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Welcome to Brussels!
AgII-bon
- - AgII = Agency Integration and Citizenship
- Flanders & Brussels
- 20 merged NGO’s
- - bon = Brussels Onthaalbureau Nieuwkomers
- AgII|bon = the Brussels affiliate of the Agentschap
Integratie & Inburgering (Agency Integration and
Citizenship), financed by the Flemish Government
- 4 local offices and about 90 multilingual employees
Organigram
Accessibility and Participation
Intake and orientation Individual guidance
• Office manager • Logistics
Staff
• 2 coordinators • 2 experts • Social assistants • Front office
• Coordinator • Intake consultants
• Coordinator • Integration expert • Consultants integration
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Head of Education
• 2 pedagogical coaches • Educational coach • Teachers
Target audiences
•- Newcomers and “old comers”
• - Minor newcomers (Masir Avenir)
• - Local authorities, organisations & companies
• - The general public
Some figures
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Integration of migrants in Brussels
Intakes Contracts
The programme
• Social Orientation Course
• Elementary Dutch language course A2
• Individual guidance
• Career orientation
• Professional
• Educational
• Socio-cultural
Free of Charge
Intake & Orientation
• - Test ‘Covaar’ (cognitive skills)
• - Definition of candidate’s trajectory
• based on:
• language
• level of education
• result of the‘Covaar’ test
- The signing of a contract of commitment
Social Orientation Course
o- 8 week course
o- Native or contact language (18)
o- Interactive / excursions / guest speakers
o- Different groups
o- 3 perspectives
oProfessional
oSocio-cultural
oEducational
Social Orientation Course – content - 11 topics:
City & country
Public services
Family
Health care
Work
Transport
Consumption
Education
Leisure
Residence
- 8 skills:
Insight
Information gathering
Choices
Problemsolving
Communication
Diversity
Citizenship
Evaluation
Elementary Dutch course A1 + A2
•- Measure cognitive skills
(duration varies: 80 – 120 – 180 – 240h)
- Dutch Language House
Individual Guidance
- Individual guidance during the entire programme until 1 year after
- Empowerment = key
- Practical help with: social services, day care, immigration procedures, paperwork, …
Career Orientation
-- Action plan:
- 2 actions within one of 3 perspectives:
- Professional perspective
- Educational perspective
- Social-cultural perspective
- Workshops
Diploma recognition
• Support for file format
• In collaboration with
Accessibility & Participation
• - Goal: Increase accessibility of services and
strengthen social participation and integration
and empowerment of migrants
• - How? Advice, process counseling, change
management, training, network facilitation, ...
Domains
• - Leisure and volunteering
• - Social cohesion
• - Welfare and care
• - Employment
• - Education (higher education or art academies)
• - Policy support
Target audience
• Organisations ( cultural centers or museums ,…)
• Local authorities and government departments
• Educational institutions (schools, academies, university)
• Companies : private companies like banks, supermarkets, radiostation…
• Social services : hospitals, homes for the elderly, services for disabled people, childcare services
• Social-cultural organisations …
• …
We believe in the power of diversity
4 level action
MM
Offer - Services
Team managment
Target audience/ Clients
Managment - Vision
Communication
Bon caravan
Different workshops
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• Superdiversity (various groups)
• Tips en tricks for parents educating children in two cultures/ in different languages
• Workshops volunteering for new migrants : what are the advantages ? Where can you work or help?
Restobon : chefs from everywhere
https://restobon.wordpress.com/
Cafe Colore: intercultural dialogue
Start to bike : summerclass
Events: eg ‘Bewogen festival’
Thank you. Questions?
Tina Smout | consulent Vrije Tijd [email protected]
Agentschap Integratie en Inburgering | private stichting Brussel•bon
www.integratie-inburgering.be
www.bon.be
