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4 What a year!
6 Highlights of 2020
8 Our work in 2020
10 PLACE impact in 2020
12 Overview
14 Public Leadership
20 Entrepreneurship
26 Business
32 Media & the arts
36 This is how we innovate. Our
approach: data-driven innovation
PLACEmakers
40 Together we made it happen!
42 What’s up in 2021?
44 There’s no stopping us...
2 3
What a year!
Going into this unprecedented year, we knew it was going to be
pivotal for PLACE but little did we know what awaited us.
The year started with a clear intention - to start a three year
loop of testing hypotheses that have emerged in the previous
three years of experimentation on the question of migrant-led-
innovation. (see p.36) These hypotheses have emerged from our
close work with our users, newcomers to Europe and different
stakeholders from private, public and civil society organizations,
who want to capitalise on diverse talent. Our playing fields were
four sectors where newcomers are struggling to make a dent -
public leadership, business, entrepreneurship and media & the
arts.
Yet COVID-19 drastically changed our lives in the early part of the
year, another stream of our work required immediate change and
adaptation - digital learning experiences for newcomers who were
in an increasingly precarious position as the world transitioned
online. In a remarkable sprint of creativity and innovation, the
team created a foundation that will define PLACE’s learning
methodology in the coming years. A foundation that has been
relentlessly tried and tested in 2020 over the course of three
immersive programs, each lasting several months and involving
significant volumes of both synchronous and asynchronous
learning.
PLACE was born as a collective, by organisations and individuals
who want to shift the migrant-narrative in Europe. In 2020, we
further expanded the reach of the collective by creating joint
brands with prestigious partners, with a clear foothold in the
sectors where we are shifting the narrative. These partnerships
are key in driving real and long term change.
The PLACE ZOOM on 2020 has been created to provide you
a glimpse into our vision, our work in this unprecedented year
and it is our hope that it impulses you to continue joining forces
for another 3 exciting years of migrant-led-innovation and
changemaking leadership..
Dive in and enjoy!
4 5
Highlights of 2020
Sharing stories of resilience
Inviting the PLACE and showing up for others
community to gather in the during one of the several
heart of the first confinement- online gatherings held
a beautiful word-of-mouth by PLACE during the
between participants since first lockdown, to gather
2017 brought old and new
strength and support in
friends together to check
on everyone and spend time the community.
together
Launch of the Emerging
Leaders program by PLACE Interacting with Parisians
and the German Marshall during the Not So Fragile
Fund of the United States vernissage at the Maison
at the Canadian Embassy of des Métallos on September
Paris on March 4th 2020. 27th, 2020
Launch of the Certificate
Emerging Leaders learning in Innovation & Technology
and peer coaching during the Management at Ecole des
first online PLACE Challenge Ponts Business School on
in March 2020. September 18th 2020.
Jerry Greenfield,
co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s,
sharing his personal story The Catalysts of Emerging
with participants to the Leaders owned their own
Entrepreneurship, during the growth after 9 months of
international celebration of training at the Emerging
Ice Academy on September Leaders Retreat on October
2nd 2020. 18th, 2020.
6 7
Our work in 2020
Our work in 2020 focused on 3 models of impact:
fellowships, Innovation Labs, and training of
trainers.
Innovation Labs and training of trainers are
what made our reputation - giving the means
to migrants and refugees to lead high-paced
immersive experiences where they learn
innovation methodologies. We continue to do
these with enthusiasm and much success, and
now online as well as in physical set-ups.
Yet we added another dimension to our work by
building an elaborate fellowship model. A highly
selective process brings us high-potential profiles
in each sector, who are trained intensively during
4 to 9 months, depending on the sector. Their
training is formally certified by a prestigious
sector-specific partner. This is an investment
in people who, we believe, will pave the way for
others in their sectors. They are the Catalysts. You
will meet some of them in these pages.
8 9
Our work
in 2020 Who did PLACE work with in 2020?
