This module seeks to provide an overview and expert analysis of relevant housing policies and measures in Europe at the local level, as well as indicators for evaluating their outcome. Overall, the project by Cities for Local Integration Policy (CLIP) aims to trigger and support a structured process of mutual exchange of experiences among the participating cities. Such an approach requires a bottom-up research design and involves the participating cities as actors of the ongoing CLIP project.

In September 2006, the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the city of Stuttgart and European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions launched the CLIP network. The aim was to bring together large European cities in a joint learning process over several years. Through structured sharing of experiences, the network will enable local authorities to learn from each other and to deliver a more effective integration policy for migrants. In addition the analyses will support the emerging European policy debate with innovative concepts of integration policy on the local level. In all, 20 European cities and five research institutes from the EU-funded International, Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion (IMISCOE) network of excellence participated in the first module on housing. Cities that actively participate in the research include Amsterdam, Antwerp, Arnsberg, Breda, Brescia, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Frankfurt am Main, Izmir, Liège, Luxembourg, Marseille, Prague, Sefton, Stuttgart, Terrassa, Turku, Vienna and Zagreb.

The first module of the CLIP network in 2007 was on housing and involved cooperation with the Committee of the Regions and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), as well as the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security and the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.

The second research module of the CLIP network in 2007–2008 will focus on diversity policy, dealing with a core issue of the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities. The third module in 2008–2009 will focus on intercultural and inter-religious dialogue with Muslim communities at the local level, and the fourth module in 2009–2010 will deal with various aspects of ethnic entrepreneurship and the role of local authorities.
For the implementation of the second and subsequent research modules, the network has been extended to 25 cities with active participation in the CLIP network. The overall network encompasses just under 30 cities.

The CLIP project’s research on housing focuses on a systematic analysis of the residential segregation or concentration of migrant or ethnic minority groups in European cities and on the access of migrants to
affordable and decent housing. The research looks at the situation of vulnerable groups with a migratory background.

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