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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. [...] 

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. [...] 

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. [...] 

In the framework of the COMET project, Fons Català de Cooperació al Desenvolupament organizes five online training sessions dedicated to the design and implementation of safe routes  [...] 

COMET partners are pleased to present the first in a series of fact sheets highlighting existing practices, successes and areas for further development, informed in part by direct experience within the COMET project.  [...] 

The symposium on 7-8 November 2024 will foster dialogue, discussion, coalition building and partnerships for all involved stakeholders. By bringing in experts, representatives of educational  [...] 

On the preparatory day of the Symposium on Education Pathways to the Netherlands, Justice & Peace explored together with universities and organisations working on inclusive education, the complexities of collaborating with educational institutions during the stakeholder round table. [...] 

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.  [...] 

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- [...]

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. [...] 

The brief, Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for refugees’ transition out of sponsorship and complementary pathways programs, highlights common obstacles to a smooth transition. [...] 

STEP (Skills, Talent and Empowerment through Pathways) will focus over the next three years on developing labour mobility programmes in Italy, Spain and Ireland. [...] 

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. [...] 

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.[...]

The Global Gathering for Sponsorship, held in Lisbon from 7 to 9 November, brought together 130 experts from 4 continents and 23 different countries.

MPI Europe partners recently produced and released a report exploring challenges and innovative strategies for the recruitment and retention of sponsors in sponsorship programs.

The "Conference on Resettlement, Humanitarian Admission, and Complementary Pathways to Refugee Protection" will take place in Berlin from 23-24 November 2023.

Despite increased discussions and activities on complementary pathways into protection into the EU in recent years, one issue has emerged but rarely been discussed: the secondary movement of beneficiaries of complementary pathways.