44 81 12 70% Refugee
Status
16% International student
Catalysts in public learners in Innovation former participants
leadership, business Labs or Challenges trained to lead PLACE 9% Asylum seeker
and entrepreneurship (immersive physical programs (training of
trainers) 5% Family reunification
(4 to 9 month and online events)
fellowships)
32 27 16% Syria
Nationalities
23% Afghanistan
globally-based Coaches, Experts mobilised to
selected and trained give industry-relevant
in next-generation live feedback
18% South America* 9% Sudan
coaching methodology
9% Egypt 25% other countries**
3155 121 *Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Brazil, Perú & Venezuela
**Palestine, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Tibet, Vietnam, Eritrea, Kenya, Yemen, Somalia
people impacted by participants to our public
our thought leadership events on migrant-led
platform “Stories of place” innovation
10 11
Overview
WHY HOW
Bring new voices Emerging Leaders
to the table by 9 month fellowship program,
accelerating certified by The German Marshall
newcomers in Fund of the United States.
strategic networks
and influence the Online Challenges
fields of civil society in Immersive online challenges,
Europe. facilitated by migrant & refugee
leaders, for participants of U.S.
Embassy Youth Ambassadors,
Women2Women and Start US Up
programs.
PUBLIC LEADERSHIP
Kick-off Emerging Leaders - Canadian Embassy - March 2020
WHY HOW
Unlock and empower The Certificate in Innovation &
newcomer talent to Technology Management (CITM)
access meaningful 6 month university certificate
employment in the program, certified and delivered in
corporate sector partnership with Ecole des Ponts
and accelerate its Business School.
evolution.
BUSINESS
Kick-off CITM - Ecole des Ponts Business School - September 2020
WHY HOW
Boost innovative Ice Academy
projects by newcomer 4 month pre-incubation program,
entrepreneurs, run in collaboration with TERN
from idea to live (London) and Delite Labs
user testing, and (Amsterdam) and certified by Ben &
bridge them Jerry’s Europe.
with the Parisian
entrepreneurship Innovation Labs
ecosystem. Pop-up innovation labs, facilitated
by migrant & refugee leaders, for
Konexio and the SINGA Incubator.
ENTREPREUNEURSHIP
Innovation Lab with Konexio - February 2020
WHY HOW
Change the migrant Stories of PLACE
narrative through Storytelling platform and regular
STORIES
empowered Loudspeaker newsletters sharing
OF PLACE
representation and stories of migrant-led-innovation.
amplification of
newcomer voices Not So Fragile
across multiple forms A touring exhibition to link
of media. migration with personal strength,
launched for the No Frontiers
festival at the Maison des Métallos.
MEDIA & ARTS
Not So Fragile exhibition at No Frontiers Festival - September 2020
12 13
PUBLIC LEADERSHIP
Emerging Leaders Migrant-led Challenges
11 young professionals whose skills 2 Immersive online learning
and value have been validated and experiences for 24 young leaders in
who are in contact with important the public space from U.S. Embassy
networks in the public leadership programs in France - entirely led by
space. migrant & refugee facilitators.
Certified by With
“ At GMF we define leaders as catalysts who inspire and
bring new outlooks. We believe that the Emerging Leaders
program has succeeded in forming new leaders that will
be pertinent to change in their respective fields. We need “
leaders such as yourselves at all levels.
Kristel Ba
Program Officer for Inclusive Leadership
German Marshall Fund of the
United States
“
PLACE Challenges brought together migrants and US
alumni from diverse backgrounds and ages to become
catalysts and leaders, to be trained and work together
on their communication and leadership skills. We
hope that developing their soft skills will help them
to achieve their personal and professional goals, in “
entrepreneurship or community service for instance!
Charlotte Bardsley
Public Affairs Specialist for the Department of State
- United States Embassy
14 15
PUBLIC LEADERSHIP
Emerging Leaders program Migrant-led Challenges for U.S. Embassy programs
Who are the Out of 48 people sourced, 11 Catalysts underwent an intensive training Who are the 24
people we in public leadership for 9 months in a hybrid set-up. people of the U.S.
people we
Embassy network
impacted? impacted?
