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Developing an Information Portal for the NISMP

Developing an Information Portal for the NISMP. 19 th April 2012 John Bell Institute for Conflict Research. Background to ICR. Independent research organisation based in Belfast Specialises in issues related to conflict, human rights, social transformation and social justice

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Developing an Information Portal for the NISMP

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  1. Developing an Information Portal for the NISMP 19th April 2012 John Bell Institute for Conflict Research

  2. Background to ICR • Independent research organisation based in Belfast • Specialises in issues related to conflict, human rights, social transformation and social justice • Focus on issues relating to the conflict such as segregation to migration related issues reflecting changes in NI

  3. Research on Migration • Baseline study for OFMdFM in 2004 and for DEL in 2009 • Local studies in Belfast and Dungannon • More recent research on trafficking and forced labour

  4. Information Portal • Commissioned by NISMP in March 2012 • ‘Information Portal’ to create a clear picture of migration and provide information to policy-makers and service providers • Highlight impacts on local services, communities and the labour market • Resource to be located on NISMP website

  5. Methodology • Collating data on migration from government departments, education & library boards, CAB, health and social services trusts etc • Collating relevant data from other stakeholders in the private and voluntary sectors (e.g. STEP, SEEDS, ACSONI etc)

  6. Methodology • Information will include quantitative and qualitative data • Presented in an accessible format online for users • Working in partnership with NISRA to help to utilise current data sets (e.g. Census data)

  7. What will it look like? • Feedback today welcome as the project is only starting • Current categories include: • - General Data and Information • - Information for Policy Makers • - Information for Employers • - Information for Practitioners

  8. General Data and Information • Demographics • Health and Social Care • Housing • Education • Employment and Skills • Integration and Social Cohesion • Enforcement and Abuse • Community Safety • Asylum Seekers and Refugees

  9. Information for Policy Makers • Immigration Legislation • Migrant Rights and Entitlements • Responsibilities under Devolution • Mainstreaming Migrant Issues in Policy • Section 75 and EQIA • Improve Monitoring of new migrants • Consult Migrants and Improve Participation

  10. Information for Employers • Migrant Rights in the Workplace • Language and Interpreters • Sponsoring Non-EU Migrants • Recruiting Migrant Workers • Intra-Company Transfers • Improving Monitoring based on Ethnic and National Identity • Identifying Skills Shortages

  11. Information for Practitioners • Rights and Entitlements of Migrants • Applying the Habitual Residence Test • Language and Interpreters • Improving Access to Services for Migrants • Improving Monitoring based on Ethnic and National Identity

  12. Outcomes • Data to create a clear picture of immigration and its short and long-term impacts • To include an accessible and adaptable guide on the rights and entitlements for migrants, policy-makers and service providers • To identify any gaps in or obvious duplication of data in the various thematic areas

  13. Sustainability • Crucial that the resource is sustainable and can be easily updated and built upon • Site will be regularly updated by NISMP • Information needs to keep being provided by stakeholders – a ‘living site’

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