PLACE accelerates and leverages the innovation newcomers bring to Europe
European societies need more and stronger voices with a recent history of migration to bring their perspectives and make their contributions to key economic sectors
We accelerate talent and match it with opportunities for new talent in 4 sectors. Find out what role you can play!
Business
Upskilling for meaningful employment
in a shifting economy
PLACE creates a pipeline that is win-win for both newcomers and the private sector: newcomers master new skills and opportunities to access meaningful work and companies get matched with the diverse talent they seek.
Entrepreneurship
From a choice by default to a self-defined life project, entrepreneurship can be a way to find a place in a new society.
PLACE offers a pathway to start and test entrepreneurial projects which takes newcomers further on their empowerment journey: successfully integrating a business incubator or starting their own business.
Public
Leadership
We need new voices of influence on the complex challenges our societies are facing. We need newcomer voices in the public sphere.
PLACE runs the first of its kind public leadership incubator, to create capacity and room for new voices on key topics and invent new leadership models. We create the conditions for eye-level interactions for emerging leaders, and provide new talent to established leadership networks for new conversations that need to happen.
Media &
the Arts
Our complex societies need new conversations and forms of dialogue that only new voices can catalyze.
PLACE develops bold proposals with diverse voices who speak for themselves, to challenge mainstream views of migration, leadership and other conversations wanting to be born.
By unlocking this new talent and matching it with organisations looking for new players in the areas of business, entrepreneurship, public leadership, and media & arts, we are shifting the perspective of migration from a burden to a unique asset for the development and growth of Europe.
PLACE champions migrant-led innovation: since 2016, we offer transformative and innovative learning experiences to newcomers and host societies, while also giving newcomers space for self-determination to find their version of power.
We do this through designing and running programs and events, from our flagship pop-up innovation labs in European capitals to 9-month fellowships online, from public events to retreats, hackathons, training of trainers, exhibitions and more. Our formats are migrant-led, apply next-generation learning methodologies and ed-tech, and involve groups from 10 to 100 people. They all share one aim: create the link in practice between migration and innovation in the sectors concerned.
Facilitation services
Knowing how to facilitate a group and lead collaboration online and offline, is a form of power. PLACE trains past learners of its programs to be Facilitators for online and offline learning, experiences and events. All PLACE events are migrant-led, and we also facilitate external events.
Interested in facilitation services?
Become a coach or an expert
PLACE monitors all learning outcomes through external experts, who assess the participants’ learning journey. We also provide a personal coach to all our participants, to help them to reach their goals.
Interested in being a PLACE expert or coach?
%
of PLACE program participants are refugees or asylum seekers
%
of learners have gained innovation skills exceeding industry standards for the future of work
learners in PLACE programs since 2017
%
of learners receive training-of-trainers and train on average 30 more people through PLACE
PLACE is working towards 5 Sustainable Development Goals
The place team
8 nationalities, 4 continents and 14 languages… we come from all walks of life, but here are a few points we have in common:
We care above all about people
We are perfectionists, self-motivated and relentless until we get results
We communicate openly and honestly
We need playfulness and challenges
We breathe through feedback
We put results and the team first
We excel at working across locations and cultures
PARTNER WITH US
PLACE gets its strength and impact from the power of community. Our work is heightened by the collaborative efforts of our partners: forward-thinking actors from different sectors and countries, who push the boundaries so new embodiments of power can arise. Together, we’re changing the narrative of migration and transforming it into a vision of innovation. Join us today: work with us to change the game on a sector-level as a strategic partner.
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During this preparatory session, participants voted on the topics they would like to address in the upcoming Policy Labs. A Policy Lab brings together various stakeholders (for us, newcomers and local decision-makers) to better understand the present situation, imagine a better future, and design ways to recommend new policies.
The Resilient Cities participants want to focus on issues that have a significant impact on their daily lives and are relevant to the challenges their cities face, such as:
Access To Employment
Language Learning
Participation to political life
Council of Foreigners
Together, they aim to co-collaborative solutions to these problems through active participation.💡🤝
We are honored to host these Policy Labs with such inspiring individuals from around the world who are committed to making real changes. We look forward to seeing them again in person and staying connected as we continue to explore resilient city solutions in the coming months!🔜🏙️
#PLACENetwork #ResilientCities #PolicyMaking #PolicyLab #NewcomerVoices #ActiveParticipation #MigrantInclusion
After #graduating from PLACE in 2019, Hanane trained with us as a facilitator in order to support our future cohorts. She recently helped our Fast Forward 2023 group to develop and refine their #pitching skills, boosting an ambitious group of entrepreneurially-minded women in #Paris! 👏
Here she answers 3 fundamental questions: 🔎
1) What is the role of a facilitator, in your opinion?
2) What is your facilitation style?
3) What has facilitation brought to your life?
Facilitators are the #heart of our programs - maximising on their own experiences as PLACE Catalysts to provide essential learning support for our current Catalysts (participants). ✍️
#PLACENetwork #Facilitation #NewcomerTalent #LearningSupport #Welcoming
Don’t miss this chance to get inspired and learn from Kumi Naidoo, South African human rights & environmental justice activist and former Secretary General of Amnesty International. He will be talking all things #Advocacy and #CommunityMobilisation. 💪
As a Senior Advisor for CAN, he will be exploring how #art serves as a powerful #tool for #politicalengagement and driving #socialchange across the globe. 🌐🎨
Join us next week at 14h30 CEST for an insightful online session! Register for free here 🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlc-CgrDotEtX7dDC_jKdlobjHDgATQIxC
#PLACENetwork #CAN #KumiNaidoo #Artivism #ELAA #ArtsForChange #AmnestyInternational #GreenpeaceInternational
The Research stage of our project has well and truly begun with ZRC SAZU. As part of the initial desk research, ZRC-SAZU conducted 2 focus groups to gain a deeper understanding of migrant integration in coworking spaces. These two sessions focused on:
1️⃣ Migrant Newcomers & Coworking in EU Rural Areas
2️⃣ Gender (In)equality and Migrant Women in the Coworking Movement
Continuing on from this, each partner will be conducting field research in the 10 countries concerned, which will set the foundation for experimental initiatives of collaboration with local coworking spaces.
🗺️ We are also pleased to share the successful completion of the interactive map of coworking spaces that are already sensitive to the inclusion of people with migration backgrounds!
Have a look at the map here 👉 https://resmove.org/
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ℹ️ What is RES-MOVE? We're breaking down barriers by promoting access to coworking spaces for people with migration backgrounds, exposing them to new opportunities, networks, and resources for their business endeavors!
💼 Our goal? To transform collaborative spaces into inclusive integration hubs, fostering diversity, innovation, and social cohesion across the EU labor market.
#RESMOVE #AMIF #EUFunded #EUProject #PLACENetwork #CollaborativeSpaces #Coworking #NewcomerTalent #MigrantInclusion
Join us online for an insightful session with Kumi Naidooexploring key themes in #advocacy and community #mobilisation. Discover how #art can serve as a powerful #tool for #politicalengagement and driving #socialchange. Kumi will share actionable examples from his extensive experience and offer inspiration on fostering meaningful social transformation. 🍃 💪
Register for free here 👉 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlc-CgrDotEtX7dDC_jKdlobjHDgATQIxC
Who is Kumi Naidoo? A South African human rights and environmental justice activist, he is the former Secretary-General of Amnesty International and the first Global South leader of Greenpeace International. Currently, he serves as a senior advisor for the Community Arts Network and is active in his local community through the Yeoville Bellevue Residents’ Association.
#PLACENetwork #CAN #Artivism #ELAA #ClimateJustice #KumiNaidoo