5 50% men women 50%
countries
67% aged 16-20
5 21% men women 79% 21% aged 20-30
9 refugees asylum seekers 2
Crew members trained 12% aged 30-40
in facilitation
programs 18
4 Youth Ambassadors
How did we 41 12 11 represented
3 Start US up
make it happen? hours of online experts were coaches provided 38 1 Fulbright
Challenges and mobilised to give coaching sessions and 2 Women2women
feedback sprints industry- relevant and an average of 3 hours
real-time feedback each to Catalysts
How did the
growth take How did we 5 7 2
place? Certified make it happen? Crew members hours of immersive experts mobilised
as meeting trained in online and facilitated to give industry-
industry Certified as exceeding
Future of Work skills acquired standards
facilitation online learning relevant and real-
industry standards
time feedback
Communication & Goal setting 100% 9%
Persuasion & Body intelligence 100% 57%
How did the
Strategic thinking & Negotiation 100% 50% growth take 5 newcomers leaders are
confident to facilitate
24 people, primarily youth,
built their capacity to
Management & Collaboration
100% 36%
place? online events with make a strong impression
Digital campaigning & Social diverse audiences in strategic networks
media literacy 100% 56%
16 17
Mohamed
Meet some of the people from Egypt
#LGBTQ
behind Public Leadership #SRHR
EXP
#HealthEquity
ER
in PLACE in 2020
TS
A snapshot of the Catalysts, experts, coaches &
Crew members who all played a role in bringing
new representation & points of view to the public Moulham
leadership space in Europe. from Syria
#HumanRights
#ArtsAndSociety Faten
#InterfaithDialogue from France
Manager and
Co-founder at
Possible Future
“
YSTS
When Emerging Leaders began,
L we the Catalysts felt disconnected
TA
from the society we live in and aspiring
to build great projects in our home Graham
countries.. We had very strong projects, but from the USA
CA
they were all related to our home countries. Co Founder at
We were not connected to the spaces and Clear Admit
networks we need, and we didn’t know how Founder at
to access them. Through Emerging Leaders Southwark Consulting
Qadria we became connected, our aspirations and
from Afghanistan ideas became more engaging to our new
#EconomicalEmpowerment society and France.
#RuralDevelopment
#PovertyAlleviation Mohamed
Emerging Leaders 2020
Lul
from Somalia
#AdolescentesCounselling
#MentalHealth
#ManagingOrganizations
CR
EW
CH ES
Siba
from Sudan
OA
#Teacher
#AdaptedEducation
#EarlyChildhoodEducation
C
Vikas
from India
Diana Women’s Education and Empowerment
from Columbia Social and Gender Equality
Meet the coaches, experts, team Talent & Diversity Specialist Cultural Assimilation & Social Change
and Crew of the program here Environment strategies
Purpose-driven business
18 19ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Ice Academy Innovation Labs
12 early-stage entrepreneurs from 57 people from partner civil
refugee backgrounds built their society organizations accelerated
capacity to turn problems into their projects through PLACE
solutions through entrepreneurship. methodology: migrant-led
Innovation Labs.
Certified by
With
“ I wanted to offer a heartfelt thank you to our
progressive partners who bring Ice Academy to life.
2020 has been a challenging year to deliver the
programme, however our partners have shown great
perseverance and agility... I look forward to continuing
to see businesses launch and grow, and people thriving. “
Matthew McCarthy
CEO, Ben & Jerry’s
“ Ideations Labs with PLACE are enabling Konexio
students to shape their ideas efficiently in order to
carry out their group projects with a real impact. We
really enjoy PLACE’s approach and energy with our
students. Every lab is a unique opportunity for our
students to get to know each other and themselves
better and learn how to work with their respective
“
strengths.
Agathe Roujou
Program Manager at Konexio
20 21ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Ice Academy program with Ben & Jerry’s Innovation Labs
Who are the 57 participants from 2 civil society organisations (SINGA France
Who are the Out of 118 applicants, 12 were selected to develop their projects through
people we and Konexio) were able to accelerate their projects using design
people we weekly training over a four month period. thinking tools.
impacted?
impacted?
