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Project Overview and Progress

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ContextWho co-finances this project?PartnersSpecific details of the ProjectAim of the ProjectActivities and resultsRecommendations

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CONTEXT I 2010 will be the Year against poverty and social exclusion. The

European Commission has announced a series of actions to help Member States and other actors tackle the gaps in health and wealth which exist between and within countries in the EU where 78 million people live in poverty.

Health, Poverty and Social Exclusion are strongly inter-related concepts. Health is not only the absence of disease but a state of complete physical, mentaland social well-being.

Everyone coming to Europe should benefit from high level of protection of their health in different aspect. The health of the population is critical to economic performance. Net migration into Europe is increasing, and is now the largest component of population change.

From IOM organization, the number of migrant population in Europe in 2010 will be 69,8 million. 9,8% of the area's population.

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CONTEXT II

We wanted to exchange knowledge, experiences and good practices

among countries and cities with different situations,

in order to learn from each other.

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Who co-finances this project?

INTI = Integration of Third Country Nationals ( milions euros) Implemented by Directorate General of Freedom, Security and

Justice It is targeted primarily to newly arrived third country nationals

and in general to legally-residing Third-Country Nationals

INTI’s purpose is to facilitate the integration of third countrynationals into European societies, in accordance with the CommonBasic Principles for immigrant integration policy in the EuropeanUnion.

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Partnership

ITProvince of Piacenza

FRRéseau Samdarra

ESMunicipality of Roquetas de Mar

UKBelfast City Council

ITMunicipality of Milan

UKUniversity of Birmingham

GRExfini Poli

BEQeC-ERAN

PTCamara Municipal Amadora

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DETAILS OF THE PROJECT

• PROJECT LENGTH:– 18 MONTHS– Start date of project: 1 December

2009

• End date of the project: 31 May 2011

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AIMS OF THE PROJECT

The overall goal of this project is to identify and develop tools

and good practice modules in addressing the issue

of poverty and health inequalities among migrants.

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AIMS OF THE PROJECT II1. To promote mutual learning and exchange of

best practices and measures to diffuse at European, national,regional and local levels in relation to migrants' poverty and health inequalities.

2. To elaborate recommendations and operative conclusions targeted at European, national, regional and local stakeholders.

3. To support partners to develop local action plans

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ACTIONS I

Local Action Groups

Local mapping

Transnational Peer ReviewsExchange and reflection

on policy and practice

Migrant Ngo’sPublic ServicesUniversities and ResearcherPublic Istitutions

Report on the local situation to be publish.

Three thematics to share

Whorshops and Presentation of case studies

Networking

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Activity II- Three Transnational Peer Reviews, Exchange & Development

PRW 1

PRW 2

Workshps

PRW 3

LAGs

External Experts

Localissues

Share practice:Case studies

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THEME 1

Sensitising professionals from health services providers to meet

the needs of migrant groups

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RECOMMENDATIONS IBIRMINGHAM, UKSeveral researchers have noted the difficulties new migrants experience seeking to access primary care. Problems include:·         Lack of understanding of the UK health system.·         Insufficient GP places available in super-diverse areas.·         Lack of ability for GPs to understand migrants health needs even when interpretation is provided.·         Inappropriate use of A&E for minor problems that should have been referred to GPs.·         Refusal to provide care for some individuals because of lack of knowledge about rights and entitlements.·         Shortage of interpreters·         Lack of translated materials·         Cultural barriers to attending services·         Reluctance to use health services because of lack of trust.

PORTUGALConducting training actions to health professionals in order to convey wisdom and knowledge about immigrants (habits, customs), facilitating a better reception and integration.· Development of new research and systematization of information about the health of immigrants and health professionals about immigrants in Portugal.· Preparation of leaflets and brochures, translated into various languages to inform migrant communities about their rights as well as the various relevant issues in access to health services.· Promotion of synergies between the entities and public and private sector institutions and NGOs active in the field, in order to implement actions that perspective change processes and empowerment.· Promote and recognize the entrepreneurial spirit of immigrants, constituting themselves as an asset to the growth and development of the host country and empowerment of themselves.· Facilitate the process of recognition of academic and professional qualifications of immigrants..· Simplification and bureaucracy of the procedures.

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RECOMMENDATIONS IIROQUETAS DE MAR, SPAIN

In Andalusia the public system of Heath wants to consolidate the right of the citizen on Health protection using promotion, prevention and healthcare in an universal and equality way. Nobody will be discriminate for economics, social, geographical or any other reason.

1) Facilitar el acceso de la población inmigrante a losServicios Sanitarios Públicos Andaluces

2) Organización de los servicios con el fin de integrar atoda la población

3) Adaptación de los Programas de Salud a lasnecesidades de la población

4) Estrategias de comunicación5) Investigación para conseguir los mejores resultadosen salud6) Mejorar la competencia de los profesionales

PIACENZA, ITALY-          Lack of knowledge of Italian language-          Poor understanding of technical terminology used by operators.-          difficulties in the dynamics of relationship with the medical and nursing staff -          Approaches / different beliefs regarding the care of the body and disease -          Habit of gender diversity (different focus if the patient is male or female) differences between every Countries-          Aspect of trust and intimacy -          Fear of not understanding and not being understood.-          Fear of being judged. -          Aggression, suspicion, shyness-          Different approaches/beliefs about body care and diseases. -          Excessive traditionalism/Superstition (excessive value given to alternative treatments/natural healers, etc.)

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RECOMMENDATIONS IIIBELFAST, UKThe Trust has an obligation to provide equitable services for all users from different backgrounds and to fulfil its statutory requirement. The Trust implements education and training for staff. Training focuses on the skills, attitudes and knowledge required for working with users and carers from the black and minority ethnic community. All the training integrates with government legislation and the Trust’s racial equality policies and strategies. There are a number of initiatives in Belfast that build capacity of black and minority ethnic communities. These initiatives aim to develop a vibrant and sustainable minority ethnic sector at both local and regional level, and to empower such communities to participate in a higher level of citizenship. The training initiatives for migrants have two main strands: language training and support and capacity building.

GREECEThere is no national training policy in Greece for either health professionals or administrative staff in hospitals or other public services in general. Training initiatives are funded by EU Programmes, like for example the “Programme for intercultural training of public servants who deal with hospitalisation issues of third country national in hospitals of Athens and Thessaloniki”.NGOs offering health services to immigrants, like the ones mentioned in section B II, train their volunteers on the specials needs of the immigrant population. For example, BABEL Day Centre operates an internal training programme for the professionals working in the Centre. This programme is implemented in the form of seminars and includes information on inter cultural psychiatry, on the cultural specificities of different ethnicity groups etc[1]. Another example is NGO PRAKSIS which offers free training on related subjects for its volunteers[2].

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