Theme chosen by Macif Foundation : Intercultural dialogue and integration
Macif Foundation has been involved for several years in the issue of integration, through different programmes and actions.
First through its participation as partner in European projects:
- “Social economy and integration of young people coming from immigration in the European society”, a program supported by the DGEAC of the European Commission and leaded by the European Network of foundations for social economy,
- “Work for integration”, a programme supported by the European Commission and carried by the Italian trade union CGIL.
But also through its involvement at national level in awareness actions, the latest being a competition launched by Macif Foundation on the theme “Social economy, ethnic diversity and employment” for which an award ceremony will take place the November 27th 2008 in Paris.
Macif Foundation has benefited for several years from the support of partners within the Ministry for Immigration and Integration and also of the Acse (National Agency for social cohesion and equal opportunities), that have accompanied its initiatives for integration, fight against discrimination and diversity.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the three parties with the objective to improve commitments for integration and prevention of discriminations.
Macif, founder of the Macif Foundation is a mutual insurance company. De facto it belongs to social economy’s field. Its representative organisation is based on a three stage’s democracy. Its 4.700.000 corporate members elect 1899 regional delegates, who designate from among their members 144 national delegates constituting the General Assembly of the Mutual Insurance Company. It is among them that are also elected the administrators.
They are employees, independent professionals, employers, trade union activists from five representative confederations, associative activists, mutualism associates, cooperatives. Men and women all volunteers.
It is among Macif’s delegates that Macif Foundation envisages to constitute representative citizens’ groups of civil society, favouring in this way the principle of “crossed fertilization”. The actors to the meetings, who are experiences and proposals’ managers, could also be relay within institutions, trade unions, and civil society, of the initiated exchanges within speaking groups.
Macif Foundation, through the prism of social economy, plans to deal with theme of “intercultural dialogue and integration” on axis of social integration, but also on economic integration. Taking into account a fundamental idea expressed by the High Council for Integration in France, according to “in our society, reconnaissance of individuals is fundamentally based on work, main factor of integration”. Integration of new entrants, but also young people of disadvantaged districts and in particular young people coming from immigration, or also women coming from immigration.
Integration is not assimilation, it does not aim at reducing differences.
So importance will be given to intercultural dialogue in thinking circles, in order to deal with questions linked to respect of diversities.
Macif Foundation has been involved for several years in the issue of integration, through different programmes and actions.
First through its participation as partner in European projects:
- “Social economy and integration of young people coming from immigration in the European society”, a program supported by the DGEAC of the European Commission and leaded by the European Network of foundations for social economy,
- “Work for integration”, a programme supported by the European Commission and carried by the Italian trade union CGIL.
But also through its involvement at national level in awareness actions, the latest being a competition launched by Macif Foundation on the theme “Social economy, ethnic diversity and employment” for which an award ceremony will take place the November 27th 2008 in Paris.
Macif Foundation has benefited for several years from the support of partners within the Ministry for Immigration and Integration and also of the Acse (National Agency for social cohesion and equal opportunities), that have accompanied its initiatives for integration, fight against discrimination and diversity.
A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the three parties with the objective to improve commitments for integration and prevention of discriminations.
Macif, founder of the Macif Foundation is a mutual insurance company. De facto it belongs to social economy’s field. Its representative organisation is based on a three stage’s democracy. Its 4.700.000 corporate members elect 1899 regional delegates, who designate from among their members 144 national delegates constituting the General Assembly of the Mutual Insurance Company. It is among them that are also elected the administrators.
They are employees, independent professionals, employers, trade union activists from five representative confederations, associative activists, mutualism associates, cooperatives. Men and women all volunteers.
It is among Macif’s delegates that Macif Foundation envisages to constitute representative citizens’ groups of civil society, favouring in this way the principle of “crossed fertilization”. The actors to the meetings, who are experiences and proposals’ managers, could also be relay within institutions, trade unions, and civil society, of the initiated exchanges within speaking groups.
Macif Foundation, through the prism of social economy, plans to deal with theme of “intercultural dialogue and integration” on axis of social integration, but also on economic integration. Taking into account a fundamental idea expressed by the High Council for Integration in France, according to “in our society, reconnaissance of individuals is fundamentally based on work, main factor of integration”. Integration of new entrants, but also young people of disadvantaged districts and in particular young people coming from immigration, or also women coming from immigration.
Integration is not assimilation, it does not aim at reducing differences.
So importance will be given to intercultural dialogue in thinking circles, in order to deal with questions linked to respect of diversities.
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