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- 21.06.2021
Sunday 20 June is dedicated to: 'World Refugee Day' by the UN. This was an opportunity to take stock of BNP Paribas' significant commitment since 2015 to refugees, who according to the UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency) represented nearly 82.4 million people worldwide in 2020.
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BNP Paribas is committed to a more inclusive society and dedicates part of its action to integrating refugees in 10 European countries. How? What methods are used and what are the concrete results? Here is an update on the situation in 2021.
Today, the bank is reaffirming its intention to continue this scheme from 2022 to 2024 with the same goal: enable refugees, both minors and adults, to learn the language of the host country in order to better integrate, find professional training, go back to school, receive support, receive coaching, gain autonomy and find a job.
Contributing to the achievement of this goal, the global sponsorship programme run by the BNP Paribas Foundation has made it possible to finance programmes for 25 organisations in the 10 European countries covered by the scheme (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Switzerland, UK).
- One example is Joblinge in Germany, which, while giving German lessons, helps refugees to reflect on their professional careers, prepare their CVs and provides them with very concrete job-seeking support.
- In France, another example of support is the 'Refugeeks' training provided by Simplon, a network of digital training in France, which in 8 intensive weeks, in small groups, develops two skills: mastery of French and fundamental digital tools.
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Cookies settingsIn Geneva Switzerland, BNP Paribas supports YOJOA a non-profit which helps refugees find a job. Discover the testimonies of Osman, Ivan and Raparine. Supporting partners on the ground to allow refugees to better integrate in their host country. Across the 10 European countries embarked in the programme, all supported organizations concentrate primarily on social and professional integration of refugees. Learning the langage of the host country being the key starting point. All these partnerships are tied with organizations working locally on the ground and in collaboration with the local BNP Paribas teams. BNP Paribas' commitment towards refugees since 2015. When over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, and subsequently the severe humanitarian crisis followed, BNP Paribas decided to commit 5 million euros to non-profit organizations supporting professional and social integration as well as NGOs focused on humanitarian aid, mainly the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Greece. Today, faced with the future challenges ahead in terms of refugee integration in Europe, BNP Paribas chooses to pursue its long standing commitment and announces the renewal of its refugee aid programme until 2024 with an associated budget to support initiatives on the ground for the 2021-2024 period. Learn more :
- YOJOA in Geneva Switzerland, supported as part of the BNP Paribas refugee aid programme in EuropeIn Geneva Switzerland, BNP Paribas supports YOJOA a non-profit which helps refugees find a job. Discover the testimonies of Osman, Ivan and Raparine. Supporting partners on the ground to allow refugees to better integrate in their host country. Across the 10 European countries embarked in the programme, all supported organizations concentrate primarily on social and professional integration of refugees. Learning the langage of the host country being the key starting point. All these partnerships are tied with organizations working locally on the ground and in collaboration with the local BNP Paribas teams. BNP Paribas' commitment towards refugees since 2015. When over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, and subsequently the severe humanitarian crisis followed, BNP Paribas decided to commit 5 million euros to non-profit organizations supporting professional and social integration as well as NGOs focused on humanitarian aid, mainly the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Greece. Today, faced with the future challenges ahead in terms of refugee integration in Europe, BNP Paribas chooses to pursue its long standing commitment and announces the renewal of its refugee aid programme until 2024 with an associated budget to support initiatives on the ground for the 2021-2024 period. Learn more :
- 2Refugeeks by Simplon in France : integration by learning French and specific digital skillsIn Montpellier France, the BNP Paribas Foundation supports the programme 'Refugeeks' created by SIMPLON, an organisation which offers refugees a very specific and intense training programme combining digital skills and French which leads to a certification diploma. The goal is to give them the tools to find a job thus, helping to integrate themselves. Discover the testimonies of Cyrus, liberian regfuee and Valbona, albanian refugee. Supporting partners on the ground to allow refugees to better integrate in their host country. Across the 10 European countries embarked in the programme, all supported organizations concentrate primarily on social and professional integration of refugees. Learning the language of the host country being the key starting point. All these partnerships are tied with organizations working locally on the ground and in collaboration with the local BNP Paribas teams. BNP Paribas' commitment towards refugees since 2015: When over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, and subsequently the severe humanitarian crisis followed, BNP Paribas decided to commit 5 million euros to non-profit organizations supporting professional and social integration as well as NGOs focused on humanitarian aid, mainly the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Greece. Today, faced with the future challenges ahead in terms of refugee integration in Europe, BNP Paribas chooses to pursue its long standing commitment and announces the renewal of its refugee aid programme until 2024 with an associated budget to support initiatives on the ground for the 2021-2024 period.
