COMET returns to Geneva
The annual Consultations on Resettlement and Complementary Pathways (“CRCP”, formerly ATCR) brought together a panoply of key stakeholders in Geneva during the first week of June 2024. [...]
Webinar: Complementary Pathways in a Changing Political Context
This webinar aims to provide an overview on the interplay between political context and complementary pathways and, through two case studies from the COMET project, to consider how the changing political context impacted on the planned complementary pathways- [...]
Darfuri Teens Pursue Vocational Education in Province of Turin
In the province of Turin, two 18-year-old boys from Darfur, hosted by separate families, are pursuing a vocational education after successfully passing their third year middle school exams. A milestone celebrated by their foster families. [...]
Considerations for refugees’ transition out of sponsorship and complementary pathways programs
The brief, Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for refugees’ transition out of sponsorship and complementary pathways programs, highlights common obstacles to a smooth transition. [...]
Complementary Pathways: broader and deeper
STEP (Skills, Talent and Empowerment through Pathways) will focus over the next three years on developing labour mobility programmes in Italy, Spain and Ireland. [...]
Signed protocol to facilitate the arrival of 85 COMET beneficiaries
FCEI is delighted to announce that the long-awaited protocol needed to facilitate the arrival of 85 COMET beneficiaries to Italy was signed at the end of December 2023. [...]
Training Sessions and Support for Community-led Welcome
Reset empowers volunteers to welcome refugees into communities. It was set up in 2018 to coordinate with the growth of the Community Sponsorship movement across the UK and has since then embraced all forms of community-led welcome. [...]
SAFE NATIONAL CONFERENCE Community sponsorship
Two of COMET's partners (FCEI and Forum Réfugiés) are also involved in the AMIF-funded SAFE project which is about to hold a conference in Rome on the topic of community sponsorship.[...]
Global Gathering for Sponsorship
The Global Gathering for Sponsorship, held in Lisbon from 7 to 9 November, brought together 130 experts from 4 continents and 23 different countries.
New publication: recruitment and retention of sponsors
MPI Europe partners recently produced and released a report exploring challenges and innovative strategies for the recruitment and retention of sponsors in sponsorship programs.
