Press Releases

On 18th December, International Migrants Day, we’re announcing our Essay Contest winners. 7 secondary students expressed their relationship with migration in creative ways. There are 281 million international immigrants in the world. According to this, almost 4 out of every 100 people in the world live in a country other than

MATILDE International Conference was held in 10-11 November in the City of Villach, located in the Carinthia region of Austria. In the hybrid event, MATILDE findings were shared with an audience which includes researchers, policy-makers and various social and economic milieus. Moreover, in order to better respond to the challenges posed

Migrants’ Social and Economic Inclusion and Rural Development MATILDE policy recommendation booklet is collecting the most essential challenges and  policy  recommendations  regarding  social and economic inclusion and rural development identified in the 13 case study regions in the 10 partner countries, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and

A productive summer for the MATILDE project with the publication of four new policy briefs! Within the EU Horizon 2020 project, focusing on the impact of migration on the local development of rural and mountain regions, new policy briefs examine four crucial aspects of migration in 13 studied regions. MATILDE researchers

MATILDE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on ‘Evaluating and enhancing the impact of international migration on rural and mountain areas’ is offering a far-reaching training on the conceptual, methodological and policy-oriented results of MATILDE. With 10 lessons lasting for nearly 20 hours, MATILDE MOOC aims to provide participants with interdisciplinary knowledge

Thought-provoking findings presented in two new MATILDE reports: ‘13 Reports onAction-Research Results in Each Case Study’ and ‘Comparative Report on Action-Research in Rural and Mountain Areas’. After analyzing intensively and profoundly the impact of migration in rural and mountain European areas, the Horizon 2020 project MATILDE publishes two new reports – 

Italian team of the MATILDE and supporting partner of the project, Forum Disuguaglianze Diversità (Forum Disparities and Diversity) organizing together an online meeting on 10 March. Can foreigners arriving in Italy be considered as a resource for territories resilience and development? Is this particularly true for territories such as rural, mountainous

MATILDE, focusing on the impact of migration on the local development of rural and mountain regions, together with other 9 EU-funded Horizon 2020 projects are organizing a joint policy roundtable. Horizon 2020 projects will present their preliminary results on the economic, cultural and political impact of the presence of refugees and

The MATILDE #HeartofEurope photography contest, which visually explores the impact of immigrants in the rural and mountain regions of Europe, has ended. Since MATILDE is a project that emphasizes the importance of the participatory approach, the winners of the photography competition were not ranked as in a classical competition. On the

With 4 questions, we explore the Work Package 4 (Economic Impact Assessment Of Migration) and the “Comparative report on TCNs Economic Impact and Entrepreneurship” report. Maria Luisa Caputo and Michele Bianchi from University of Parma explains. The new report of MATILDE project, which includes a cross-country examination of the migration’s economic impact of in 14 rural and mountain regions is out.