Fostering relationships and trust to spark new connections and ways of relating to one another and creating a shared big picture and sense of purpose.
Dignified Work and Housing
Migrants often face precarious work conditions, deskilling, exploitative practices as well as discriminations in the labour and housing markets across Europe. Our vision is to create economic and social conditions for belonging through a future that centres the dignity of all work and all workers, and one in which equitable housing is a reality for all.
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Building Inclusive Societies in Central and Eastern Europe
Built on the back of EPIM’s Ukraine Response this cluster focuses on helping societies in CEE negotiate issues of migration, belonging and on strengthening civil society and democratic practices.
EPIM’s vision is to create spaces for belonging and more inclusive societies in CEE, for all, no matter where, when, and how they arrive, for the long-term.
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Shaping the Future of European Migration Governance
We view migration governance as the way migrants’ lives are being governed, beyond laws, policies, institutions and practices, encompassing relationships, power dynamics and mindsets.
Based on a unique first-ever Systems Map, EPIM identified leverage points in the system to fund interventions on. These interventions build on EPIM’s past work on alternatives to detention, borders and EU mobility.
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Political Response, Opportunity Innovation Fund
While not a cluster per se, the Fund is agile and innovative opportunity mechanism and intervention in response to a given opening that may arise in the migration ecosystem and EPIM’s ability to make use of it to achieve its vision.
Convening the ecosystem to cultivate shared narratives and structures of belonging, ultimately strengthening democratic resilience.
Grounding decisions and strategies in the diverse realities of migrant’s lives and enhancing their role and influence across the migration ecosystem.
Rethinking resource flows and origins and co-creating collaborative funding approaches around a shared purpose.
EPIM does not use open calls or accept unsolicited applications for grants. Our experience over the years shows that open calls place a heavy burden on applicants and can create expectations that are difficult to meet. Our approach to sensemaking and grantmaking is instead, proactive: mapping the ecosystem and engaging directly with initiatives that align with our vision and strategic focus. A complete list of our partners is available on the website, in our Annual Report and updates are shared through our newsletters.