Event date: 24/10/2011, Location: Seattle, USA
Main author and Central Research Coordinator of the MIPEX, Thomas Huddleston,will give a training on how to use the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) to American integration practitioners and policymakers from different cities and states and federal level.
Thomas Huddleston will present during a workshop on using data for policy improvement, as part of the US' annual National Immigrant Integration Conference...
About the event
NIIC 2011 is the flagship event for the National Partnership for New Americans, a partnership of twelve immigrant rights coalitions from across the country. The conference is structured to provide a space for people at all different levels of experience to hear from experts in the field of immigrant integration, share best practices and promising developments, and put forward their best thinking around key topic areas and challenges.
MIPEX analyses how well US federal policies promote integration through equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities for all legal residents. American practitioners can find inspiration from policies in other countries since MIPEX directly compares the US' strengths and weaknesses to the policies in Australia, Canada, and 29 European countries.
MIPEX III found that once immigrants get a legal status in the US, the path to citizenship is still not paved with gold, as many Americans readily assume in the often vitriolic debates over immigration. Without a comprehensive integration strategy, America is falling behind many other leading countries of immigration like Australia, Canada, and Sweden.
Click here for more information about the event, and here for the agenda.
About MIPEX
The Migrant Integration Policy Index is a fully interactive tool and reference guide to assess, compare and improve integration policy.
It measures integration policies in all EU Member States, Norway, Switzerland, Canada and the USA.
Using 148 policy indicators it creates a rich, multi-dimensional picture of migrants' opportunities to participate in society.
Go to www.mipex.eu/usa to see and use the MIPEX results for the USA
See also these related MIPEX Blogs:
Even for legal immigrants, the path to US citizenship is not paved with gold
US losing immigrant talent with longest backlogs for families