100% 7
8 projects 38.6% refugees
countries Refugees accelerated
38.6% French citizens
through live
user testing 12.3% international students (non-European)
10.5% European citizens
20.5 3.8 3.6
How did we hours of
hours of
make it happen? facilitated asynchronous
hours of peer 3 4
coaching Innovation labs Crew members trained
online learning learning content
in Paris to lead Innovation Labs
What types of projects
What types of were prototyped in
projects took Innovation Labs?
shape? Import/Export of goods
19% 27% 44%
Software, apps 25% Education & well being
Food & Beverage & digital services
Education 9%
Software, apps & Services Fashion & crafts
3%
digital services 9% (tourism, entertainment,
graphic design etc.) Food & Beverage Services
27% 9% (tourism, entertainment,
9%
Fashion & crafts 14% graphic design etc.)
Import/Export of goods 5%
22 23Mahmoud
Meet some of the people
from Egypt
#YourRightsPlatform
behind Entrepreneurship
#HumanRights
EXP
ER
#ActivismSafety
in PLACE in 2020
TS
A snapshot of the people who played a
role in bringing new ideas and solutions Arif
to the Parisian entrepreneurial ecosystem from Bangladesh
in 2020. #EasyOrder
Marie
#ImportExport
from France
#InternationalTrade #Ben&Jerrys
#Activism
#PrivateSectorImpact
YSTS
“
L When I applied to the Ice
TA
Academy I was looking for an
opportunity to turn my idea into
Fred
CA
a reality. At that time I felt that my from Germany
idea was ready to take shape, but little #TERN
did I know how much my idea would #SocialEnterprise
transform over the course of the #BusinessForGood
Lulwa program.
from Palestine
#SavageHummus Mahmoud
#SocialSafetyNet Ice Academy 2020
#CommunityBuilding
Cynthia
from Kenya
#ANDROmarket
#UpcyclingFurniture
#TripleBottomLine
Rafiullah
EW
from Afghanistan
#SaveursdAfghanistan
#Gastronomie
CR
#ChangeTheNarrative
Mathieu Serge
from Madagascar from Côte d’Ivoire
#InnovationFacilitation #SideHustle
#HumanCenteredDesign #EverydayEntrepreneur
#TechEntrepreneur #Determination
24 25BUSINESS
Certificate in Innovation & Technology
Management
19 young professionals whose skills and value have
been validated by experts and certified by a leading
business school and who are in contact with leading
organizations in the private sector.
Certificated and delivered in partnership with
“ This partnership with PLACE and this
program is intended to help you surf on your
own personal leadership to quickly play a role
in French society in line with your abilities
and potential. In French we can talk about
savoirs (tools and expertise), savoir-être
(knowing how to be and behave), savoir-faire
(knowledge and know-how) and savoir faire-
faire (knowing how to work effectively and
manage others). I believe you will gain all of “
the above from this program.
