Refugee Sponsorship Mobilisation Platform
To expand legal pathways and build community engagement, the SHARE network facilitates the convening of the Refugee Sponsorship Mobilisation Platform. The platform exchanges practices, builds strategies and joint advocacy initiatives to expand and further community sponsorships under resettlement and complementary pathways in Europe.
The SHARE Refugee Sponsorship Mobilisation Platform offers an inclusive podium to gather a wide variety of stakeholders, including civil society organisations, faith communities, volunteers and volunteer groups, cities and regions, diaspora and refugee led organisations, universities, private business, foundations, and refugees.
The first sponsorship mobilisation platform meeting took place in October 2021 (see meeting report here) with a second and third meeting taking place in 2022 and 2023. Mobilisation platform members are open to participate and contribute to sponsorship activities and conferences throughout the duration of the project and will be invited to join and co-organise the first Sponsorship ceremony to celebrate sponsorships achievements in Spring 2023 in Brussels.
Key activities of the mobilisation platform include:
• Developing a Refugee Sponsorship Advisor Programme by encouraging wider participation by means of refugee ambassadors raising awareness about sponsorship and bringing their lived experience and concerns to the national and EU level;
• Strategic advocacy and communication on sponsorship in Europe to promote visibility and raise awareness;
• Engagement of regions and local authorities to become active partners in refugee sponsorship;
• International-level roundtables, bringing grassroots actors from across Europe together to engage with policy makers and advocate for sponsorship and the continued sharing of good practices;
• Research on drivers of, and barriers to, local sponsor motivation and engagement in sponsorship, as well as analysing sponsorship progress and developments within the wider EU and global legal pathways policy context;
• Knowledge sharing and capacity building of sponsor groups/lead sponsors via peer learning and tailored training sessions.
Capacity Building Workshops
Alongside consulting the online resource bank, follow our capacity building workshops targeted at actors in community sponsorship across Europe to share common challenges and solutions.
Together with Citizens UK we have gathered resources and lessons learned from across the globe to be shared on a free online resource bank.
Our meetings
Refugee Sponsorship Mobilisation Platform Meeting
October 6, 2022
14:15-17:00 (Online)
We welcomed old and new interested members and stakeholders on October 6 for the second meeting of the mobilisation platform, which focused on how to strengthen refugee participation in advocacy on sponsorship and other complementary pathways at the local, regional, national and EU level and diaspora and refugee engagement in community-led welcoming initiatives.