Comparative study
This report provides an overview of the situation facing "second generation migrants" in Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Comparative studyThis report provides a similar overview of the situation facing "second generation migrants" but in Switzerland
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Useful Websites concerning Migration, Second Generation Migrants and Autobiographical Pedagogical Approach
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UNITED STATES AND EUROPE
MPI - Migration Policy Institute - is an American non-profit institute dedicated to migration and second generation migrants worldwide based in Washington.
On the website there is a special section dedicated to the European migration.
http://www.migrationinformation.org/index.cfm
International Organization for Migration - The Center for Migration and Development (CMD) promotes scholarship,
original research, and intellectual exchange among faculty and students with an interest in international migration and national development.
http://www.iom.int/jahia/jsp/index.jsp
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, born in 1948 and based in Paris (France).
Many publications and working paper are dedicated to migration and second generation migrants.
http://www.oecd.org/
International Migration Database from OECD based in Paris. It is a great database in which there is a particular section dedicated to migration:
inflow and outflow of foreign population and acquisition of nationality.
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MIG
European Foundation for the Improvement of living and Working Conditions - Employment and working conditions of migrant workers.
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/
UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized.
We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn
the most innovative ideas into reality.
That makes us unique among world organizations, and unique among those working with the young.
Unicef has also some relevant about second generation migrants.
http://www.unicef.org
ITALY
Istat - National Institute of Statistics in Italy (Istituto nazionale di Statistica)
http://www.istat.it
La Rete G2 - Seconde Generazioni - Network of Second Generation in Italy
http://www.secondegenerazioni.it
Associna - Chinese Second generation migrants Association in Italy
http://www.associna.com/
Libera Universita dell Autobiografia - LUA - Free University of Autobiography
http://www.lua.it
Ismu - Fondazione Iniziative e Studi sulle Multietnicita - Foundation for Events and Researches about Multiethnicity
http://www.ismu.org
CeSPI (Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale), Centre of International Policy Studies based in Rome,
is a non-profit free and independent association founded in 1985 that realizes studies and policy-oriented researches.
The Centre realizes different kind of activities: research, consultancy, training and dissemination concerning relevant topic
about International relations.
http://www.cespi.it/
AUSTRIA
Statistiken - AusländerInnen in Österreich - Austrian Forum for Migration Studies: Statistic about Migration in Austriahttp://www.ist-world.org/OrgUnitDetails.aspx?OrgUnitId=ab273bd3dc644ddea1d0e97ec0424c68
The Austrian Institute for Youth Research conducted a study about young migrants in education and work in 2007.
The qualitative approach comprised 30 narrative interviews with youths with a migration background.
The purpose of the autobiographical narration was on scientific, rather than on pedagogic nature.
http://www.oeij.at/site/article_list.siteswift?do=all&c=gotosection&d=de%2Fpublikationen%2Fdonwload
The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute works within the topic Migration and Memory.
In the centre of research stands the interconnection between migration, history and memory in two European Countries: Austria and Sweden.
http://ehp.lbg.ac.at/index.php?pId=i15631hb1326tub200814&mediaId=1
E-LISA Academy is an online e-learning network for teachers offering free online tutorials.
Mari Steindl who works at IZ - Das interkulturelle Zentrum (english: Intercultural centre) wrote a tutorial on "intercultural learning - intercultural pedagogics".
Since 1991, intercultural learning is an official educational principle in Austria. Among the material provided in the tutorial there are a lot of useful exercises that are based on narrative, autobiographical approaches.
http://www.e-lisa-academy.at/?logout=1&cid=9513
And what does this have to do with me? Transnational conceptions of history about the National Socialist past,
(in german: "Und was hat das mit mir zu tun? Transnationale Geschichtsbilder zur NS-Vergangenheit")
It is a 2-years-research project that is conducted in a Viennese school with a high migration proportion by contemporary historican Dirk Rupnow.
The purpose of the project is to find new ways of appropriately teaching National Socialism and Holocaust under
the special conditions of our contemporary migration society. It is based on the concept of learning through remembering and narrating.
http://www.sparklingscience.at/de/projects/312-transnationale-geschichtsbilder/
UNITED KINGDOM
EDS - The Economic and Social Data Service is a national data archiving and dissemination service which came into operation in January 2003.
The service is a jointly-funded initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).
http://www.esds.ac.uk/about/about.asp
The Story-Dialogue Method
http://www.evaluationtrust.org/tools/story
SLOVENIA
SORS - The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
http://www.stat.si
The National Educational Institute
http://www.zrss.si
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department for pedagogy and adult education
http://www.pedagogika-andragogika.com/
Slovenian Institute of Migration
http://isi.zrc-sazu.si/
SWEDEN
Official Statistics in Sweden
http://www.scb.se
Swedish Migration Board
http://www.migrationsverket.se/english.jsp
THE NETHERLANDS
The Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics
http://www.cbs.nl; http://www.statline.nl
GERMANY
Deutsche Tagesbucharchiv e.V. - The German Diary Archiv
http://www.tagebucharchiv.de/
The Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration has
their official website with constantly updated information and many publications for download.
http://www.integrationsbeauftragte.de
Institut für Geschichte und Biographie "Deutsches Gedächtnis" Fernuniversität
Hagen Institut for History and Biography Long distance University of Hagen
http://www.fernuni-hagen.de
Archiv für alltägliches Erzählen Universität Hamburg -
Fakultät für Geisteswissenschaften
FB Kulturgeschichte und Kulturkunde - Institut für Volkskunde /
Kulturanthropologie (Archiv for everyday narratives of the University of Hamburg)
http://www.kultur.uni-hamburg.de/volkskunde
Your life is your story http://www.your-life-your-story.com/
Forum für Wissenschaft, Industrie und Wirtschaft - Innovations Report
http://www.innovations-report.de/
Achten statt Aechten: Die Initiative für benachteiligte Jugendliche (The
Initiative for young disadvanraged)
http://www.achten-statt-aechten.de
Exile-Club is a project of Schulen ans Netz e.V., that informs about people from other cultures who live amidst us.
http://www.exil-club.de
Integration junger Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund as JMD-Portal präsentiert
417 Jugendmigrationsdienste. At their website the network with the service to
advise young people personally on their integration is available.
http://www.jugendmigrationsdienste.de
Top Videonews, Germany A website with an extended list of videos about second generation migrants
http://www.top-videonews.de/themen/migration/filme/default3.htm
Migration online. Here are almost 200 films and videos from a variety of projects about youth and young adults.
http://www.migration-online.de
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
http://www.iom.ch

