Alon Rozen
Dean & Professor of Innovation
Ecole des Ponts Business School
26 27BUSINESS
Certificate in Innovation and
Technology Management
Who are the Out of 87 applicants, 19 were selected for an intensive 6 month How did the
people we program to accelerate their careers in the fields of innovation and growth take place? Certified
impacted? technology management in a completely remote setup. as meeting
industry Certified as exceeding
Future of Work skills acquired standards industry standards
13 47% men women 53% 100%
Communication & Goal setting 57%
countries
Persuasion & Body intelligence 100% 40%
47.6% refugee Strategic thinking & Negotiation 100% 55%
33.3% international student Management & collaboration 100% 36%
9.5% family reunification migrant Digital campaigning & Social 53%
100%
media literacy
9.5% asylum seeker
Dynamic Business Modelling 100% NA
Innovation & Technology 100% NA
5 Management
Crew members trained in
online facilitation
How did we 60 12 21 16
make it happen? hours of online hours of Coaches provided 65 experts mobilised to give
learning with PLACE asynchronous coaching sessions and industry- relevant and
& Ecole des Ponts learning an average of 3.1 hours real-time feedback
Business School content each to Catalysts
28 29Chris
Meet some of the people from England
#Ebay
behind Business in
#SocialImpact
EXP
#BusinessForGood
ER
PLACE in 2020
TS
A snapshot of the people who played a role in
unlocking the potential of newcomer talent to Maaz
bring innovation and growth to the private sector. from Sudan
#InnovationManagement
Audrey
#TechnologyManagement
from France
#ActiveLeadership
#LOreal
#Recruitment
#DiverseTalent
LYSTS “
TA Here I found a group that sees
virtues in me that I was never Catherine
CA
from Singapore
aware of, and that with feedback #CoactiveCoach
came to light. They have given me #PersonalGrowth
confidence. #DigitalMarketing
Laìs
from Brazil Camila
#Management
#Teamwork CITM 2020
#Determination
Zia Ul Haq
from Afghanistan
#Tech4Good
#InformationManagement
#SocialImpact
W
CH ES
RE
Karam C
from Sudan
#WebDeveloper
OA
#ContinuousLearner
#InnovationManagement
C
Oladotun
from Nigeria
Hanane #ActionBasedCoaching
from Morocco
Meet the coaches, experts, team #Fintech
#DataArchitecture
#FinancialInclusion
and Crew of the program here #WomenInTech
#WomenInLeadership
30 31MEDIA & THE ARTS
Stories of Place Not So Fragile
A touring exhibition using image and text
73 stories that are changing to link migration with personal strength,
the migrant-narrative were and hence capacity for resilience,
diffused to a global audience adaptation and inspired leadership.
of 3155 people. An interactive experience, open to children
as well, to create a dialogue around
Visit here strength, resilience and the fleeting shared
feeling of fragility, led by people with a
recent history of migration. A gamified
experience based on products designed
to curate a high-quality interaction
between people of different backgrounds,
languages and generations.
“ Seeing my story shared by PLACE felt like celebrating
my achievements with the people who inspired me to
succeed. It made me proud and happy that I may set
an example for people like me who need the motivation “
to stand up and work towards their dreams.
Moulham Abou Kheir
Emerging Leaders 2020, featured on Stories of place in
‘Newcomer Leaders in the COVID-19 Lockdown’
“ When I arrived in France no one asked this question,
no one asked me if I felt strong and how I was feeling.
While creating and sharing Not So Fragile it was the
first time someone asked me that and was listening to
me - I was finally shaping my own narrative.
“
Siba Karam
PLACE Catalyst and Crew
32 33MEDIA & THE ARTS
... ...
Not So Fragile Stories of PLACE
Who are the
people we 50 7 Who are the
people we 844 The active readers of the Loudspeakers
represent the following sectors:
impacted? people who took part in Crew members impacted? people who
gamified activities run by Crew who co-hosted the receive regular 28.4% private/corporate sector
members & Catalysts, around expo at the Maison des Loudspeakers
the subject of fragility, resilience Métallos 4.9% arts & media
and potential for leadership
2311 34.6% public sector
social media entrepreneurship &
32.1% entrepreneurial support
followers
How did we
portraits of Catalysts
12
make it happen?
linking migration How did we
with resilience make it happen? 30 ... 15
stories of newcomer stories inviting
leaders actively readers into how
changing the PLACE accelerates
migrant-narrative talent
27
stories of future-
facing organizations &
Layered artwork based on portrait photography. initiatives leveraging
The patterns in the background are inspired by the stories of migrant-led-innovation
the people portrayed.
34 35Our work is innovation, so our programs are built on a rigorous innovation methodology.
This is how we innovate We formulate observations from our past work and what we see happening in the sector.
These observations are starting points for iterating our programs, things to do better
on. In response to these observations, we formulate strategies to provoke change. These
Our approach: data-driven innovation strategies we monitor closely in all our programs, to create learnings that are quantified
and on which we can adapt our strategy over time. That’s the way we innovate consistently,
and share our learnings with our ecosystem. Here, we share some of the observations,
strategies and data points that defined our work in 2020.
