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MINEM is funded by the European Commission, through the European Year of Workers Mobility 2006, and by the East of England Development Agency.

Community Action Dacorum in Hemel Hempstead is the project lead. We are working with partners in Bulgaria, Spain, Poland, Portugal and the UK to develop innovative and exciting information tools and research on European migration.

With Serious Media we are producing an information DVD for migrant workers, employers and policy makers. The DVD captures the experiences of migrants working in diverse sectors across the East of England, highlights how employers have been benefiting and what they are doing to support their European workforce. We talk to politicians and policy makers from the region and hear the views of those working to support new European communities.

Working closely with Advice for Life in the East of England we are producing information packs for people thinking about moving to the UK to work and live. The packs contain essential information for potential migrants and people already in the UK about employment, housing, health, transport, money & children and families, as well as top tips for preparing to live and work in the UK.

In collaboration with university departments and research institutes throughout our partner regions the MINEM project is carrying out research on current migration flows and the experiences of migrants.

In Spain and the UK we are researching settled migrant communities (Latin Americans in Andalusia and Italians in the East of England) to learn lessons from past migrant experiences and support better integration of new communities.

All research reports and information tools will be available view and download at www.minem.eu from February 2008. To find out more or to order a DVD (available Feb 2008) contact Amanda McDowell, MINEM Project Manager, Community Action Dacorum, 48 High St, Hemel Hempstead. Telephone: 01442 253935 email: amanda.dcvs@classmail.co.uk

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