COMET: COMplementary pathways network
An interlocking system of legal channels for migration into Europe.
The starting point is the need for international protection – but COMET participants will be viewed through a wider lens in order to be matched to the programme and location best adapted to maximise their potential and eventual contribution to a host society.
COMET partners are seeking through experience and practice to develop a blueprint for Europe; tools and quality standards for matching, pre-departure orientation, reception and post-arrival support; to build capacity for host communities and to deliver 130 new European admission places for participants. Careful monitoring and reflection through dialogue, materials and structured exchange will enable COMET partners to build on lessons learnt and provide a basis for continued advocacy to expand legal migration.
COMET pathways will:
Facilitate enrolment in European universities and schools
Enable safe and legal family reunification
Support new and existing community sponsorship programmes
Expand humanitarian admission
Capacity building sessions – fourth session
The fourth session will take place on 25/11/2024, from 10:00 to 11:30, dedicated to the meaningful participation of people with lived experience of forced displacement in the design and implementation of safe pathways and dignified receptions. [...]
Capacity building sessions – Third session
The third session will take place on 18/11/2024, from 10:00 to 11:30, dedicated to the identification and mobilization of local sponsors and collaborators. [...]
Capacity building sessions – Second session
The second session will take place on 12/11/2024, from 10:00 to 11:30 CET, dedicated to the importance of the gender perspective and feminism in local reception and inclusion processes. [...]
Implementing the pathways
Meeting with relevant Ministries at national level
Deliverables:
formal agreement/MoU in 6 countries
Interviewing, identifying and matching
Deliverables: personal files of potential participants, personal matching files
Visa procedure
Deliverables: Visa printed
Pre-departure orientation
Deliverables: pre-departure orientation attendance record, pre-departure modules
Common post-arrival orientation
Deliverables: 10 thematic meetings for beneficiaries x 4 times, 9 thematic meetings for host countries x 4 times
