In this paper we aim to investigate the effects and outcomes of the integration system and reveal through data analysis the experiences of immigrants coming to Romania. Traditionally a country of emigration, Romania is becoming an emerging immigrant destination, with people coming from countries like Nepal, Vietnam, China. The study relies on a data set collected in two stages in 2017 (N=537) and 2018 (N=645), amongst immigrants residing in Romania. Measures of labor market integration were analysed from a multidimensional perspective, mapping out patterns of integration as well as the experiences and challenges faced by the newcomers in their attempt to obtain a satisfactory employment status. The results indicate that Romania is becoming an emerging immigration destination, experiencing a steady increase and diversification of immigration flow. In 2018, the number of those that come here to work exceeded the number of those that came to study, representing the second most important reason of entry after those who came for family reunion (IGI 2018).
Over the past years, Tunisia has experienced important reforms in the field of public health. The Tunisian medical faculties (Universities of Sfax, Tunis el Manar, Sousse and Monastir) play a key role in this endeavor by training public health professionals who can contribute to the modernization of the health system. Funded by the EC through Erasmus+ programme, the CONFIDE project (coordinated by Babes-Bolyai University, having as EU partners the Universities of Southern Denmark and Trnava, and the above mentioned Tunisian universities) has established the Research into Policy training programme by strengthening their capacity to provide public health training. The Research into Policy training programme has been delivered by the Centres for Evidence into Health Policy (C4EHPs) established within the Tunisian partner universities for the needs of CONFIDE. The training programme was implemented in four steps: (1) train the trainer sessions - the European experts trained 18 Tunisian trainers; (2) shadowing sessions - the trainers participated in shadowing sessions in the European partner institutions; (3) training delivery - the CONFIDE trainers, assisted by the European experts, delivered the training to an interdisciplinary group of 25 students and professionals; (4) internships - the students participated in internships in local health institutions. Three modules have been built within the Research into Policy training programme: Public health research, Health promotion policies and Evidence based public health policy. They contributed to increasing the public health knowledge and skills of the professionals trained. The training programme was well received by the Tunisian universities and the material developed so far during the project was adapted to the Tunisian context in the third step of implementation. On the long term, the project is expected to have an impact at the national level and produce updates at curricula level in the Tunisian medical faculties. Key messages Research into Policy training programme developed by the EC partners and culturally adapted by the Tunisian partners to the Tunisian public health context. Research into Policy training is a well-received tool for the high quality learning process in the public health field in Tunisian medical faculties.
Introduction Capacity building activities between 3 Tunisian Medical Faculties (University of Sfax, University of Tunis el Manar and University of Sousse) and 3 European Universities (Babes-Bolyai University, University of Southern Denmark and Trnava University) began in 2017 in the framework of an Erasmus+ project. The aim of the collaboration is threefold: first, Tunisian partners were assisted in developing the infrastructure of the Centre for Evidence into Health Policy (C4EHP); second, EU- Partners delivered the Research into Policy training programme with 3 modules: public health research methods, evidence-based policymaking and health promotion policies. The program consisted of train-the-trainer and train-the-trainee sessions; third, partners are continuously working on strengthening the collaboration between the academic and non-academic sectors in the field of public health. Lessons learnt Developing the C4EHP contributed to the official recognition of the research structure in the partner Universities. The challenges faced were administrative and legislative national procedures and delays in the equipment delivery and instalment. The train-the-trainer sessions empowered the 18 Tunisian participants to acknowledge their importance in the development of the public health field. Knowledge transfer faced challenges due to differences in the culture and working process, adhering to deadlines, communicating via email as well as due to language barriers. The capacities were, however, strengthened when the trainers started teaching themselves and delivered the train-the-trainee sessions. We observed a level of distrust from the non-academic sector due to previous international projects, unrelated with the current project or implementation team, and which had elicited little to no impact. Development of local collaboration between academic and non-academic sectors needs to be explored deeper.
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