- 3JOBLINGE in Frankfurt Germany - part of the European refugee aid programmeIn Frankfurt Germany, BNP Paribas supports JOBLINGE a non-profit which helps refugees to learn German and find a job. Discover the testimonies of Ghaith, Syrian refugee and Saidou, Guinean refugee. Supporting partners on the ground to allow refugees to better integrate in their host country Across the 10 European countries embarked in the programme, all supported organizations concentrate primarily on social and professional integration of refugees. Learning the langage of the host country being the key starting point. All these partnerships are tied with organizations working locally on the ground and in collaboration with the local BNP Paribas teams. BNP Paribas' commitment towards refugees since 2015: When over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, and subsequently the severe humanitarian crisis followed, BNP Paribas decided to commit 5 million euros to non-profit organizations supporting professional and social integration as well as NGOs focused on humanitarian aid, mainly the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Greece. Today, faced with the remaining future challenges ahead in terms of refugee integration in Europe, BNP Paribas chooses to pursue its long standing commitment and announces the renewal of its refugee aid programme until 2024 with an associated budget to support initiatives on the ground for the 2021-2024 period.
- 4The European refugee aid programme: the example of Germany at a glance (teaser)In Frankfurt Germany, BNP Paribas supports JOBLINGE a non-profit which helps refugees to learn German and find a job. Discover the testimonies of Ghaith, Syrian refugee and Saidou, Guinean refugee. Supporting partners on the ground to allow refugees to better integrate in their host country: Across the 10 European countries embarked in the programme, all supported organizations concentrate primarily on social and professional integration of refugees. Learning the langage of the host country being the key starting point. All these partnerships are tied with organizations working locally on the ground and in collaboration with the local BNP Paribas teams. BNP Paribas' commitment towards refugees since 2015: When over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, and subsequently the severe humanitarian crisis followed, BNP Paribas decided to commit 5 million euros to non-profit organizations supporting professional and social integration as well as NGOs focused on humanitarian aid, mainly the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Greece. A commitment since renewed: the BNP Paribas refugee aid programme now embarks 10 countries across Europe with an associated budget to support initiatives on the ground for the 2019-2021 period. In 2019, the BNP Paribas refugee aid programme enabled partner organizations to help a total of 21 000 refugees. Read more https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/dedicated-programme-support-refugee-integration-host-country
- 5The European refugee aid programme: the example of Germany at a glance (teaser)In Frankfurt Germany, BNP Paribas supports JOBLINGE a non-profit which helps refugees to learn German and find a job. Discover the testimonies of Ghaith, Syrian refugee and Saidou, Guinean refugee. Supporting partners on the ground to allow refugees to better integrate in their host country: Across the 10 European countries embarked in the programme, all supported organizations concentrate primarily on social and professional integration of refugees. Learning the langage of the host country being the key starting point. All these partnerships are tied with organizations working locally on the ground and in collaboration with the local BNP Paribas teams. BNP Paribas' commitment towards refugees since 2015: When over a million refugees arrived in Europe in 2015, and subsequently the severe humanitarian crisis followed, BNP Paribas decided to commit 5 million euros to non-profit organizations supporting professional and social integration as well as NGOs focused on humanitarian aid, mainly the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Greece. A commitment since renewed: the BNP Paribas refugee aid programme now embarks 10 countries across Europe with an associated budget to support initiatives on the ground for the 2019-2021 period. In 2019, the BNP Paribas refugee aid programme enabled partner organizations to help a total of 21 000 refugees. Read more https://group.bnpparibas/en/news/dedicated-programme-support-refugee-integration-host-country
Finally, as part of its partnership with the UNHCR, the BNP Paribas Foundation supports the 'DAFI' programme of university scholarships enabling refugee students to access higher education, an effective means of facilitating their access to employment and better integration.
This coalition is committed to stimulate recruitment, encourage other economic actors to join them, and promote arguments in favour of refugee employability.
In this context, BNP Paribas wishes to encourage volunteering and mentoring by its employees of refugees, while continuing to support managers in hiring them.
Finally, BNP Paribas, through the actions of French Retail Banking, also promotes employability by running dedicated incubators, such as those in the Paris suburbs of Montreuil and Saint-Denis, set up in partnership with Generali France and its foundation The Human Safety Net and La Ruche and which each year welcome a class of around thirty refugee entrepreneurs.
The issue of refugee integration raises another difficulty: access to banking and financial networks, a fundamental step towards employability and successful integration. Nickel has enabled 190 international passport holders to open a bank account, enabling them to receive government grants, as well as the possibility of obtaining a bank card.
The Group is also considering mobile solutions, which are very common in many countries with high emigration rates and thus more easily adopted by some refugees.
support is complemented on the ground by assistance in the creation of microenterprises and microfinance schemes, such as MicroStart in Belgium and Microlux in Luxembourg.
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