OBSERVATION STRATEGY MONITORING FINDINGS
The legitimacy Develop a portfolio % of portfolio items Certified as meeting
of newcomers as approach - a set certified as reaching the market standard
leaders is made of tools frequently industry standard Program for each tool
difficult by the lack used in the sector
of standardized tools that showcases their % of portfolio items
Emerging Leaders 100% 41%
that they can show leadership skills in a certified as going CITM 2020 100% 53%
and that are deemed way that is aligned beyond industry
valid by European with European codes standard Ice Academy 100% NA
codes
Diversity criteria based on organizational Diversity based on age group
profiles that experts represent
Emerging Leaders CITM
Emerging Leaders CITM
8% 7%
There is often a gap Every output Diversity of experts 8% 37%
between capacity- produced during who evaluate 31%
portfolios in terms 38% 31%
building programs programs is 50%
and actual industry evaluated by of the sector
61% 56%
standards with which industry experts that represented, level of 19%
54%
newcomers are represent diversity in seniority and gender
confronted afterwards the workplace between 5-10 years of experience
Corporate Entrepreneurs
between 10-20
Institutions
above 20 years of experience
Diversity based on gender
Emerging Leaders CITM Women
Men Women Men
38% 62% 37% 63%
5h 6h
The Future of Work Rather than an # of synchronous 5h PLACE 4h
requires self-guided identical schedule learning hours 5h
4h 12h 20h
learning, not “spoon- for all participants, École des 24h
# of asynchronous ponts
fed” teaching. If create self-standing 12h
newcomers can interactive learning learning hours
acquire that skill, they experiences which 41h 60h 4h 4h
will maximize their are to be taken again # of hours spent
=55h =82h =28h
fit with the Future of and again depending learning with a coach
Work on performance Synchronous learning Asynchronous learning Learning with a Coach Learning with a peer
# of hours spent Total number of Average number of Average number of Average amount of
learning with a peer hours spent through hours spent learning coaching hours per time spent in peer
immersive online through dedicated participant coaching throughout
Challenges learning platform the program
36 37This is how we innovate
Our approach: data-driven innovation
OBSERVATION STRATEGY MONITORING FINDINGS
Newcomers need Set up operational # of certifications
Number of certification % of Catalysts whose career path was boosted
accreditation by locally partnerships thanks to access and brand
relevant institutions to with prestigious % of catalysts whose
validate their skills and institutions to certify career path was Emerging Leaders 11 Emerging Leaders 45%
experiences PLACE programs, and significantly boosted
monitor accreditation by access and brand of 19
CITM CITM 62%
through rigorous program
learning monitoring Ice Academy Ice Academy 42% (5 out of the
7
system 12 who started)
Diversity criteria based on organizational
profiles that experts represent Diversity based on age group
Emerging Leaders CITM Emerging Leaders CITM
9%
9% 19%
Realistic Select and train Diversity of coaches 27% 18%
understanding of a people from in terms of the sector 33%
29% 45%
professional sector is targeted sectors to represented, level of
built through informal become coaches seniority and gender
conversations and and speak regularly 55% 62% 36% 58%
trusting relationships with learners over
within that sector the course of each Corporate Entrepreneurs between 5-10 years of experience
program Institutions between 10-20
above 20 years of experience
Diversity based on gender
Emerging Leaders CITM
Men Women Men Women
55% 45% 33% 67%
Ratio of Crew to learners for each Number of Crew members
synchronous learning experience: trained in each sector:
Explaining subtle Select and train a Ratio of Crew to
codes to fit in group of people who learners for each
culturally in have gone through synchronous learning
Crew
learners learners 5 Public leadership
professional networks PLACE programs experience
is difficult to explain successfully as
Crew
for someone who has “Crew”: personal Number of Crew 5 Business
not gone through trainers who master trained in each sector
4 Entrepreneurship
it from the same the methodology
starting point and tools and act as 4 18 2 9
cultural bridges to 7 Media & the arts
Public leadership Business
pass on codes
38 39PLACEmakers
Together we made it happen!
