The Stockholm Programme
EU Member States agreed on a core list of outcome indicators to measure integration at a national level under the Swedish Presidency of the European Union in December 2009 (Swedish Presidency of the European Union, 2009).
Core indicators under the Stockholm Programme
- Employment: employment rate, unemployment rate, activity rate.
- Education: share of low achieving 15 year olds in reading, mathematics and science; share of 30-35 year olds with tertiary educational attainments; share of early leavers from education and training.
- Social inclusion: median net income; at risk of poverty rate; health status (good/poor); property/non-property owners.
- Active citizenship: share of immigrants acquiring citizenship; share of immigrants holding long-term residency; share of immigrants among elected representatives.
Potential indicators for the future
- Overqualification
- Self-employment
- Language skills
- Experience of discrimination
- Trust in public institutions
- Voter turnout
- Sense of belonging
See http://www.se2009.eu/polopoly_fs
MIPEX
The Migration Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) developed by the Migration Policy Group, utilizes 140 policy indicators to assess integration across 6 policy areas which shape a migrant's journey to full citizenship including labour market access, family reunion, long term residence, political participation, access to nationality, anti-discrimination. The benchmarking method allows for the comparison of the 25 EU states and three non EU countries to European standards of best practice.
See www.integrationindex.eu
Online evaluation tool for refugee integration
The UNHCR, in collaboration with the Migrant Policy Group, developed a comprehensive refugee integration evaluation tool containing 200 indicators in four areas for the purpose of gauging the impact of policies aimed at supporting the integration process of refugees. The four chapters are as follows: general considerations, legal integration, socio-economic integration and socio-cultural integration. The online tool will be piloted in 2011 in five to eight countries led by UNHCR Regional Representation for Central Europe. Data will be collected from various actors and enablers as well as experts whereby they will be consulted with regard to sections relevant to them.
See http://www.unhcr-budapest.org/