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Montréal Inclusive au Travail 2022-2024 (Montréal Inclusive at Work) Initiative: Promoting Migrant and Refugee Integration Through a City-Led Podcast
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Montréal deepens its commitment to implement the "Montréal Inclusive au Travail 2022-2024 (Montréal Inclusive at Work) initiative, first pledged to the Call to Local Action in 2022, by launching a podcast - “Biais d’Entrée” (Entry Bias). The podcast aims to support Montréal companies in developing effective welcoming strategies for migrants and refugees and making their companies more diverse and inclusive.
To be available in two seasons, the podcast equips business executives and talent acquisition specialists with knowledge and tools to strengthen corporate capabilities in the hiring, integration, retention and advancement of newcomers. Through the reflections of experts, the real-life experiences of entrepreneurs, and the testimonials of newcomers, the podcast identifies the obstacles to integrating newcomers and offers concrete solutions to include them in the job market in positions commensurate with their skills. It encourages companies to make significant, concrete changes to their organizational culture, and to accelerate the pace of such changes. It also combats discrimination and barriers experienced by newcomers, and promotes their socio-economic contribution.
To be available in two seasons, the podcast equips business executives and talent acquisition specialists with knowledge and tools to strengthen corporate capabilities in the hiring, integration, retention and advancement of newcomers. Through the reflections of experts, the real-life experiences of entrepreneurs, and the testimonials of newcomers, the podcast identifies the obstacles to integrating newcomers and offers concrete solutions to include them in the job market in positions commensurate with their skills. It encourages companies to make significant, concrete changes to their organizational culture, and to accelerate the pace of such changes. It also combats discrimination and barriers experienced by newcomers, and promotes their socio-economic contribution.
Pledging entity
Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Type of pledge
Individual (by one state/actor)
Country
Nature of the Pledge
Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF)
State/Actor
The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Montreal
GCM Guiding Principles
GCM Objectives
3. Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
5. Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
6. Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
14. Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout the migration cycle
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
19. Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
20. Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants
22. Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits
*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
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