Across the four sectors in which we are creating avenues for newcomer talent, PLACEmakers:
the collective of PLACEmakers is present to drive this change. Influential //pleismeikə(r)z / Noun. Plural.
organizations in the private & public sector, as well as some outstanding civil Doers across sectors who are turning
society organizations, our partners powerfully and purposefully act in changing Europe in a place where migrant-led
the migrant narrative. In a year like no other, we were proud to work alongside
innovation happens naturally.
this eclectic and impact-driven collective.
Strategic partners
40 41What’s up
in 2021?
Newcomer talent for our Breaking the glass ceiling Accelerating learning through Action based learning across
changing economies representation borders
We want to break the ceiling in public
Through our multiple programs and our leadership in Europe and we have the BMW Representation plays a key role in Through our programs, we will continue to
growing storytelling platform, we will Foundation Herbert Quandt at our side to accelerating the acquisition of skills and innovate on our learning methodology by
continue with our unique data-driven make it happen! The BMW Foundation nuanced codes. Meanwhile there is an creating immersive setups both online and
approach to driving migrant-led-innovation Herbert Quandt brings a host of networks increasing need for professionals across offline to push newcomers to get out of their
in Europe. We will be creating more and years of experience in working with all sectors to motivate and facilitate minds to go find answers for themselves in
curated insights for you to understand how diverse leadership and our joint aim is to teams online. For PLACE, these two needs the world. We are building a whole set of
the sectors of public leadership, business, enable newcomers to position themselves go hand in hand and have inspired the toolkits for newcomers to test their ideas
entrepreneurship and media & the arts in as an important voice in public leadership. creation of the PLACE Facilitators Program in a courageous way, to hold important
Europe are reacting to newcomer talent for Online and Remote Collaboration. Over spaces in leadership circles, to go out and
and in turn how newcomer talent is shaping Meanwhile, and for the third year in a row, the last three years through Innovation take the world by storm.
these sectors through influence. we will collaborate on our entrepreneurship Labs and Challenges, we have trained
program, Ice Academy, with Ben & a team of newcomer talent to facilitate
Jerry’s France. By creating innovative workshops, training, meetings that have
partnerships within the Ben & Jerry’s supported organisations in Paris, Berlin,
supply chain, we will continue to create London and Munich. The facilitator’s
employment opportunities for refugees, program will be a continuation of this work,
Media & and simultaneously provide spaces where ensuring newcomer leaders continue to
the arts their ambitious entrepreneurial projects position themselves powerfully in spaces of
can take off. interaction and complex collaboration.
Public
Leadership On another level, PLACE is ensuring that
migrant voices are not only present in
Entrepreneurship
the facilitation of cutting edge learning
content, but in its creation as well. Through a
collective of university, incubator and think-
Business tank partners from across Europe, PLACE is
also kicking off its role in the MIG.EN.CUBE
project to ensure that the lessons learnt
by migrant and refugee entrepreneurs
in Europe are passed on to mainstream
incubators in Europe so they can accelerate
newcomer talent more powerfully.
Access the PLACE brochure for 2021 here
42 43There’s no stopping us...
Since the beginning of PLACE, our mission has
been to transform crisis into opportunity - a
mission that resonates even louder in current
times. In 2021 and onward, we will work with hope
and optimism, but also a keen sense of reality.
The world is still coping with the pandemic and
its effects, and when we come out the other
side, there will be no going backwards. We at
PLACE will continue undeterred in our mission
- to leverage the potential of newcomer talent
and migrant-led-innovation for our rapidly
changing economies.
We’ll continue to be agile and adapt to whatever
is set out for the months and years to come. And
when this is over, we strive to be on the side that
did something to bring hope and change even
in testing times.
Best,
PLACE team
44 45This is what four
years of migrant-led
innovation look like.
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