Submission form: Submission #2298

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Submission Number: 2298

Submission ID: 8036

Submission UUID: dd32d844-1d07-47b9-99c1-19b3b6b13bf5

Submission URI: /submit-pledges

Created: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 22:51

Completed: Sun, 07/31/2022 - 22:51

Changed: Tue, 08/02/2022 - 21:41

Remote IP address: 2.22.245.85

Submitted by: Pablo Sebastian Mariani

Language: English

Is draft: No

Webform: Pledging initiatives – Submission form

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Flagged: Yes

Name of entity submitting the pledge	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?
Full name	Pablo Mariani
Position	KMO
Country of implementation	United States of America (USA)
Other country of implementation	Global
Region of implementation
Email Address	pmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
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Name of the pledge	Immigrant Professionals Fellowship
Type of pledge (please select)	Individual (by one state/actor)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?
Participating States and Actors
Name of the matched pledge
ID of the matched pledge
Nature of the pledge	Financial (e.g. contribution to the MPTF); Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF); structured
Please select the main three GCM objectives the pledge is/are meant to support	7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration; 15. Provide access to basic services for migrants; 16. Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion; 17. Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration
Please indicate which GCM Guiding Principle is/are particularly relevant for the pledge	People-centred; International cooperation; National sovereignty; Rule of law and due process; Sustainable development; Human rights; Gender-responsive; Child-sensitive; Whole-of-government approach; Whole-of-society approach
Please provide a description of the pledge	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.
Please indicate the tentative deadline within which this pledge is expected to be realised	31 Jan 2023
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