Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Migrants' Rights in the Mediterranean

The Centre aims at establishing a Centre of studies focused on the migrations’ field, with particular referring to the Mediterranean Area. Specific objectives are:
Promotion excellence in research and teaching EU studies, in the field of migration across the Mediterranean and integration of migrants in European Union. In particular, the project will involve both professors and researchers from different countries and institutes (EU and non EU) in the context of relationship between the universities of EMUNI (Euro-Mediterranean University, which involves at present almost 90 Universities around the Mediterranean issues).
The activities will be focused on the implementation of skills and competences for students and workers in the migrations’ area in order to improve the process of integration of migrants into the European context.Moreover, the promotion of excellence in research and activities will be achieved through the participation of the national and international main experts in the field of migrations, both from academic world and the international organizations.The consolidation of a Centre of Excellence with a European and non-European visibility and scope will improve the attractiveness of a European higher education institution like as the “L’Orientale” University.
Foster the dialogue between the academic world and policy-makers; the project will provide a network between the policy-makers and academic institutions through the creation of an ongoing platform dedicated to the debate in migration field.
In particular, the Centre will be a forum, to all stakeholders, destined to the proposals for new and better legislative regulations in all areas of personal, family, work and social life of migrant communities in the Mediterranean area.
Make available the results of the coordinated work with the public entities within the activities, by publishing and disseminating some new tools and good practices for all people concerned with the migration field area.The improvement of relationship between the academic sphere and the world of “political choices”, from the national and European point of view, will be an added value to the supporting activities to the EU’s external action, with regard to the protection of Human Rights.
Promote innovation in teaching and research and foster the engagement of young academics in teaching and research on European subjects; the Centre will adopt a multi-level and multi-disciplinary perspective: multi-level, by involving into the research and teaching activities, academics with different degree (from young researchers to the full professors), the civil society and governments interested with human rights and equity of migrants.

Promotion excellence in research and teaching EU studies
Foster the dialogue between the academic world and policy-makers
Make available the results of the coordinated work with the public entities within the activities

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Ms Marina Guidetti (Head)

Ms Elda Morlicchio (Rector)

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