MICADO is one of six projects funded by the European Commission in the thematic complex "Addressing the challenge of migrant integration through ICT-enables solutions". The European Commission actively supports cooperation among the funded projects in order to create synergy effects. In this context, MICADO and...
The MICADO cities of Antwerp, Bologna, Hamburg and Madrid are currently compiling content for MICADO. The content aimed at migrants and refugees will be displayed in different languages. This is because a cornerstone of MICADO is the belief that language barriers are a major reason...
The technical solution developed in MICADO is based on an analysis of the needs of three target groups public authorities, migrants and NGOs respective civil actors. The needs of these three target groups were identified last year in the pilot cities Antwerp, Bologna, Hamburg and...
Meet the team interview The mission of the Social Welfare Department of the city of Antwerp is to maximize the realization of social rights for every citizen of Antwerp. It also strives towards full social integration and increased social mobility. The Social Welfare Department provides social...
WP 3 aims at converging and generalising the input and results harvested in WP 2 into a conceptual blueprint for a universal MICADO solution, which is to serve as a guideline for the later technical development. The goal is to reach a design concept that...
Meet the team interview The Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) is an independent economic research institute that carries out basic and applied research while providing impetus for business, politics, and society. HWWI's roots go back to 1908 when the Institute was founded by Hamburg merchants...
Meet the team interview The General Directorate of Social Services and Social Innovation at the Community of Madrid deals basically with: Social services: The organization and planning of Social Services The promotion of programs to address objectives and needs of social interest The processing...
What could be better than meeting the wonderful MICADO colleagues on a Friday afternoon to get to know the latest features of MICADO? Exactly! On June 5th, 2020 the European MICADO team met for another Convergence Workshop (see also the article about the 1st Convergence Workshop)...
Meet the team interview The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, one of the 16 states of the federation, is the second-largest city in Germany with 1.8 million inhabitants. In this sense, it is a city as well as a state. As a member of EUROCITIES,...
Meet the team interview Almost 1000 years old, the University of Bologna (UNIBO) is known as the oldest university of the western world. Nowadays, UNIBO remains one of the most important institutions of higher education across Europe and the second-largest university in Italy with 11 Schools...