Migration Governance Capacities for Mediterranean Cities: A Strategic Urban Agenda of the Next Decade
This report is the result the symposium “Migration governance capacities for Mediterranean cities: a strategic urban agenda for the next decade”, organised on the 23 October 2024 by the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), the EuroMed Research Network on Migration (EuroMedMig), coordinated by the Interdisciplinary Group on Immigration (GRITIM-UPF) at the University Pompeu Fabra, and Barcelona City Council.
The symposium brought together a number of representatives from Mediterranean cities, organisations and research centres. Its objective was twofold: firstly, to facilitate a discussion on shared Mediterranean concerns related to the development of urban migration governance; secondly, to disseminate the collective views and concerns of the participants in order to facilitate a debate on a common Mediterranean urban agenda for the forthcoming decade.
This symposium was developed based on the findings of a previous event, entitled “Mediterranean Cities and Migration Governance“, which was held in October 2022 and organised by GRITIM-UPF.
The event was part of the project Migration and urban governance, an agenda for cooperation (MigUrb), launched by Barcelona City Council and the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed). It is a project that aims to promote an alliance of cities to strengthen their role as fundamental actors in urban migration governance strategies, with the main objective of giving effective, inclusive and cooperative responses to their citizens.
This report follows the thematic structure of the symposium, gathering the main elements for a diagnosis of the current situation, followed by ideas and proposals that arose in the debates among participants and that can be seen as main key take-aways and elements for further resilient strategies. It also includes examples of best practices implemented so far, as well as key international initiatives developed by city networks and urban alliances. Furthermore, it incorporates a toolbox including a series of useful data sources and statistical tools related to urban management, planning, and local migration.
Introduction
Local governance mechanisms: capacities, administrative tools and political support
Diagnosis of the current situation
Key take-aways and elements for resilient strategies
Best practices
City networks and urban alliances
Diagnosis of the current situation
Key take-aways and elements for resilient strategies
Key initiatives
The role of non-state actors
Diagnosis of the current situation
Key take-aways and elements for resilient strategies
Knowledge needs and data production: information to improve city capacities in the Mediterranean
Diagnosis of the current situation
Key take-aways and elements for resilient strategies
Toolkit: city migration management
Concluding remarks: a city lens to rethink the governance of migrations in the Mediterranean region
The symposium was organised by
Within the framework of a project co-funded by
