Territorial Approach to Migrant and Refugee Integration

Migration decisions are on the rise and will continue to in the next decades. Their impact on the well-being and development of both migrants and host communities relies on seamless integration. Effective integration goes beyond economic factors, involving interconnected social, educational, and spatial dimensions. For instance, accepting a job offer may depend on a child's access to school, while stable housing is essential for language learning, a key element to building connections. Achieving seamless migrant and refugee integration requires concerted efforts. This programme provides policy makers with data-driven insights and policy advice, with a strong focus on collaboration among public and private actors, as well as different government levels, for effective integration processes. 

A key objective of this programme is to provide policy makers with hands-on tools they can use to assess and improve their integration policies.

The OECD has thus developed a methodology to assess the effectiveness of coordination tools, such as multi-level contracts, used by countries and regions to improve how actors work together. This methodology has been successfully applied to assess five tools implemented in four OECD countries.

The OECD produced a checklist for public action on migrant integration at the local level, designed for any city or region. This tool helps collaboration across government levels and with local actors to enhance migrant integration effectively. The checklist has been implemented in various European cities.