Submission form: Submission #2251

Section I
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Name of entity submitting the pledge: Portugal - High Commission for Migration https://www.acm.gov.pt
Pledging entity: Other
Other (Pledging entity): {Empty}
Is the country of the pledging entity a GCM Champion country?: {Empty}
Full name: Cláudia Pires
Position: Head of the Support Office for Local Policies for Migrant Integration
Country of implementation: Portugal (201)
Other country of implementation: Global (23641)
Region of implementation: {Empty}
Email Address: gaplim@acm.gov.pt
Secondary contact person: {Empty}
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Section II
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Name of the pledge: Consolidate the Integrating Adds Value Network  (Rede Integrar Valoriza)
Type of pledge (please select): In partnership (several states/actors contribute towards a shared goal with different pledges
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?: {Empty}

Section II a
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Participating States and Actors:
Name of state/actor: Authority for Working Conditions (ACT)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: vanda.reis@act.gov.pt
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Name of state/actor: Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP) 
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: carlos.fonseca@iefp.pt
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Name of state/actor: National Agency for Qualification (ANQEP)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: alexandra.teixeira@anqep.gov.pt
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Name of state/actor: Directorate-General for Schools (DGEsTE)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: madalena.mira@dgeste.mec.pt
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Name of state/actor: Housing and Urban Rehabilitation Institute (IHRU)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: isabel.rodrigues@ihru.pt
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Name of state/actor: Diretorate-General for Local Authorities (DGAL)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: jose.moreira@dgal.gov.pt
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Name of state/actor: Immigration and Border Service (SEF)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: Jose.Barao@sef.pt
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Name of state/actor: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DGADR)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: mtavares@dgadr.pt
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Name of state/actor: Administrative Modernization Agency (AMA) 
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: jorge.lagarto@ama.pt
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Name of state/actor: Collaborative Laboratory for Labour, Employment and Social Protection (CoLABOR)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: carvalho.silva@colabor.pt
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Name of state/actor: Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: jose.esperanca@fct.pt
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Name of state/actor: Directorate-General for Natural Resources, Safety and Maritime Services (DGRM)
Country (if operating in more than one country please indicate HQ country): Portugal
E-mail address of the contact person: jsimao@dgrm.mm.gov.pt


Section III
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Nature of the pledge: Material (e.g. provision of technical assistance or in kind contribution)

Section IV
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Please select the main three GCM objectives the pledge is/are meant to support: 4. Ensure that all migrants have proof of  legal identity and adequate documentation; 5. Enhance availability and flexibility of  pathways for regular migration; 7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in  migration; 10. Prevent, combat and eradicate  trafficking in persons in the context of  international migration; 12. Strengthen certainty and predictability  in migration procedures for appropriate  screening, assessment and referral; 15. Provide access to basic services for migrants; 16. Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion; 18. Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences

Section V
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Please indicate which GCM Guiding Principle is/are particularly relevant for the pledge:
People-centred (738); Sustainable development (740); Human rights (259); Whole-of-government approach (737); Whole-of-society approach (736)


Section VI
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Please provide a description of the pledge:
Portugal reaffirms its commitment to strengthening the reception and integration of migrants by improving public service responses at the local level and promoting integrated governance solutions.  

To this end, in 2021, Portugal launched the Rede Integrar Valoriza (Integrating Adds Value Network), a pilot project that seeks to decentralise national public policy measures through a network of public and private entities committed to developing and delivering strategies to improve migrants access to social, education, labour, health, and housing services and solutions. 

Until now, 47 municipalities have joined the Rede Integrar Valoriza, with 11 others showing interest in signing up. 

Portugal pledges to support the implementation, by local actors, of at least one of following initiatives in each of the participating municipalities: 

a) a Local Support Centre for the Integration of Migrants (CLAIM);
b) a Municipal Plan for the Integration of Migrants (PMIM);
c) a Local Housing Strategy which, in its implementation, includes housing needs and, more specifically, indicates housing prospects for immigrant people;
d) a Portuguese as a Host language course; 
e) Public, private, and cooperative education establishments joining the Network of Schools for Intercultural Education (REEI) or develop initiatives to promote intercultural education; 
g) a Cultural-Education Municipal Strategic Plan.

Portugal further commits to setting up an integrated governance framework of this pilot project, which will include a Monitoring Group (comprised of the public sector organizations and the different municipalities, which will meet quarterly), 7 Regional Working Groups and 4 Thematic Working Groups, linked to each of the dimensions of the project:
a) Decentralization, communication and proximity;
b) Training, qualification and employment;
c) Housing;
d) Applied research.


Section VII
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Please indicate the tentative deadline within which this pledge is expected to be realised: 09 Jan 2023

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