowship
Type d’annonce de contribution (veuillez cocher la case correspondante): Individuelle (faite par un État/acteur)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?: {Vide}

Section III
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Nature de l’annonce (veuillez cocher la case correspondante) : Financière (par exemple, contribution au Fonds d’affectation spéciale pluripartenaire pour la migration); Axée sur les processus (par exemple, organisation de processus pleinement consultatifs aux fins d’établissement de rapports nationaux pour le Forum); structured

Section IV
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Veuillez indiquer le ou les objectifs du Pacte mondial auxquels l’annonce est censée contribuer.: 7. S’attaquer aux facteurs de vulnérabilité liés aux migrations et les réduire; 15. Assurer l’accès des migrants aux services de base; 16. Donner aux migrants et aux sociétés des moyens en faveur de la pleine intégration et de la cohésion sociale; 17. Éliminer toutes les formes de discrimination et encourager un débat public fondé sur l’analyse des faits afin de faire évoluer la manière dont les migrations sont perçues

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Veuillez indiquer le ou les principes directeurs du Pacte mondial qui sont particulièrement pertinents pour l’annonce de contribution.:
Priorité à la dimension humaine (738); Coopération internationale (739); Souveraineté nationale (742); Primauté du droit et garanties d’une procédure régulière (741); Développement durable (740); Droits de l’homme (259); Prise en compte de la problématique femmes-hommes (258); Adaptation aux besoins de l’enfant (257); Approche mobilisant l’ensemble des pouvoirs publics (737); Approche mobilisant l’ensemble de la société (736)


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Veuillez décrire l’annonce de contribution:
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.


Section VII
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Veuillez indiquer un délai indicatif pour la réalisation de l’annonce de contribution: 31 jan 2023

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