Indicator in all countries

Is the integration strategy effective and, if so, what are the tangible results at a local, regional and national level?

• Austria

  The introduction of the National Action Plan on Integration (NAP) evoked criticism from opposition parties and representatives of NGOs because of a lack of a funding scheme and the tightening of the legal framework for migrants.

• Bulgaria

  No sufficient data.

• Cyprus

  No

• Denmark

  No.

• Finland

  The Act on the Promotion of Integration entered into force 1.9.2011, so it is too early to analyse its effectiveness.

• France

  There is no such univocal evaluation available.

• Germany

  Yes, partly.

• Greece

  Not the strategy as such.

• Hungary

  No.

• Ireland

  Though benchmarking and targets are mentioned and defined in the introduction to the ‘National Action Plan Against Racism’ there are now formal benchmarks or targets put fourth in the document. As a result it is impossible to quantify the impact of the plan.

• Italy

  No, only in some cases

• Poland

  There is no such evaluation available.

• Portugal

  Yes, the formal integration strategy is considered effective, although some of the proposed measures were not fully executed and the need to continue and to deepen the integration strategy is acknowledge .

• Romania

  We could not identify any implementation report for 2012 for the Roma Strategy.

• Slovenia

  The effectiveness of integration strategy can be measured through the statistics of migrants, participating in integration programs stipulated in the Aliens Act.

• Spain

  Yes.

• Sweden

  One of the on-going debates is about the effectiveness of the Government’s new strategy focused on a work line as part of the ‘integration’ policies rather than policies targeting awareness or activities regarding anti-discrimination on the labour market.