One basic principle of MICADO is the involvement of local stakeholders and experts to bring their experience and knowledge into the development of the MICADO applications. MICADO should offer a real added value and for this their involvement is absolutely mandatory. The stakeholders originate mainly...
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Civil society actors (associations, initiatives, individuals who do voluntary work) play a central role in the MICADO cities when it comes to the integration of migrants and refugees. They supplement the official services offered by the municipal authorities and provide...
Featured Image: "crossroads" by Laenulfean is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 This year the first release of MICADO will be tested in the four MICADO cities Antwerp, Bologna, Hamburg and Madrid. Preparations for this are in full swing. There is a small deviation from the original project roadmap: According to...
Finally, we are entering the pilot phase! In a structured approach, local participants from public authorities, civil society and the target group of migrants and refugees are invited to test MICADO and express their feedback. MICADO is being piloted in the cities of Antwerp, Bologna,...
The MICADO project is implemented in four city clusters that also pilot the MICADO applications. In Antwerp, Bologna, Hamburg and Madrid a Public Authority partner, a Higher Education partner and a technical development partner built a strong team for the development, realization and implementation of...
The year 2021 is all about piloting MICADO and the associated involvement of the target groups and gathering feedback. While the technical development and content collection will be completed in the first months, the usability test will start in April. Starting in June, all those...
An eventful MICADO project year is coming to an end and we would like to take the time to look back at the past activities. In 2020, the project team developed a so-called Minimal Viable Product (MVP) from the results of the co-creation process. This MVP...
The integration of migrants in many Member States of the European Union and Associated Countries remains a challenge for both public authorities and local communities. MIICT, Re-Build, NADINE, MICADO, WELCOME and EasyRights are Horizon 2020-co-funded initiatives who work towards the development of ICT-enabled solutions and toolkits...
The MICADO consortium decided in summer to conduct a first test-run with the three MICADO target groups a) public authorities, b) civil society organisations (associations, initiatives) and c) migrants and refugees. While the target groups are continuously informed about the progress of MICADO in annual...
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...